GIRLtopia–VISIONARY

1. Are there advantages to sometimes hanging out with just girls? If yes, what are they? If no, why not?

a. Yes, because you can connect better with an only girls group and they can be more understanding and empathetic and honest towards one another.

2. In an “ideal” group of girls and boys working together on a project, how do boys act?

a. The boys would help out and make the same effort as the girls do on the project.

3. How do girls relate to one another in all-girl environments?

a. By hearing each other’s stories and being empathetic towards on another.

4. Do girls sometimes change the way they relate to one another when boys are around? If yes, in a good way? In a bad way? How?

a. Yes but in a bad way by talking bad about other girls to make them seem better than the others

5. Look back at page 9, at one or a few of the statistics, or consider other facts that you have found. What are your wishes for girls around the world?

a. That they are all considered equal to men, have equal pay to men, equal or more education than men, that girls can feel safe walking the streets

6. How would you make it real? Brainstorm.

a. A petition towards the equal payment and education. Posters on how to stay safe on streets. A girl run, girl empowering blog.

7. Share your wishes from page 14 with your family and friends. What do they wish for?

a. That girls are more noticed than boys. That girls find their inner beauty and it shines into their outer beauty

8. Did anyone’s vision surprise you? Did you learn anything new about someone? Did someone’s vision stir your own imagination?

a. No, no and no

9. In an Ideal world,

a. Girls could be whatever they want to be

b. Girls would be equal everywhere and get treated with the same respect

c. Girls have equal pay and respect in the workplace, homes and streets

d. Girls are empowering and running everything

10. My definition of GIRLtopia- Where girls are equal to men in every way every day.

11. Top 10 qualities, values, skills or talents for a visionary-

a. Communication skills

b. Ability to think outside of the box

c. Active imagination

d. Confidence

e. The ability to do something about their visions

f. The ability to see the need for change

g. The ability to start trends

h. Ability to build relationships

i. High expectations

j. Ability to embrace change

12. Share your list of visionary qualities and skills with friends and family. Which do they think you already have? Do they see something in you that you didn’t even consider?

a. Communication skills, ability to think outside of the box, active imagination, ability to start trends. No.

13. Which qualities, values, skills or talents on your list do you want to develop on this journey? Write them down.

a. The ability to do something about their visions for the future and the ability to see the need for change

14. Are all visionaries’ leaders? Are all leaders’ visionaries? Why or why not?

a. Visionaries are not all leaders; they might be behind the spotlight but might fuel what is really happening. All leaders are not visionaries because some might have the background person, who really is the visionary, doing the envisioning for them.

15. What other movies, TV shows or songs showcase a Utopia?

a. Bridge to Terabethia, Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield, Good times by Tommy Lee

16. What movies, TV shows, and music speak to the world’s problems and the desire for a more ideal world?

a. Pocketful of Sunshine and Oprah

17. Can a utopia be an ideal world for some, but not for others?

a. Yes

18. Is it realistic to expect a utopia to please everyone?

a. No

19. Can a truly utopian world exist?

a. No

20. What’s your medium and why did you choose it?

a. Art/ paint on fabric. I chose it because you can symbolize women in so many ways through painting and the fabric can be used in so many ways for so many women examples include clothing, utilitarian, and furniture and many others just as women are all different, but made of the same stuff.

21. What inspired you most?

a. Flowers inspired me through their beauty and strength.

22. What’s the BIG MESSAGE you are putting forth?

a. That all women are strong and beautiful and should be appreciated for what they bring to the world. All women should realize this through themselves.

23. What’s your absolute favorite part of your CREATE IT?

a. The colors. I chose blues and greens because there are so many different shades. They symbolize hope and peace.

24. What does your CREATE IT say about you? What doesn’t it say?

a. It says that I am unique as each flower is and I am delicate and strong at the same time. I am flexible and I change and adapt to my environment. It doesn’t say that I am weak.

25. If you could change one thing about your CREATE IT, what would it be?

a. If I could I would have done it on stained glass so light could shine through it, just as each woman lets her light shine.

26. If you could share your CREATE IT in more ways, how would you do so and with whom?

a. I would frame it and donate it at an auction to raise money for homeless mothers.