Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include conversations and interviews about Girl Museum's exhibitions, projects and more on the topics of art, history, material culture, and social issues that center girls' points of view.
Episodes are narrated by members of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to celebrating girlhood. Hosted by Ashley E. Remer and the Girl Museum team. Our music is by Chan A-V.
Every year at GirlSpeak we honor the UN International Day of the Girl (https://www.un.org/en/observances/girl-child-day). This year's theme is 'End child marriage and invest in girls’ rights', something everyone should be able to support!
We are spotlighting the real life impacts of girls marriage and the new laws brought in by the Taliban (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/afghanistan-new-code-enabling-child-marriage-compounds-dismal-situation-for-womens-and-girls-rights/).
Head girl Ashley E Remer speaks with our guest writer Tahera K. Tahera shares the story of her family and girls she knows who got married as children.
Read Tahera's writing (https://www.girlmuseum.org/?s=tahera) at Girl Museum.
Check out the Malala Fund (https://malala.org/countries/afghanistan) for more information.
18 Sept 2026
The Culture of Girls' Nutrition
This month on GirlSpeak, Head Girl Ashley E. Remer talks with midwife and health and nutrition specialist Kelley Khamphouxay about girls' nutrition needs, stunting, and the windows of opportunity to build strong and healthy girls.
Here are some links to information about girls' nutrition (https://nutritionintl.org/our-work/who-we-help/adolescent-girls/), stunting (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/B09383), and a successful project (https://www.crs.org/our-work/stories/improving-girls-nutrition-timor-leste) addressing issues of girls' nutrition in Timor-Leste.
Visit us at Girl Museum (https://www.girlmuseum.org/).
28 Aug 2026
Girls' Magazines
Did you read girls' magazines when you were younger? Do you still read them? We do. Explore the history of American girls' magazines with our Education Advisor Hillary Hanel.
Visit Girl Museum (http://www.girlmuseum.org/) for more girl-positive content.
To learn more, check out:
Digitized The American Girl Magazines published by the Girl Scouts 1920-1944: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=americangirl (https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=americangirl)
American Girls, STEM, and the Space Race DBQ featuring historic Seventeen Magazine content.
https://www.girlmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DBQ-Girls-STEM-Cold-War.pdf (https://www.girlmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DBQ-Girls-STEM-Cold-War.pdf)
(https://www.patreon.com/cw/girlmuseum)
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