feminism – Her Bad Mother

12 Mar

A few years ago, I called my daughter an asshole. We were driving, and we were arguing — I can’t even remember about what. Probably about what music to play in the car; she has...

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21 May

The Femininity in Fiction Reading List (Kids Edition)

by Catherine

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It will come as no surprise to anyone who has spent more than an hour with me that I am a big fan of reading lists. Odds are, if we’ve ever sat down to coffee...

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10 May

The Tragedy of Wendy

by Catherine

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When I was about 11 years old, I wanted to go to Neverland. I desperately wanted to go to Neverland. I wanted Peter Pan to turn up at my window and make the offer:...

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14 Nov

To Emilia, On Her Eleventh Birthday

by Catherine

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Dear Emilia, Today, you turn eleven years old. Ten years, ago, I wrote you a letter for your first birthday. It was a letter that I imagined you might read many years from that date, perhaps...

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22 Aug

Pretty Doesn’t Equal Can

by Catherine

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Flowers, she tells me, cannot swim. "They look like they do, because they look so pretty in the water. But 'pretty' doesn't equal 'can,' so. You have to help them when you see them,...

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10 May

Girl Power: You’re Doing It Wrong

by Catherine

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The current issue Discovery Girls magazine has a feature on how to pick the right bathing suit, because apparently girls (8 - 12, if we're going by DG's target demographic) should be worrying about...

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16 Mar

It Takes A (Pony-Loving) Village

by Catherine

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Last week I asked the Internet if there were more boys like Jasper out there - boys who love My Little Pony, unabashedly or otherwise. And I asked that if there were such boys...

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8 Mar

The Politics Of My Little Pony

by Catherine

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And Why Feminism Matters For Boys, Too My seven year old son, Jasper, loves My Little Pony. A lot. He watches the show; he reads the books; he collects the mini-figures. He can tell you...

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5 Mar

These Girls Want You To Vote For Hillary

by Catherine

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Because, they say, it would be an inspiration to all girlkind. And because years and years and years of pretty much only men as world leaders and “seriously, again, 5 billion, like, old guys?”...

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1 Dec

Don’t Call Her A Tomboy

by Catherine

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The whole conversation started because I don’t like the word “tomboy.” “Mommy, case ” my daughter Emilia said to me one day a few months ago, erectile “I think that I’m a tomboy.” “What makes...

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Older Posts

How To Raise An Asshole

The Femininity in Fiction Reading List (Kids Edition)

The Tragedy of Wendy

To Emilia, On Her Eleventh Birthday

Pretty Doesn’t Equal Can

Girl Power: You’re Doing It Wrong

It Takes A (Pony-Loving) Village

The Politics Of My Little Pony

These Girls Want You To Vote For Hillary

Don’t Call Her A Tomboy

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