As a cultural critic, one of the facets of my work is writing about culture through a critical, interdisciplinary, intersectional lens.
Argues that our cultural understanding of girls would be radically different if our cultural narratives considered the "girls' films" that are outside the mainstream. Works toward better understanding cultural representations of girls and the ways we might change our culture and our selves. Focuses on films of the late nineties and early 2000s.

Related Resources
Pictures of Girlhood Blog by Jatney Whitmo

Pictures of Girlhood Reviews
Project Muse review by Colleen Smith

The Sofa Cinephile

"Viewing Girlhood..." Feminist Collections by Amy Pattee

Google Books

Good Reads

Journal of American Culture by Larken McCord

Blogs and Articles
A Dead End for Kids in America

Playing with Paper Heart
Argues for a mind/body feminist approach to fitness. Considers a broad range of topics from an interdisciplinary perspective including: aerobics, yoga, health, business, pop culture, sport, science, dance, eating disorders, icons, generations, cultural appropriation, community development, art, choreography, methodology, healing, and social justice.
Fitness Articles
Learning to "Love Average" While Battling the BMI Charts

Reflections on Fitness Families and Unexpected Gifts

Be(at) Average Through Fitness

CrossFit: Elite Fitness or Pointless Pain?

Fitness Blogs
Feminist Fitness On the Rise

Binge and Purge U.S.A.

The Ups and Downs of Two Pounds

Women and Fitness: An Open Letter

Three Walks: Sisters, Dogs, and Solitude

Fitness: What Are You Tracking?

An "Innovation" Theme Out of Context: Fitness and Interdisciplinarity

Feminist Fitness in WGS 101

Fitness Makes Its Mark at NWSA

Freedom and Structure through Mind/Body Fitness Dance

Additions and Reconsiderations: Red Nails, Black Skates

Lamenting the end of Snow Days, or How I Became a Snowboarder

Decolonizing Fitness: Be Scofield and Larissa Mercado-Lopez

Yoga Blogs
Yoga Is for Every Mind and Body: An Introduction

Discovering Authenticity at Yoga Journal Live!?

YogaFit Full Circle: An Evolving Teacher Training (part one)

YogaFit Full Circle: Developing Teaching and Personal Practice (part two)

Yoga for a Cause: Self-care and Community
Argues that American traditions of dystopia should look to girls and women in fiction—and in the world—for inspiration toward progressive transformation in the future. Shows the ways that female protagonists act as “Girls on Fire” and reveal the injustices of the present through the lens of the future.

Girls on Fire Blogs and Articles
The Conversation: Girls on Fire: Political Empowerment in Young Adult Dystopia

Utopic Visions for Dystopian Realities: Bannon, Bernie, and Transformation

Girls on Fire: Imagining American Dystopia in the Era of Trump

I am Divergent: A Disgruntled Reading of Allegiant

Girls on Fire: My Obsession with YA Dystopia

Octavia E. Butler: Racing the Future


Girls on Fire Teaching/Resources


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"Othered Girls on Fire: Navigating the Complex Terrain of YA Dystopia's Female Protagonists."
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Hentges, Sarah. "This Class Is on Fire! (and online!): Teaching YA Dystopia and the Girl on Fire Through Themes, Contexts, and Action."
Other Selected Articles
Interviews
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