Meant to post this a few days ago and It was still saved to Drafts so..
100 Great Things about being a Girl
via American Girl Magazine December 1999
So many awful trends
1. Girl Power!
2. Braces are beautiful!
3. Fleece - it's warm and fuzzy, and lots of it's recycled!
4. Stretchy clothes for girls on the go
5. Denim everything!
6. Pockets everywhere!
7. Microwave popcorn. It tops the charts in quick healthy snacks!
8. Harry Potter. Four more books and a movie are on the way.
9. Madam President. The chances of your running for office someday - and winning - are better than ever!
10. Veggie Burgers. Now there are more tasty options for girls who want to be vegetarians.
11. Thanks, Title IX! This law from way back in 1972 paved the way for girls in sports today.
12. Colored Sunscreen makes is easy to see when you miss a spot.
13. Cordless phones let you walk while you talk.
14. Diskmen let you hum on the run.
15. Fat Piggy Banks. The average ten-year-old gets more than $5 a week in allowance.
16. No boys allowed. All-girl schools are sprouting up across the country as places where girls can grow. Go to www.ncgs.org and click on "Girls" for more info.
17. Future vets. Crazy for critters? Your dream job can come true - 75 percent of all vet school grads are women.
18. Video Cameras let you make movies in your own backyard.
19. Milk mustache ads. Got a favorite?
20. Breathe easy. Cities like Los Angeles are seeing blue skies again.
21. Go, girls! Watch for 22 new women's Olympic events this year, from trampoline to weight lifting.
22. Reach for the stars. Today women are blasing into space and commanding shuttles. Maybe you will, too!
23. Every day is Earth Day. Thanks to recycling, yesterday's trash is tomorrow's treasure.
24. Chili today, hot tamale. Is a snow day headed your way? High Tech forecasts keep you informed, rain or shine.
25. Eat your Wheaties. Women soccer players are finally on the box!
26. Say ah. All the ice cream you could eat was once the reward for having your tinsils out. But the surgery didn't help kids much. Today you'll probably get to keep your tonsils intact!
27. Your count counts. Girls are needed for the Great Backyard Bird Count. February 18-21, Go to http://birdsource.org for details.
28. Flavored peanut butters make lunch more fun to munch.
29. Key Chains - silly, smiley mini collectables
30. Make it your way. Crafty girls get creative with help from today's fabric stores. Pass the glitter glue and puff paint, please!
31. Pokemon. The cutest card game ever!
32. Hip, hippie, hooray for lava lamps!
33. Pick a paint. Now you can paint your room glitter or glow in the dark.
34. In-line skates - "wheely" great exercise!
35. Camps specializing in everything from acting to windsurfing let you dive into your passion. Go to www.acacamps.org to find them all.
36. Sabrina, the Animates Series - a new reason to watch Saturday morning cartoons
37. Movie magic gives old favorites a fresh new look. Check out the yellow brick road in the remastered video of The Wizard of Oz.
38. Family ties. More and more foster kids today are being adopted into permanent homes.
39. Hello Kitty. She's 25 and cooler than ever!
40. Growing up in the Oogly Googlies - or the Double Oreos, or the Two-Triple-Os. What will we call the next ten years? No one knows - but they sure sound fun!
41. State quarters. This year look for Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Virginia.
42. Store-bought dough makes it easier than ever to bake kids' #1 cookie.
43. Love beads. Seed, pony, or miracle - beads are bead-dazzling!
44. Bubble gum - still just five cents a pop!
45. Furby families
46. No more measles, less chicken pox - childhood diseases are on the rocks!
47. Ready to roll. Thanks to new laws, girls who use wheelchairs can eat out, go to the movies, and get around town like everyone else.
48. Nickelodeon - a channel just for kids!
49. Glow-in-the-dark retainers. If you have to wear them, here's one less reason to be down in the mouth.
50. Salsa music. See page 37 for the names of some spicy singers.
51. Salsa. It tops ketchup as America's zip-piest dip. Pass the chips!
52. Oh, brother! Look for Brandy's brother Ray J. on te singer's TV show, Moesha.
53. Oh, sister! Tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams make a dynamic duo on and off the court.
54. Oh, baby! With all the party planning this year, babysitters will be in demand. Take a safety course from the Red Cross and become your neighborhood's star sitter.
