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TMF: Spidey Sense tingling!
Now this particular TMF: Tired Marketing Fail hits closer to home than most because Andrea Shindeldecker of Oak Park, Illinois is a mom after my own heart. You see, her five-year-old daughter LOVES Spiderman! Sure, other superheroes are great and all, but Spidey is tops. Sound like another little girl you’ve heard about on this […]
TMF: Stop f-ing with Anne of Green Gables!
February 8, 2013
NPR reports that a new three-book set of the classic L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables series features a startling makeover of the famously freckled red-head. She’s… blonde? And not nearly the tween (to use modern parlance) that the book series begins with. To wit, from the original book (p. 11 in my well-worn copy): […]
The Girl Scouts: On leadership, inclusiveness, and cookies
January 31, 2013
With the news that The Boy Scouts of America is toying with ending its discriminatory policy against GBT (and presumably L) people, I can’t help but compare them to The Girl Scouts of the USA. In fairness, I must admit up front that I am an alum of the organization. But that’s not enough to […]
2013: This year is on fire!
January 3, 2013
Happy New Year to all the Tired Feminists out there! I have been looking forward to 2013 for reasons both quantifiable and arbitrary. It’s convenient to pin hopes and set goals with a clean slate and I sometimes savor a blank page. Sometime in the latter half of 2012 I wrestled my way through some […]
A Feminist Parent’s Gift Guide
December 14, 2012
Perhaps it is the natural out-growth of keeping an eagle-eye out for Tired Marketing Fails or it is just the nature of being a feminist parent, but I find shopping for my toddler to be the hardest of my entire holiday gift list. We do our best to give our kids an environment that is […]
The Tired Feminist awesomely strong women Halloween costume list
October 23, 2012
Clichéd and sexist Halloween costumes have always bothered me. They’re bad for women in a misogynistic culture that seeks to only objectify femininity and never allow it subjective, autonomous space. But they are also bad for a holiday that should be all about creativity, humor, fun, and even a little magic. Whether it was because […]
The Voice
May 13, 2012
It’s Mother’s Day and I find myself thinking about being a mom. I became a mom almost exactly two years ago; my daughter’s birthday is in a couple weeks. Motherhood can take many forms — from the traditional, to extended family stepping in, to adoption, and more — and it can start in a lot […]
Girl, you’ll be a woman soon
May 11, 2012
HuffPost Women has a new campaign called “The Moment I Knew I Was a Woman, Not a Girl” in which users submit videos chronicling their exile from Girlville. It’s an interesting question, especially considering how dangerous it feels to be Living While Female these days. And it strikes to the core of gender, really. Because […]
TMF: A Mighty Girl
April 30, 2012
Every now and then I am pleased to find a winner (rather than a loser) for the Tired Marketing FAIL! (TMF) series. So, today I give you A Mighty Girl, an online, curated clearinghouse dedicated to “raising smart, confident, and courageous girls.” The site even comes PinkStinks approved. The Washington, DC-based A Mighty Girl bills […]
This International Women’s Day, let’s connect and inspire girls!
March 8, 2012
Happy International Women’s Day! What, you didn’t know it was International Women’s Day? Wait, you did know that March is Women’s History Month, right? Okay, okay. Maybe International Women’s Day is not at the top of your annual holiday calendar. But there’s good reason to be thinking about this 101-year-old tradition. So what is IWD? […]
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