girlworks promotes critical thinking to girls and young women aged 11 - 16, covering 10 topical areas: girl in the world; money, career, entertainment, technology, health & beauty, sport, fashion, quizzes & games and art & design.
Welcome to the New Year! If you have any resolutions this year, please consider adding more reading to that list. In this issue, learn about the chemicals and additives in many of the health & beauty products on the market. Check out the great winter sweater spread for some great styles and sales. In this issue: • Visit Estonia• Unusual career options• Are you addicted to tech?• The incomparable musician Prince• Spot the differences• And much more… Coming in March / April: • What is the Gaza strip?• A career in urban planning• The life of American singer Billie Holiday• Best YA books to read now• Inexpensive beauty• And much more… Join us as we continue to cover the serious, the fun, the hip, the bent – the real. Check…
Capitol: Tallinn Currency: Euro Official language: Estonian Estonia is the most northern country of the three Baltic States—the other two states being Latvia and Lithuania—and is located in Europe. Estonia has a rapidly growing economy and a very high quality of life, yet is perhaps one of the lesser known areas in Europe. HISTORY Like many of the northern countries in Europe, Estonia (or the area now known as Estonia) was not habitable until the glacial melt about 13,000 years ago. The oldest evidence of humans living on Estonian territory dates to around 9000 BCE. Like its Scandinavian neighbours, Estonia has a history involving Vikings. Estonian Vikings, known as Oeselians, inhabited an Estonian island called Saaremaa. This group of Vikings had many raids, including one to Sweden that killed the…
Anna-Lou “Annie” Leibovitz born in Connecticut in 1949 to an Estonian-Jewish mother and Romanian-Jewish father is considered one of America’s best portrait photographers. Lebovitz’s early career started at Rolling Stone magazine in the 1970’s where she had many opportunities to photograph legendary rock stars. As a visual artist she is known for her use of bold colours and unique “Working at 'Rolling Stone' was a drug culture. Who were my mentors? Hunter Thompson, who was a total maniac, never off drugs. Cocaine propelled you…it made you think you were thinking. I got professional help, and it was done.” On December 8th, 1980, Leibovitz photographed on a Polaroid camera, John Lennon naked on the floor curled up to his wife Yoko Ono who was fully clothed. Just 5 hours later Lennon…
When asked as young children what kind of career we’re interested in, the answers are typically the same: doctor, veterinarian, fire fighter, police officer, queen of the world… As we get older our view of career options changes and it becomes clear that there’s an infinite number of career possibilities. That being said, there may be some more…interesting choices that you may have never considered. Here are just a few. Average base salary: approx. $50,000 *Because they are essential to the navy, submarine chefs also earn extra benefits for the time they are away at sea along with other bonuses. Once that’s added up, submarine chefs earn an additional $140,000 SUBMARINE CHEF Forget cooking on land, try cooking on a submarine! The Royal Navy will hire and train people with…
Teens are surrounded by technology. The average smartphone user looks at their phone over 40 times a day checking emails, texts and the web. It’s an instinctive thing o do when you have nothing else to do, or want to seem like you are doing something. Be aware of your tech usage. Ask yourself– am I checking my phone because I’m too uncomfortable to be sitting / standing here just looking around? Young adults are still learning coping mechanisms and in the face of stress, uncertainty or awkward situations, it makes sense that you turn to something familiar and comforting. In the real world it’s really tough to define yourself – at school – on teams – even within your own family. Online you can be anonymous and explore your interests, yourself, your…
Have you ever wondered why some products don’t agree with your skin, hair, or other parts of your body? Although you might be able to conclude that something inside what you’re using is irritating you, you may not be able to narrow down exactly what it is. Your skin absorbs creams, your lungs inhale perfumes and powders, shampoos can get into your eyes… All these products meant to stay outside your body often find their way in, and that’s not good considering what they’re made of. Depending on where you live, regulations on beauty products can be quite lax. It is important that you are educated about what you should—and shouldn’t—be looking for in your beauty products. *Note: When reading labels, the ingredients are listed in descending order of quantity. So,…
