155 episodes

Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include material culture, mythology, interviews, and museum tours 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 Tiffany R. Isselhardt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/girlspeak/support

GirlSpeak Girl Museum

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.4 • 10 Ratings

Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include material culture, mythology, interviews, and museum tours 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 Tiffany R. Isselhardt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/girlspeak/support

    Fashion and Emancipation with Women's Museum Merano

    Fashion and Emancipation with Women's Museum Merano

    Judith Mittelberger of Frauen Museum (Women's Museum Merano) joins Ashley to discuss their work in preserving and interpreting fashion of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, especially for teenaged girls. Judith and Ashley dive deep into a recent museum workshop for teenage girls called "Can I really wear what I want?" that invited participants to discuss women's fashion as a tool for oppression and revolution by looking first-hand at historical costumes.


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    • 23 min
    Trans across Time

    Trans across Time

    In honor of Pride 2023, Tiffany looks at three potential examples of transgender individuals in history that demonstrate the complexities of studying gender and the importance of recognizing LGBTQ histories.

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    • 18 min
    Women in Protest Art with Bosla Arts

    Women in Protest Art with Bosla Arts

    What does it mean to look at art with a female gaze? What is the role of women in art today, especially protest art? Join special guest Georgia Beeston, co-founder of Bosla Arts, who discusses these questions with Contemporary Art Curator Scarlett Evans.

    Bosla Arts is a new platform to support and demonstrate the work of artists worldwide facing persecution and confronting oppressive forces. They publish artistic catalogs and The Art Persists Podcast, while also sponsoring an Artist Residency focused on providing at-risk artists with temporary relief and the opportunity to develop their practice within London’s vibrant creative community. Learn more at boslaarts.com


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    • 38 min
    Child Photographers

    Child Photographers

    In this episode, Ashley interviews Dr. Melissa Nolas about The Children’s Photography Archive, a project that collects photographs by children. They discuss the challenges of such an endeavor and the issues around children as artists, including consent and locating the objects in our cultures that are usually thought unimportant.

    Learn more about the Children's Photography Archive here, and visit our exhibition, Female Gaze, here.




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    • 26 min
    Day of the Girl 2022

    Day of the Girl 2022

    Ashley reflects on ten years of celebrating International Day of the Girl Child.

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    • 9 min
    Talking about Shopping Addiction

    Talking about Shopping Addiction

    In this episode we are going to explore shopping addiction from a psychological lens. Specifically, how our addiction to fast fashion, the modern world, and gender all play major roles in how we interact with and consume fashion.

    TRIGGER WARNING: Before we dive into this podcast episode we want to give a quick trigger warning for the following topics: addiction, addictive behavior, and addictive substances. While this episode focuses on the complexities of shopping addictions, there will be other addiction related topics discussed. If any of these topics are at all triggering to you, please look after yourself and hold off from listening to this episode.


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    • 16 min

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The GirlSpeak podcast always provides thought-provoking content. I enjoy learning about girls throughout history and present-day by listening to the episodes on a variety of topics, both serious and light-hearted.

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