PinkStinks: Challenging Girly Stereotypes
Not So Pretty In Pink: Are Girls’ Toys Too Girly? by Beth Gardiner at Time Twin sisters Abi and Emma Moore noticed a few years ago how different their south London houses looked as Abi’s started...
View ArticleCall for PG Rating of Aussie Tween Magazines
“Scrutiny urged for tween magazines” by Jill Pengelley at The Advertiser on May 24, 2010 THE YWCA of Adelaide is calling for a PG rating for “tween girls” magazines, which it says are teaching...
View Article“Mom, do my legs look fat in these skinny jeans”?
By Valerie Kusler It’s no secret that “skinny jeans” have dominated the women’s denim market for the past year or two. But a new trend of marketing skinny jeans to kids has caused quite a stir and...
View ArticleHalloween is Frightening When it Sexualizes and Stereotypes
Halloween is the time when goblins come out from under bridges and vampires emerge from creepy coffins. It is also the time when gender and racial stereotypes fly onto the racks of costume shops with...
View ArticleThe LEGO Disconnect on Gender
By Crystal Smith As most readers may know, there has been a huge uproar over LEGO’s newest product line, LEGO Friends. (Google it. You can’t miss it.) Regular readers [at The Achilles Effect] might...
View ArticleMinnie Mouse Doesn’t Need a Model Makeover
By Ragen Chastain When the high-end department store Barney’s decided to collaborate with Disney for its holiday window, Barney’s creative director, David Freedman insisted that, “the important thing...
View ArticleTalking about Periods: Removing Menstrual Shame for Social Justice
By Sayantani DasGupta In most countries, there is a culture of taboo and secrecy around menstrual health and hygiene. Just think of all those ridiculous commercials for sanitary products that allow you...
View ArticleChildhood, Selfhood, and the American Girl
By Allison Epstein, Intern 2013 It’s amazing how much of an impact our favorite childhood toys can have on us years and decades later. If I asked you what toy you treasured back in the day, what would...
View ArticleBrave Girls Want Dolls That Do Not Originate In or Reflect Porn Culture – NSFW
A guest post by Charlotte Kugler, originally posted at Pigtail Pals and Ballcap Buddies *Editor’s Note: Given a contentious facebook discussion this morning, I want to make it clear that myself,...
View ArticleGirls Braced for Beauty
By Philip N. Cohen, PhD, Contributor at Sociological Images Sociologists like to say that gender identities are socially constructed. That just means that what it is, and what it means, to be male or...
View ArticleYes, All Little Girls Live in the Threat of Sexual Violence
By Pia Guerrero I lived on a tree-lined street, had a dog and a cat that I liked to put bows and hats on, and walked to my local elementary school a block away. I liked to walk to the beach holding my...
View ArticleGetting Our Hands Dirty: STEM Learning, Girls, and Gardening
By Sayantani DasGupta I was thrilled to hear that this spring, Harvey Mudd College in California made history by granting more engineering degrees to women than men, with 56% of their graduating...
View ArticleGuess What, Ladies: Phyllis Schlafly Thinks You Shouldn’t Go to College
By Emma Cueto for Bustle, cross-posted with permission There are certain things in life you can count on — January is terrible, kittens are phenomenal, and any time Phyllis Schlafly is in the news,...
View ArticleBarbie’s Got a New Face and Body. And We Love It!
For literally decades, Adios Barbie has been calling for more frequent and accurate representation of people who don’t fit the Eurocentric ideal of Barbie not just in the media, but in toy aisles as...
View ArticleThe Femisphere: A Link Roundup
A Round up of Body Politics, Body Image and Body Justice News Gender “Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the...
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