Liz Funk on Today
Liz Funk, a college student who grew up here in the Capital Region, was on the Today show yesterday talking about the pressures faced by teen girls.
Liz, who's 20-years-old, is the author of a book that will be published in March: "SuperGirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving Girls."
Until recently, she wrote a long-running blog for the TU. And she's been writing freelance pieces for a number of outlets. She also got some attention a few years back for getting into a bit of a rhetorical spat with the popular feminist blog Feministing.
screengrab: NBC
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The fact that this girl uses the term "feminist" at all is laughable. A self-described "supergirl"? Sounds like she needs to go brush up on her Judith Butler before her next trip to the Today show.
... said Josiah on Feb 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM | link
The cover of her book completely contradicts any time of gender, civil rights movement...she is just a spoonful of mainstream girlpower for the middle class to swallow.
... said Amelia on Feb 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM | link
Liz Funk needs to come back in about 20 years and show
us then what she has accomplished before she can wear the tag of super-anything. She is barely out of college. Funk is a
perfect example of what happens as a result of the silly
self-esteem movement in which her generation was
saturated . Give a rest Darling. You are quite average and
so are most of your comtemporaries. Sorry to break it
to you.
... said Jimmy on Feb 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM | link
I'll give her credit for living with that last name... I betcha the kids on the playground had a ball with that one.
... said Barold on Feb 12, 2009 at 5:05 PM | link
Feministing?
... said Elizabeth on Feb 12, 2009 at 7:23 PM | link
I know this girl. She's friends with my little brother. I had heard she got a book deal, I'm curious to read it. I know you can't tell from the video, but, I saw her at the peak of her anorexia and she could seriously hoola-hoop through a cheerio. She was wicked depressed, too. Why is everyone drinking the hateraid? She might actually have something interesting to share.
... said Arielle on Feb 12, 2009 at 9:13 PM | link
Sounds like a lot of jealousy...this amazing girl has already accomplishd more than most 2x her age. Congratulations Liz!
... said Laura on Apr 24, 2010 at 10:58 AM | link