smart girls DO have more fun

As if there aren't already plenty of reasons to adore the hilariously brilliant Amy Poehler, along with two other seemingly great women, she now has a web series, Smart Girls at the Party, which "celebrates extraordinary individuals who are changing the world by being themselves." Each week, she interviews a pre-teen girl and has so far, talked with a 10-year-old writer, a pair of sisters talking about the joys of sisterhood, and a 7 3/4-year-old girl who talked about feminism and sang a feminist song she wrote. The Barbie sponsorship seems to send a bit of a conflicting message but hopefully it will get more girls watching.



As expected from anything Amy Poehler-related, it's smart and funny and silly and she never talks down to the girls but talks to them as equals. Those are tough years for young girls and I think it's fantastic that there's a show out there reminding them that their awesomeness isn't defined by what they look like or what they wear or who they hang out with. But it rests solely in who they are, whomever that person may be.