Mum vents about people questioning her daughter’s firefighter costume
I can understand her frustration. When I was little I was questioned about my Halloween costumes a lot. I always wanted to dress as Dracula over being a witch. I wanted to be a ninja over being a fairy princess. The one that caused the most questions with people was the year the Power Ranger […]
7 years ago
This Kilkenny disco is telling teenage girls how to dress
The management of Kilkenny’s biggest teenage disco, The Fusion Ball, have implemented a ‘dress code’ for young girls attending the popular event, and both genders say the move reinforces a culture of sexism and victim-blaming. The Fusion Ball, which is hosted regularly in Kilkenny’s Pegasus nightclub, took to Facebook on Sunday to declare that female attendees’ dresses should […]
10 years ago
Girls’ Self-Esteem Is Lower Than Boys By The Age Of Just Six
A new study conducted by researchers at New York University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton University has shown that, by the age of just six, girls are less likely to associate ‘brilliance’ with their own gender than boys. The research, published today and led by Lin Bian, of the University of Illinois, and professor […]
10 years ago
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Is Sick Of Gender Stereotyping Our Kids, Are YOU?
Singer and mum-of-three posted an adorable snap of her son, Ray to Instagram this week and used the platform to bemoan the “old-fashioned” gender stereotyping that still goes on in the kid’s department of clothing stores. The pic shows Ray sporting cute pjs in his favourite colour, pink. She explained that she’d had to buy […]
10 years ago
Mum Fights Gender Stereotypes With Powerful Instagram Campaign
My little boy is a total wild-child. Like; I am talking proper whirlwind, a digger-obsessed, dino-loving, can’t-stay-clean-for-more-than-four-seconds boy. But; that does not mean that he does not think it’s totally fun to play fairies (in full costume) with his big sister. Or that he hasn’t been known to toil away hours playing with her My […]
11 years ago
There’s A Huge Problem With Disney Princesses (That You Never Noticed Before)
Who doesn’t love a good Disney princess movie?! (Says your one who has watched Frozen exactly 71 times…) Anyway, despite the fact that they have given us totally unrealistic expectations about hair, were you aware that there is an even bigger problem with the Disney ladies that deserves some talking about? Next time you are […]
11 years ago