2010 January 23 | teenage.me

23rd January 2010

Roger Federer To Meet Lleyton Hewitt

Roger Federer was in a dominant mood as he saw off Spaniard Albert Montanes in straight sets to set up a fourth round clash with former world number one Lleyton Hewitt.Federer dominated the play from start to finish giving the thirty first seed no chance of trying to cause an upset.He broke his opponent once in every set to comfortably win 6-3 6-4 …

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23rd January 2010

Williams Sisters On Course For Semi-Final Showdown

Serena Williams’ defence of her Australian Open crown remained on course today as she stormed into the third round with a comprehensive 6-0 6-3 win over Carla Suarez-Navarro.Revenge was on the cards for Serena on the Rod Laver court this afternoon as she avenged her sister Venus so fell to the Spaniard in a shock loss in the second roun…

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23rd January 2010

Mischa Barton - No Onset Troubles

A Rep For Mischa Barton has dismissed reports the actress behaved “unprofessionally” while filming a new episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.The actress, who is playing a prostitute in a guest role on the tv series, allegedly upset cast and crew after repeatedly forgetting her lines while shooting earlier this week (18Jan10). The forme…

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23rd January 2010

Tomorrow! Run For Haiti!

For any of you gals who live in the Santa Monica area, get your sneakers on and get ready to run! Josh Duhamel is hosting a two mile youth run along Santa Monica Beach tomorrow from 9AM to 1PM to benefit the American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief. They’re asking for a minimum of a $10 to participate with all the proceeds to go to Haiti. For more info, and for the parental consent form (for those of you under 18), head to YouthRun4Haiti.ning.com!

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23rd January 2010

Take Back The Night

Last November, over 130 campus advocates, student leaders, and administrators from across the US arrived in NYC to take part in the first ever Take Back The Night National Conference. The forum, which was hosted by the Take Back The Night Foundation and sponsored by the Avon Foundation for Women aimed to “Shatter the Silence and Stop the Violence,” by educating attendees on sexual violence. In attendance was 22 year old Stockholm native and Columbia senior, Linnea Hincks. Read on to learn about her involvement with the Take Back The Night foundation, and how you can help fight sexual violence.

- What are you studying in college? How do you balance your involvement with Avon and Take Back The Night with your studies?!

I’m studying Comparative Literature, Anthropology, Human Rights and Women’s and Gender studies, so I’m often learning about things that relate to my activism. Certainly, with a busy school schedule it is a challenge to balance my involvement in Take Back the Night and the Columbia Rape Crisis Center, so it is important to set clear goals for myself. Otherwise, Take Back the Night could eat all of my time! I also really value my self-care time during which I do things that make me feel good. I know that I can be a better organizer in the movement against sexual assault and a more supportive rape crisis advocate if I make sure that I am happy and relaxed.

- How did you first become involved with Avon and Take Back The Night? What is your personal connection to this cause?

While I was growing up I was often upset when I heard about courts blaming teens for having been raped because of what they were wearing, or simply not believing them. So when I got to Columbia I got involved against rape through joining Take Back the Night and becoming a peer counselor and advocate in the Columbia Rape Crisis Center. Eventually I became a coordinator of our Take Back the Night march. In November last year I was invited to speak on a student panel at the first national Take Back the Night conference about student anti-sexual violence activism, which I was very happy to do. It was so inspiring meeting dedicated student activists from around the country.

- Why do you think this is important to reach out to young people about? What do you hope to accomplish through your involvement?

Sexual violence affects a lot of young people. I don’t only mean through rape, but also other forms sexual violence such as unwanted touching, stalking and cyber-stalking. Most people will either experience one of these things themselves, or know someone to whom it will happen. It’s important that young people know that our intimate or sexual relationships need to be based on consent, communication and pleasure, rather than on force, coercion or pressure. Outreach can also make it easier for people who have experienced sexual violence to seek the help and support they may need to recover. It’s also easier to know what to say and how to support someone who has been sexually assaulted if you’ve learned something about it, through, for example, participating in a Take Back the Night event. Everyone wants to be a good friend, right?

The ultimate goal of my involvement is really to prevent sexual violence on campus. For this to happen, people’s attitudes toward sex need to change. Organizing Take Back the Night is an important step toward this goal, but I also think that a great way to get there is through one on one conversations with both guys and girls about how to make sure that one’s partner wants the same things as you, in bed, at a party, in a bar, or wherever.

- What has been the most rewarding aspect of your involvement?

The evening of our Take Back the Night event. Listening to so many hundreds of passionate people speaking out about how sexual assault has affected their lives and seeing people supporting their friends, and demanding a campus and world free of sexual violence. After a year of intense planning, it makes me overjoyed to see how important the event is to people. Take Back the Night is also a great opportunity for collaboration with campus organizations who are working against other injustices in society, such as violence motivated by racism or homophobia. We’re stronger when we work together and realize that we have very similar visions for a better world. I love being reminded of this.

- In your opinion, what is the most important thing for young women to

learn from Take Back The Night?

Break the silence about sexual violence! Dare to bring these difficult conversations up with your peers and remember that it if someone has been sexually assaulted, it’s never their fault. You might make all the difference for someone.

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23rd January 2010

Breaking Beauty News!

TRESemmé is launching a new collection called Fresh Start! I am so psyched to try all the products (well, except for one, and you’ll understand why soon enough). The collection includes a Dry Shampoo (yay! A drugstore alternative to Klorane!), a Refreshing Mist (like Febreze for hair, it wicks away smells like smoke and food), a Frizz Control Crÿme, and–get this–a dry shampoo/waterless shampoo for curly hair (this is obvi the one that’s not right for my stick straight locks!). It rolls out to all drugstores by March but word on the street is that it’s already at select Walgreen’s and Walmarts!

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23rd January 2010

Ken Paves’ Secret Styling Tip

For you girls out there who regularly use heat-styling tools–whether it’s a blow-dryer, flat iron, or curling iron–on your hair (and this includes yours truly), listen up! Here’s a quick and simple tip from star hairstylist Ken Paves to help keep your hair in the best shape possible:

“I always tell my clients to wash their hair at night, let it air dry, and then style it the next morning when the hair is completely dry and in its natural texture. Think about a noodle: When it’s dry, and you pull at it from both ends, it doesn’t break so easily, but when it’s wet and you pull, it quickly snaps. It’s the same type of idea with hair, and constantly tugging on damp hair plus the damaging effects of the heat will lead to breakage. Also, try to be gentler on the hair by working with your own natural texture instead of trying to force it to be something totally different.”

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