Tag Archives: gender

Some post for Weetabix – it’s pretty, pink and Barbie-based

Posted on 21 March, 2013 by Lucy

Dear Weetabix You *may* get some intriguing post tomorrow. It is a creative response to your most recent, most uncreative latest advert. Yep, the one in which the superhero lad plots to save the day while the young girl busies … Continue reading →

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Gender Schmender – how the world denies our daughters

Posted on 26 April, 2012 by lulastic

When I was a little girl, five or so, I had a desperate desire to be called Eric. You can’t be Eric, the world said, with incredulity! Fine! I replied! I would be Girl Eric! (No one mentioned there was … Continue reading →

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Vandalism for my daughter’s sake

Posted on 15 September, 2011 by lulastic

I was sitting on the train today and scoped out the poster above my head for a leading political rag. The cartoon depicted a husband reading a business paper and the wife in the doorway heaving in a load of … Continue reading →

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