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Positive Picks! Progress in Upending Gender Stereotypes

April 3, 2015 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

May 29, 2015 Update Check out the all new Kickstarter from Gecko Clothing featuring "funky, ethical, organic, unisex" clothes crowdsourcing both the design and the funding!  There's a strong … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Brave Girls Alliance, building brain plasticity, Elizabeth Sweet, Free to be kids, gender equality, gender portrayal kids, hyper gendered toys, Lego Elves stereotypes, Lego Friends, Let books be books, let kids be kids, Let Toys Be Toys, Madeline Messer, media-literacy, Monica Lowry, pink and blue, positive picks, Toca Boca, Toolula, Tootsa, Tootsa MacGinty, toy industry complicity, toy industry stereotypes, unisex kids clothes, Unisex toys, Upending gender stereotypes
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6 Dec

this is why the media needs to do better explaining what economic conditions actually are, and where they're headed

our job is conveying an accurate picture of the world, not recirculating mistaken views Americans have absorbed from sources that are partisan or seeking clicks

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26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

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16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

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