Women's Center
Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate my Daughter, wrote a post on her site on this that got picked up by The Atlantic (which I posted at the Women’s Center’s FB page), but here’s Orenstein’s inspiration. Orenstein focuses on how young girls learn thin and sexy are desirable; Stone focuses on diminishing nutrition, female gender coding, and that boys are being taught to be muscular. Body image isn’t just a girl thing!
Ask Questions. Raise Consciousness.
Hello Tumblr Friends.
We are trying to be more proactive at engaging our tumblr peeps…
Got questions surrounding gender equality/feminism/anything?—ask away!
Love & Peace,
Gender Equality Allies
A kickass video explaining what thin privilege is and isn’t. WATCH. SHARE. BE AWARE.
bisexual guys are assumed to be secretly gay
bisexual girls are assumed to be secretly straight
both are assumed to secretly like men
see what i’m getting at?
Don’t forget that gay men are gay because they lacked a “strong male figure”. And lesbians either haven’t found the right man or are gay because of a guy.
(Source: daryancrescendshair, via youarehereiamit)
Disney: Say No to the Merida Makeover, Keep Our Hero Brave!
Merida was the princess that countless girls and their parents were waiting for — a strong, confident, self-rescuing princess ready to set off on her…
A great way to help create a better world for young generations- sign the petition to keep Merida’s appearance the way it appeared in the movie and create a more realistic and diverse princess for young girls to look up to, rather than allowing Disney to unnecessarily sexualize her figure.
“So my amazing daughter, Emma, turned 5 last month, and I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses, no matter where I looked 95% of the “ideas” were the “How to’s” of how to dress your little girl like a Disney Princess…We chose 5 women (five amazing and strong women), as it was her 5th birthday but there are thousands of unbelievable women (and girls) who have beat the odds and fought (and still fight) for their equal rights all over the world”
- Jaime Moore, Not Just a Girl
What an amazing mom and daughter!
(via theseviolentdelights)
This cannot be real. But it is. Be smart consumers, folks.
