Turbo Chicks

Table of Contents

Introduction:
A Conversation with Allyson, Lisa and Lara

PART I: My First Feminism

Robin & Me
Mariko Tamaki

Encountering Feminism: Stories from the Sandwich Generation
Susanne Luhmann

From Cute & Perky to Hard-nosed Bitch: The Evolution of a Feminist
Loretta Gerlach

The Forgotten Women
Jessica Lara Ticktin

Why Am I A Feminist?
Samantha Sacks

The Eleven-Year-Old Feminist
Megan Rivers-Moore

Smashing the Onion
Ana Ratcliffe

Postcards of a Woman Learning
Shelly Abdool

Young Women and Disability
Alessia Di Virgilio

High School Feminism 101, Or "For Every Lie I Unlearn I Learn Something New"
Lara Karaian

PART II: What's Big and Hairy: Expanding Identity

Lipstick
Leah Rumack

Ode to Our Closeted Sheroes or To Be Young, Out, Black and Bitter
T.J. Bryan aka Tenacious

I'd Think of a Clever Title if the Baby Hadn't Just Pooped on Me
Sophie Tamas

A Question for Feminism Cat Pyne Not Post-Feminism
Christina Ahn

The Good Girl and the Bitch
Angie Gallop

She
Crystal'Aisha PerrymanMark

Full Frontal Confrontation
Maren Hancunt

Boy Feminism: Looking up to Little Sister
Sean MacEachern

I Look FAT in This!
Lisa Ayuso

Feminist Invitations
Kristen Warder

Nervous Girl
Zoe Grace

Prank Caller
Sarmishta Subramanian

PART III: Schooling Feminisms: Big Brained Girls Crack the Codes with Chainsaws

The Personal is Political
Emmy Pantin

Betty Friedan's Granddaughters: Cosmo, Ginger Spice & Other Marks of Whiteness Jennifer Harris

The Silencing of Sexuality
Cassandra Lord

Her HOME/S.ca: Feminist Post-ings On-line
Carmela Murdocca

The Writing's on the Wall: Feminist and Lesbian Graffiti as Cultural Production
Allyson Mitchell

A Few Notes on Pedagogical Unsettlement
Sharon Rosenberg

Sleeping With the Enemy and Liking It: Confessions of a Bisexual Feminist
Ruby Rowan

Chocolate Bunnies from Hell: My Easter in the Czech Republic
Sabine Hikel

Innocence Upstaged
Miriam Johnson

Talkin' OBout Whose Generation?
Candis Steenbergen

PART IV: Fun Feminist Activites: Activism Exposed

Action Girls in the Dream Machine
Carly Stasko

Burning for a Revolution
Julie Devaney

Desperately Seeking Sisterhood
Cara Banks

Keep on Keepin' On: Me, My Period and the Stars Above
Laura Edmonstone

Girls Need Ezines: Young Feminists Get On-line
Krista Scott-Dixon

From Natty Dreads to Grey Ponytails:
The Revolution is Multigenerational
Joan Grant Cummings

Screaming as Loud as the Boys: Women in Punktopia
Heather Davis

Ageing Radically
Lisa Mesbur

A Day in the Life of Debbie Stoller & Bust Magazine
Jennifer O'Connor

Epilogue: Out of the Mouths of Babes
Chris Mitchell and Madelyne Beckles

Glossary
Bibliography
Editors' Bios