Before continuing, please take the time to familiarize yourself with the website mentioned in the subtitle. If you do not, please be aware that what follows assumes that you have at least encountered mention of the same. (Ed. Note: We found a good, non-Rookiemag article that discusses the site here)
“If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck then you need to kill it and perform an autopsy before you can determine whether or not it is, in fact, a duck.”
Judgment, assumption, stereotyping, and solipsistic rationality are not new breeds of cultural insensitivity. It is sad, therefore, that they are becoming a kind of cultural touchstone; the mark of the twenty-first century intellectual.
Rookiemag is the emerging phenomenon that purports to celebrate feminist ideology and female empowerment by disabusing high school students of their popular misconceptions. The heart of the magazine lies in its unflinching stance on girls and the difficulty of existing in what is universally acknowledged as one of the most poisonous environments sponsored by the government and society in general.
Hailed as a radical new voice and forum for teenaged girls to express themselves in a free-flowing context that attempts to subvert stereotypes, Rookiemag is a powerful medium through which previously ignored or sublimated discussion points are illuminated and deconstructed.
