Target, Toys, Gender & Consumerism
Parenting

NEWS FLASH: Gender is Not About Things – On Target & Toys & Girls & Boys

Target: first of all, I’d like to say thank you for the small but significant change you have made to remove unnecessary gendered signage from the toy aisles in your stores. Amazon recently made similar changes online, and slowly but slowly, we are starting to see important changes being made …

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Own Two Feet
Parenting

Gender Norms, Cultural Stereotypes & Going Full Circle on the Fight of the Modern Parent

I would like to present to you an article which, were I able to do so, I would prefer to print out, highlight, and submit like a tract or flier full of SO MUCH YES about the experience of raising a child in our modern days. A girl, in my …

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Parenting

Hooray for Curly Girls!

It took me a long time to embrace my curly locks. What I could accomplish if I could get back the hours I spend straightening my curls in my youth? But I digress. After years of dealing with unruly, frizzy locks, I finally happened upon the right mix of products, …

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