Here are some email lists designed for or about young women and girls. For web-based forums for or about young women and girls, see Websites for Girls. Some of these sites maintain web forums.

Last updated: February 18, 2005

CARE ABOUT GIRLS is a list for adults who care about girls: parents, teachers, coaches, counselors, pastors, troop leaders, relatives, researchers, etc. This list is "for every adult who wants to help raise healthy, confident girls and make the world better and safer for girls." To subscribe, send any message to careaboutgirls-subscribe@yahoogroups.com . More information can be found at the CAREABOUTGIRLS web page, where it is also possible to subscribe.

GIRL is a private, unmoderated list for and about girls, grrrls, young women, lesbian and feminist youth, etc. (born-female and approximately 25 and younger). To subscribe, send a brief bio (100 words or more) including your age, interest in the list, anything about your background, work, experiences, or commitments, and anything else you want listmembers to know (bios are posted when your subscription is accepted-- you must request otherwise or this will be done autmatically). If you wish to receive the list in digest form, say so in your bio. Send the bio to GIRL@MYLIST.NET . For more information, contact the listowner at GIRL-OWNER@MYLIST.NET

GIRLS_STUDIES provides announcements, queries, and resources for academics who study girlhood in any discipline: cultural studies, history, sociology, literature, psychology, etc. It is intended for professional academics, not for undergraduates, journalists, parents seeking help with their daughters, etc. Subscription requests are approved by the moderator. For more information or to subscribe, see the GIRLS_STUDIES web page at Yahoo Groups.

THE GIRL ZONE is a list for lesbian and bisexual women under the age of 18. Discussion topics include "anything and everything." To subscribe, send a message saying that you wish to subscribe and put "the girl zone" in the subject header. Send the message to EIECTRICA@AOL.COM (note that the second letter is an I, not an L).

GLB-YOUTH-L serves as an email gateway to the moderated Google (formerly Usenet) newsgroup soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi . This allows users to access the newsgroup through email, so that they can read it even if they cannot access it through Usenet. For more information or to subscribe, see the GLB-YOUTH-L web page. See also soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi below.

SINGLEMOMS offers single mothers, 25 and under, a place to meet new people and share experiences, advice, and friendship. To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE SINGLEMOMS to LISTSERV@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM . You can also subscribe from the SINGLEMOMS web site.

soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi is "a moderated Google (formerly Usenet) newsgroup to offer support, understanding, and friendship to young people who are coming to terms with their sexuality, which may differ from the heterosexual norm." Messages from flamers or from adults seeking young people for sex will not be permitted.

THIRDWAVE is "a place for individuals to exchange information, share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about feminism or feminist issues. It is also meant to be a place to 'connect,' to make friendships and discuss the specific issues facing women who came of age in the 80's and 90's and other topics related to 'third wave' feminism with other voices and diverse points of view." For more information or to subscribe, go to the Thirdwave web page on Yahoo Groups.

YNGWIVES, the Young Wives Discussion Group, is a women-only list for discussing issues that relate to or stem from being a young wife, such as in-laws, living together, children, sex, money, career, education, etc. To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE YNGWIVES to LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU .

Copyright 1994-2005 by Joan Korenman.