That question was asked of Melissa Wardy of Pigtail Pals on her FB page. Here’s her excellent reply: What I said to my 5yo was that Monster High dolls were dressed in a way that I felt was inappropriate for children, that their faces looked mean not nice, and that their bodies sent our hearts [...]
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How do you explain to your 5 yr old why Monster High is inappropriate?
Posted in Toys & products, tagged Monster High, Pigtail Pals on December 28, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Reel Girl is 2 years old today! Progress made against ‘genderfication’ of childhood?
Posted in Margot Magowan/ ReelGirl, tagged Battle for the Sather Stone, Blanacing Jane, Blue Milk, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Frakes, Geena Davis Institute, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Hoyden About Town, Legend of Emery, Lego, Mama Feminista, Melissa Wardy, New Moon Girls, Peggy Orenstein, Pigtail Pals, Pink Stinks, Polly Pocket, Powered by Girl, Princess Free Zone, Riley, the Twin Coach on December 27, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I started Reel Girl on December 27, 2009 in a post Christmas pink haze. It was my first holiday season with three daughters, my youngest child was nine months old. I was amazed by how gendered all their Christmas presents were. Truly amazed. Even the little one had a stack of all pink toys and [...]
‘Not a single onesie in all of humankind had a little girl and an airplane on it’
Posted in Body image, Cool and radical girls, Education, Health, Most girlpower *GGG*, Parenting, ReelGirl recommends, Sexuality, tagged Achilles Effect, Animal Planet, Butterfly Effect, Collective Shout, Crystal Smith, Diego, Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, Jackson Katz, Mamafesto, Melissa Wardy, Operation Transformation, Peggy Orenstein, Pigtail Pals, Pink Stinks, Princess Free Zone, SciGirls, Scooby-Doo, Shaping Youth, SPARK summit, Wild Kratts, Word World on October 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After JCPenney’s “I’m too pretty to do my homework so my brother had to do it for me,” shirt for girls incited a protest that went viral, Pigtail Pals, a site that creates clothing empowering to girls, put out a best-selling shirt that reads “Pretty’s got nothing to do with it.” Now Reel Girl talks [...]
The T shirt that’s changing the world
Posted in Cool and radical girls, Most girlpower *GGG*, ReelGirl recommends, Toys & products, tagged Melissa Wardy, Pigtail Pals, Pretty's got nothing to do with it on September 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Update: Parents and advocates are now bringing attention to another sexist T, this one by Forever 21 that reads: “Allergic to algebra” The Mommy Files posts: Many Reddit readers were outraged. A user who calls herself PrincessJingles chimed in: “‘Allergic to algebra’…really? The last thing the young women of our world need is another reason [...]
