- 1. Target Throws Out Gender-Based Labels
- (General)
- Target has decided to take another progressive leap by throwing out the “boys’” and “girls’” labels on toys, home goods, and entertainment items. Instead, they will switch to using the gender-neutral ...
- Created on 11 August 2015
- 2. LEGO's Newest Characters Encourage Girls to Explore Science and Mat
- (Feminism)
- LEGO has been one of the most popular toys for nearly one hundred years now. It has remained popular for so long because not only do you get to play with LEGOs, you get to build them. LEGO has gotten ...
- Created on 30 June 2015
- 3. Jem, A History | How Jem And The Holograms Almost Beat Out Barbie
- (TV)
- BY: Lisa Hix (Collectors Weekly) We got cable TV in 1983, the same year I discovered what I called “rock” music, thanks to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” Since the “Thriller” video gave me nightmares, ...
- Created on 08 April 2015
- 4. IAmElemental: Real-Woman Action Figures
- (General)
- Super-Mom/action figure designer duo Julie Kerwin and Dawn Nadeau saw a problem: the hyper-sexualized asses, the enormous breasts, and the impossibly tiny waists of female action figures. “There are ...
- Created on 27 June 2014
- 5. 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
- 6. Help Girls Play With Power: I Am Elemental Wants to Put These Badass Action Figures On The Shelf
- (General)
- I was always confused about my limited choices as a kid. Growing up with boy cousins, I remember wondering why I always had to be the pink Power Ranger, or the human girl from Ninja Turtles when we played ...
- Created on 13 May 2014
- 7. Can We Plz Talk About Goldieblox?
- (TV)
- Our prayers must have been answered because last night during the most boring Super Bowl of a lifetime, empowered women and girls everywhere got some much needed relief from a myriad of sexually objectifying ...
- Created on 03 February 2014
- 8. 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
- 9. Toys R Us Says "Down With Gender Roles!
- (Feminism)
- Gone are the days of toy stores with a visible dividing line down the center! Barbie and G.I. Joe are now free to mingle! Abolished are the sparkly pink aisles and the Hulk-decaled linoleum floors! Well...at ...
- Created on 06 September 2013
- 10. Must-See Commercial: Rad Little Girls Riot For Better Toys
- (Feminism)
- It’s like my entire feminist life has led up to this one, darling moment. In 2012, Stanford University student Debra Sterling founded GoldieBlox, Inc.—a startup with one awesome mission. As an engineer, ...
- Created on 08 July 2013
- 11. Little Girls Pose With Their Look-A-Like American Girl Dolls For Art Project
- (Arts)
- When the American Girl catalog would enter my household, I’d page through the overpriced accessories with glee. I had Kirsten, because I was vaguely blonde-ish, and she was my very best friend. We slept ...
- Created on 10 June 2013
- 12. Boots Pharmacy Quits Labelling Toys By Gender
- (General)
- The Internet wins again! After being called out on its #everydaysexism, U.K. pharmacy chain Boots is removing signs from its shelves that categorize toys by gender. The pressure started when Boots ...
- Created on 01 May 2013
- 13. Six-Year-Old Girl Asks Hasbro Why "Guess Who?" Is So Sexis
- (General)
- You probably remember the board game “Guess Who?” — you know, the game where you randomly draw a character and then try to guess who your opponent drew? The game where you narrow down your options by ...
- Created on 30 November 2012
- 14. Step Aside, Barbie, and Make Room for Roominate
- (Feminism)
- In the wake of the European Commission’s fail-tastic attempt to inspire girls to be interested in science comes a new toy with a similar goal in mind—minus the whole glorifying gender stereotypes ...
- Created on 02 July 2012
