Jess writes about a sweet, quirky flick, just in time for your Valentine's Day viewing.

Our resident movie buff Jess Rigel kicks off a new series of posts called "Girls Watch Movies." Here's the first post, a tribute to an awesome, inspiring, imperfect character: Funny Girl's Fanny Brice.

This essay was written by our very own Maryellen Vanderdeen. Maryellen is 13 years old, and she attended GLI Summer Camp last summer. We are proud of Maryellen for articulating her strong opinions, and for sharing them with all of us! Go, Maryellen!

Maddie gets older, wiser, and sillier.

High School senior Bella Herold writes about leaving the bubble - her semester away and her session at GLI summer camp - and falling painfully back to reality.

Carlin has taken the step from middle school to high school, and is now planning for an even bigger step: stepping out of the library.

Maddie reflects on the hardest part of college so far. Is it the classes? Dorm living? No, it's the battle with her good girl habits - in this case, the tendency to say "yes" to any and all social invitations, even when she really wants to say "no."

GLI-er and high school freshman Julia Carlin practices assertiveness when asking for cheese, among other things. This is the second article in her series about applying leadership tools to real life.

GLI camper and high school freshman Julia Carlin challenges herself to go from pretzeling her limbs to walking with confidence, and lives to tell the tale. This is the first article in a series by Julia about applying leadership tools to real life.

Jahleese finds that being real often means rejecting others' expectations of you, no matter what those expectations are.