December 27, 2011
One Christmas I finally got Holiday Barbie. After begging my parents for years, I could breathe a sigh of relief. The only problem was she was too pretty to play with. I couldn’t even take off her elaborate white dress. Already, I wanted to take my Lego back out of its box. What reminds me ...
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think beyond pink,
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November 22, 2010
Amanda Visell has a series of fantastic posters for girls. But it is thing one, entitled We Are All Kings, which reminds me of one of my favourite poems. The Adventures of Isabel by Odgen Nash Isabel met an enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel, didn’t care; The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous, The bear’s ...
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September 1, 2010
No one has ever accused Disney of feminism but these adorable videos illustrate exactly what these princesses are teaching our daughters about womanhood.
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