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Wednesday December 3rd, 2014Wednesday October 16th, 2019

A 7-Year-Old Taught A Big Corporation About Sexism With Just One Picture

When Karen Cole tweeted a photo of her seven-year-old daughter Maggie holding up a Tesco advertisement, people took notice. The powerful photo shows Maggie at the Tower Park branch of Tesco in Poole, Dorset, angrily holding a superhero alarm clock ad with the caption “Fun gifts for boys.” “My superhero loving 7yo daughter not impressed …

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Sunday September 28th, 2014Wednesday October 16th, 2019

Boys wearing pink. Why the fuss?

Is there really such a thing as a ‘girl’ colour? By Kate Sutton Recently I made the brave decision to take my 10-year-old son shopping for clothes. All parents know how painful shopping with kids can be, especially pre-teens who, quite frankly, are a species unto themselves. As we perused rail upon rail (upon rail) …

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Friday August 29th, 2014Wednesday October 16th, 2019

LEGO: Make Empowered Female Minifigs Permanent

Sign the petition! SAVE THE SCIENTISTS! News broke last week that the LEGO Ideas Research Institute is considered a “limited edition” item and no more sets will be produced for the sold-out set. Thousands of customers are deeply disappointed by this announcement. We want sets like the LEGO Ideas Research Institute to be a long …

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