Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Fight Like a Girl...2nd edition!
I'm working on a second edition to Fight Like a Girl and am looking to enlist your help! Send me an email to megan@fightlikeagirl.org and let me know what you'd like me to keep, change, update, and/or get rid of in the next edition of the book. I'm very interested in your feedback. Thanks!!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Supergirl vs. Strawberry Shortcake
My 2 year old daughter wants Strawberry Shortcake (how she knows about her is beyond me). At the store today I wandered down the 'boy aisle' to see what dolls (hmm...excuse me, 'action figures') were offered. A possible alternative to Strawberry Shortcake?? And I found SuperGirl! I snatched her up and presented her to my daughter. She screwed up her face and asked me where Strawberry Shortcake was. I begin to highlight Supergirl's powers, strength...and the awesome fact that she could change the world. I mean c'mon she has both heat vision and freezing breath. My daughter's response...but you can brush Strawberry Shortcake's hair and she smells like fruit. My heart sank...what is a feminist mom to do? Can Supergirl compete with those qualifications? Should she have to?
As if I were not distraught enough...upon closer inspection of Supergirl I was devastated. Not only is she the only girl in the line up of Marvel figures on this particular store's shelf but she has breasts that give Barbie a run for her money. The size of her waist line makes you wonder if she could even hold up those ginormous breasts! And the main movement she can do is bend her knees (as in get down on her knees). And let's not forget that I found her in the 'boy aisle'-- she is marketed to boys...young boys. Package says ages 4+ Seriously?
Strawberry's body is much more girl like (despite the size of her head). And she has a community of young women around her...Plum Pudding, Raspberry Torte, Lemon Meringue, Orange Blossom, & Blueberry Muffin. They come in different colors...a rainbow--gay friendly? A sign of diversity? So they flit around, dress up, and have tea parties...it could be worse, right?
Has it come to this? Am I honestly arguing the redeemable points to Strawberry Shortcake and her girls because Supergirl in toy form is so disappointing? Can there be no mainstream action figures/dolls that support girls as girls? Highlight their strength? Teach them to be empowered by their capabilities? Is this asking too much?
As if I were not distraught enough...upon closer inspection of Supergirl I was devastated. Not only is she the only girl in the line up of Marvel figures on this particular store's shelf but she has breasts that give Barbie a run for her money. The size of her waist line makes you wonder if she could even hold up those ginormous breasts! And the main movement she can do is bend her knees (as in get down on her knees). And let's not forget that I found her in the 'boy aisle'-- she is marketed to boys...young boys. Package says ages 4+ Seriously?
Strawberry's body is much more girl like (despite the size of her head). And she has a community of young women around her...Plum Pudding, Raspberry Torte, Lemon Meringue, Orange Blossom, & Blueberry Muffin. They come in different colors...a rainbow--gay friendly? A sign of diversity? So they flit around, dress up, and have tea parties...it could be worse, right?
Has it come to this? Am I honestly arguing the redeemable points to Strawberry Shortcake and her girls because Supergirl in toy form is so disappointing? Can there be no mainstream action figures/dolls that support girls as girls? Highlight their strength? Teach them to be empowered by their capabilities? Is this asking too much?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
30th Annual Women Take Back the Night
Join me
for the 30th Annual
Women Take Back the Night
march and rally
Saturday, October 3, 2009
6pm at the West Steps of the State Capitol
Sacramento, CA
for the 30th Annual
Women Take Back the Night
march and rally
Saturday, October 3, 2009
6pm at the West Steps of the State Capitol
Sacramento, CA
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Women Inform the Reform!
From ACCESS:
Women Inform the Reform!
Health Care Reform Campaign
Due to the economic downturn, hundreds of thousands of Californians are joining the ranks of the uninsured or are looking to publicly financed programs for their health coverage. President Obama and Congressional leaders have pledged to seek the adoption of major health care reforms at the national level. Based on this promise, we’re committed to raise our communities’ voices on this issue affecting so many of us!
Photogram Project ACCESS is working in partnership with Raising Women’s Voices, a national initiative to support quality, affordable health care for all, to bring California women’s voices into the national heath care reform debate. We are collecting photos of women displaying their hopes and dreams for health care reform. The photogram will be delivered to members of the California Congressional delegation who play key roles in crafting heath care policy.
If you’re interested in participating in Women Inform the Reform! , please tell us:
What would you like to see in a Health Care Reform plan?
- Accessible, high quality, comprehensive health care for ALL residents
- Affordable for individuals and families in relation to income.
- Culturally appropriate, to vulnerable and underserved communities.
- Address community as well as individual health.
Be sure to include your name, city, state and zip code following the format indicated below. For example: [Your Photo and Comment] [Your Name] [Your City] [Your State] [Your Zip Code] *These photos will be published and or used for the Health Care Reform campaign purposes only* All Rights Reserved. http://www.whrc-access.org/ http://www.RaisingWomensVoices.net
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Purity and Abstinence?
Check out Jessica Valenti's article in The Nation, The Virginity Movement, Rebranded
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