A while back I included Goldie Blox — a building toy created by a female engineer who was fed up with such things only being marketed to boys — on the Feminist Parent’s Gift Guide. This toy and the story behind it make my feminist parent heart go all aflutter! I immediately ordered three —…
Time for another adventure in Tired Marketing Fails! As a comic book fan and Wonder Woman fan, I was pretty stoked to see Target unveil a line of Justice League themed products for the summer months. There is a little something for almost everyone from housewares (dishes, barbecue accessories, aprons), decor, toys, gardening tools (really),…
Originally posted on The Belle Jar:
I’d seen this image pop up a few times on my Facebook feed, but it wasn’t until the super-popular website PostSecret shared it on their page that I really sat up and took notice. Or rather, it wasn’t until someone commented saying that this shirt promoted rape culture, and…
Anyone who follows my twitter and Facebook feeds already knows that I am having a moment with Kate Elliot’s Soraya Chemaly’s post The Problem with ‘Boys will be boys’. To say I love this post is an understatement. As she explains how three different boys approached playing blocks with her daughter, it is like getting…
You’d think that Sherman Frederick, disgraced Review Journal publisher extraordinaire, would have learned his lesson last week, after writing that Silver State girls are easy. You know, the op-ed in which he posits that if the Hispanic community has such a problem with teen pregnancy, then it’s just their own damn fault? Those slutty sluts.…
There’s been a lot of conversation online (and offline) about the new Dove campaign. But the reality is, it isn’t subverting the paradigm. It’s a part of the paradigm. I’ll let The Belle Jar explain: Dove Does Not Give A Shit About Whether Or Not You Feel Beautiful.
More from the #AlwaysAware campaign for Sexual Assault Awareness Month:
What would you do with your lost $11,000 in wages? That is the question on deck this Equal Pay Day, the annual day that marks how far into the following year a woman has to work to earn the same wages as a man does in one calendar year. To put it another way a…
Please join me and my colleagues at Fem2.0 for a tweetchat on Monday, April 8 from 10 am (1 pm ET) in which we’ll be taking on the topic of street harassment as it affects the LGBT community. Chat guest, Shawna Potter and Melanie Keller of Hollaback! Baltimore. You can join the discussion by using…
Any feminist worth their salt has no doubt seen at least one mention of the latest Victoria’s Secret dust-up. This time, the retailer has struck the ire of conservatives and feminists alike for the reported launch of a hyper-sexualized line of lingerie marketed to tweens. Or did they? It wouldn’t be surprising that a brand…
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