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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: Different rules for girls
March 2, 2012
Let’s take a look at a couple of toddler shirts I found on a recent shopping trip to Old Navy for this installment of TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! First we have a shirt in the boys section: Then we have a shirt from the girl’s section: Notice anything? I mean, besides the pink and blue […]
TMF: Girl Power!
February 9, 2012
Just a quick TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! today… I snapped this pic as I was walking past the girl’s department at a major big-box store. I think it’s rather awesome (all unintentional Charlie Sheen references aside):
TMF: Name that sexism
January 17, 2012
Quick! Check out this t-shirt I spotted in the girl’s side of the toddler section and tell me why I just had to call it out for the first TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! of the year. And… go!
Slut-shaming is wrong: This 13-year-old has it figured out
January 12, 2012
How awesome is this 13-year-old girl with her vlog about why slut-shaming is wrong. (Answer: “It’s part of a rape culture… [that says] it’s okay to rape sluts because they were ‘asking for it.’”) How about this sex-positive, shame-free directive: It is nobody’s business but your own how many people you’re having sex with or […]
Scout’s honor
October 27, 2011
After news broke of the 7-year-old transgender child who wasn’t allowed to join Girl Scouts, my heart sank a little. You see, I was a Girl Scout for seven years. Denver’s Bobby Montoya has made national headlines because of a Girl Scout leader’s refusal to let him join because he had, “boy parts.”Oh, right. Boy […]
Why doesn’t it go both ways?
August 25, 2011
As we were putting our daughter to bed tonight, my husband and I started talking about how cute her clothes are. They’re so little! They’re so colorful! Look at this one! So cute! I doubt this is a unique conversation amongst parents of little kids. I mean, by definition baby clothes are pretty much the […]
TMF: They have a (gender-coded) card for that
August 16, 2011
A while back, a reader commented that the greeting card aisle was a virtual minefield of gender-coding. This seemed like a perfect target for TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! So, I decided to investigate the situation for myself. My findings are mixed. Is the card aisle a pink ghetto? You decide: There are definitely cards devoted […]
Some quickies to start the week
July 25, 2011
Here are some stories that have caught my eye recently, to gently get this week rolling (hey, sometimes I have a hard time coming off a weekend, too): Same-sex couples, like these women who’ve been together for 20+ years, started getting married in New York over the weekend. Speaking of romance, let’s look at how […]
TMF: The gender gets in your eyes
July 18, 2011
It’s time for another edition of TMF: Tired Marketing FAIL! While shopping for a sun hat to protect my kiddo’s sweet little head and eyes, my husband and I noticed something funny. We were at REI and there was one section for kids hats. On one side it looked like this: On the other side […]
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