Jules Spector hopes to end child prostitution and child marriage in developing countries. She hopes for equal rights for LGBT couples, not only in the U.S. but around the world. She hopes the media will stop portraying women as sex objects. She hopes the contributions of women will be valued in the male-dominated fields of science, technology and engineering.
And she hopes to pass her midterms — she's still in middle school, after all.
In December, 13-year-old Spector launched Teen Feminist , a blog devoted to highlighting feminist causes and culture from a teenager's point of view. The blog's readership spiked dramatically after fellow feminists took note, receiving retweets from PolicyMic's Elizabeth Plank, Marie Claire's Lea Goldman and Amanda de Cadenet of The Conversation Read more...
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