- 1. Lego Says Buh-Bye to Gendered Playtime With New Gender-Neutral Toys and "Ready For Girls" Campaign ...
- (Feminism)
- ... and comes with the announcement of Lego’s new “Ready for Girls” campaign, which will work to dismantle enduring gendered stereotypes about play activities. In their research, Geena Davis Institute workers ...
- Created on 14 October 2021
- 2. Yikes: Bacardi Made A Vodka "For Today's Modern Women" And It’s B
- (Eat Me)
- ... at women. A restaurant editor, Khushbu Shah, took a screenshot of the press release and put it on Twitter, sarcastically adding, “just what I need in 2020! gendered drinks with half the alcohol.” The ...
- Created on 23 July 2020
- 3. Hate Math? Thank The Patriarchy
- (Feminism)
- ... as rational/emotional are gendered so that to be feminine is to be emotional at the expense of rationality—a quality associated with mathematical ability,” Vakharia writes in her thesis. In other words: ...
- Created on 11 May 2020
- 4. The Racist Origins Of Fatphobia
- (Feminism)
- ... much so, that when Second Wave feminists lambasted the slender ideal as a form of gendered oppression they only had it half right, as they had been focused on only half the problem. The thin ideal, like ...
- Created on 10 October 2019
- 5. How To Put Your Beauty Routine To Work By Opting For Women-Owned Companies
- (Style)
- ... I’m supporting a non-cisgendered-straight-white-male company, can I give you my money?’” she says with a laugh. She suggests exploring on Instagram: “Follow hashtags like #crueltyfreebeauty and work backwards.” ...
- Created on 05 August 2019
- 6. Macy’s And Forever 21 Tried To Serve Fatphobia—Customers Didn’t Bite
- (Feminism)
- ... any better), it fails to recognize that diet-culture and fatphobia is super, super gendered. As Pourtions’ designs employ widely-recognizable feminized fashion tropes such as mom jeans and skinny jeans, ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 7. Dad Can Clean Up Too: U.K. Bans Harmful Gender Stereotypes In Advertisements
- (Feminism)
- ... gendered advertising, greater variability in body shape pictured within ads, and increased in-house diversity. According to The New York Times, the U.K. is joining the ranks of “Belgium, France, Finland, ...
- Created on 17 June 2019
- 8. Photographer Najva Sol On Her Bold, Saturated Personal Style
- (Style)
- ... Whenever you’re traveling, check out thrift shops. Support craft cultures. Don’t be afraid of different-gendered sections in stores. There are more opportunities for curvy people to get beautiful fashion-forward ...
- Created on 04 May 2018
- 9. This Radical Latina Art Exhibit Will Change The Way You Think About The Female Body
- (Arts)
- ... concerns such as bodily autonomy, oppressive social norms, gendered violence, and the environment.” This exhibit will be open from April 13 to July 22, with special events occurring throughout the four-month ...
- Created on 09 April 2018
- 10. Doritos Is Making "Lady Doritos" Because Apparently Women Don't Like To Crun
- (Feminism)
- ... in public. It’s unclear when this gendered-grub will be launched in the states, but according to Telegraph, the Advertising Standard Authority is cracking down on advertising gender stereotypes over ...
- Created on 05 February 2018
- 11. 4 Reasons Why I Broke Up With My Razor
- (Feminism)
- ... and badass, thing I could do. My personal decision to stop shaving made me feel empowered, badass, and authentically beautiful in a way I never felt before. But, as a cisgendered, middle-class, conventionally ...
- Created on 30 November 2017
- 12. 14 Feminist Designers To Watch This New York Fashion Week
- (Style)
- ... and romantic corsetry – typical gendered fashion becoming one unisex dream. Simkhai will no doubt use this year’s show to bring more $95 feminist t-shirts on our radar. 8) Marchesa Wednesday, September ...
- Created on 06 September 2017
- 13. Target Throws Out Gender-Based Labels
- (General)
- ... website announcing this move away from gender-based labels: "we never want guests or their families to feel frustrated or limited by the way things are presented.” Gendered labels will stay in the apparel ...
- Created on 11 August 2015
- 14. Does This Pepper Spray Gun For Women Need To Be Bright Pink?
- (Living)
- If you’ve ever graced the aisles of a Toys ‘R’ Us or Duane Reade, then you know that the relentless pressure of gendered normativity is alive and well. Pink and purple products ranging from pens, earplugs, ...
- Created on 16 April 2015
- 15. As If You Need Another Reason to Go Ahead and Play With Toys
- (Feminism)
- Are you still secretly five years old? Do you enjoy buying a cool toy every once in awhile? Are you frustrated at the lack of equal gendered-representation in the pink vs. blue toy world? If so, meet Dr. ...
- Created on 10 June 2014
- 16. For The Mighty Girls In Your Life: A Website Full of Feminist Toys for Girls
- (Feminism)
- ... more gendered as I grow older - toys that were previously gender neutral are not becoming gender specific (i.e Lego and Duplo), split into a comfortable and often unchallenged gendered binary that has ...
- Created on 11 February 2014
- 17. Makeup Is Your Secret Enemy
- (General)
- ... history, we can determine a trend of ignorant consumption to informed consumption. Although, makeup is not directly the same, as the products are gendered and therefore adversely affect women consumers ...
- Created on 03 February 2014
- 18. Girls + Beastie Boys + Engineering Toys = Genius Viral Video
- (Feminism)
- Pink is for girls, and blue is for boys. Girls want to be pretty; boys want to be smart. We’ve heard this nonsense before, yes? Well, it seems like companies are finally catching on: 1950s gender ...
- Created on 20 November 2013
- 19. Sex Toy Reviews, in Comic Format!
- (Sex)
- ... inclusive of all identities! That’s really hard to find when talking about the sex industry, which is mostly dominated by white, cis-gendered bodies. To counter this harmful homogeneity, OJST “strives ...
- Created on 06 August 2013
- 20. Preferred Gender Pronouns: Obnoxious? (No)
- (Feminism)
- ... to have a conversation without using gendered pronouns. It’s tricky! But does that mean you should disrespect someone’s choice, if they choose not to identify as either a “he” or a “she”? No. Unfortunately, ...
- Created on 12 July 2013