55. Look, Mom - no cavities! Thanks to fluoride in water and toothpaste, nearly half of all American girls are cavity-free.
56. There's finally a girl in a Star Wars movie - with two more films coming!
57. Ethnic pride. Like Brittney Whiteman, 13, of Colorado, more girls than ever are saying "I'm proud to be me!"
58. In focus. Fashionable frames make four eyes better than two.
59. From butterfly clips to hair mascara, hair accessories today are just plain fun.
60. Colorful casts and bright bandages let you go from "Ow!" to "Wow!"
61. Dulce de Leche ice cream. Say in this way: DOOL-say day LAY-chay. Or just say yum!
62. Animal Planet. From cats and dogs to pandas and pumas, this cable channel gives you "paws" for thought.
63. Ribbit. Thanks to dissection models, now you can learn about science without making a frog croak.
64. iMac attack. In luscious candy colors, these computers make homework easy on the eye. Today's hottest shade? Blueberry!
65. Science sizzles with career opportunities for women of the future.
66. Go, bookworms! Girls are reading better than ever. National scores are up for the first time in grades four and eight
67. Extreme sports like motocross, wakeboarding, and rock climbing let girls test their limits.
68. Online homework helpers save you a trip to the library. Go to www.bjpinchbeck.com for help from A to Z.
69. Animal cams. No zoo near you? Go wild at www.sandiegozoo.org
70. Take our Daughters to Work Day. Make a date with Mom or Dad for April 22!
71. Bullwinkle's back! On everything from lunch boxes to CD-ROMs, this lovable moose and his squirrelly friend are flying high.
72. Say cheese. Digital cameras make it easier than ever to e-mail your grin to Grandma.
73. Better backpacks. Padded straps and new designs make packs easier on your back.
74. Rosie O'Donnell. Her foundation for kids makes millions of lives rosier.
75. School's cool. Most kids today say they enjoy school. In fact, more kids than ever plan to go to college someday. Brains reign!
76. M&Ms now come in five flavors and 21 colors. Crunch!
77. WNBA. We whoop for Sheryl Swoopes!
78. Surfin' USA. Kids today are much more likely to use the internet than adults.
79. E-fun. Go to www.bonus.com for instant boredom busters.
80. Women's soccer. Playing like girls and proud of it!
81. Emoticons let you feel frowny :( fine :D or feline >^,,^<
82. E-mail. With a single click, you can send messages to e-pals all over the world. Now instant messaging makes it even faster!
83. Plugged In. More than half of all American families today have a computer in their home.
84. Free e-cards. Visit www.bluemountain.com write away!
85. Sketchers. They take fashion for your feet to new heights! This spring, look for beaded sandals with wedgie heels.
86. Computer animation. It's the wizardry behind A Bug's Lifs and Toy Story. Now CD-ROMs let you make your own magic!
87. Bije helmets - they keep you safe in style.
88. Take the plunge. Starting in May you can brave the Millennium Force, a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohip. It's taller than the Statue of Liberty!
89. It glitters, it glows, in comes in more colors than ever. Nail polish is a favorits, hands down!
90. Kids care. More than 28,000 kids pitched in last year in the Big Help's campaign to clean local parks. Go online to www.nick.com to learn about this year's projects.
91. Gel Ink pens. Who says snail mail can't be fun?
92. Pez pickets. It's not just candy in a funny dispenser anymore. Now you can get shirts with pockets for your Pez.
93. More to explore! Only a fraction of the millions of species on our planet have been named and identified.
94. Inflatable chairs - an inexpensive way to make your room pop!
95. Good news for your grandparents - and you! In the last decade, the number of people age 100 and older nearly doubled. Someday you might blow out 100 candles on your cake!
96. You can speak your peace. Click onto http://shine.excite.com for cool contests that promote peace.
97. Journals. They're not just on paper anymore. Now you can keep a journal on a CD-ROM and lock it tight with a secret password.
98. You can help wildlife. For $20 you can sponsor a manatee. Go to www.savethemanatee.org for more info.
99. You've got another party to plan! Don't forget, the millennium doesn't officially begin until January 1, 2001. Start saving confetti!
100. It's plain to see - with your eyes on stars and your feet planted in two centuries, you've got the whole world going for you!