I was always kind of bored by the Flintstones when I was a kid, but the episodes where Pebbles came on were my favorite. As were the episodes with Tabitha, Samantha’s daughter on Bewitched. Probably because I was a kid and a girl and I liked seeing a kid and a girl on TV. Remember [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sexism’
If you can’t see it, you can’t be it
Posted in Movies, tagged Herge, racism, sexism, Tintin on January 8, 2012 | 16 Comments »
I am reposting with art for those who argue “Tintin in the Congo” is not racist. Also, one more time: the point is that the lack of female roles in the Tintin movie’s cast is consistent with most of the movies made for kids today. Girls have gone missing in kids’ movies and that means [...]
Faith Hill before/ after photoshopping
Posted in Body image, Media, tagged Faith Hill, photoshopping, sexism on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Real women are becoming an endangered species. Click here to see the digital transformation of Faith Hill Margot Magowan Identify Photoshopping when you see it
Order sEXISTs shirts and stickers
Posted in Media, tagged Elizabeth Gilbert, Rumpelstiltskin Campaign, sexism, sEXISTs on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Too often, sexism is invisible to us, whether it’s too geographically distant or we’ve just become immune to witnessing women treated like objects instead of like humans. In 2010, naming the enemy is half the battle. In her new book Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert used a Rumpelstiltskin simile applicable here. The story of Rumpelstiltskin is about [...]
