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Well Heeled

I hung out with a friend’s 3-year-old this weekend. She was very excited about her new princess shoes – Cinderella slippers that looked like those pictured here. “Slippers” is a misnomer. Those are straight-up high heels for 3-year-olds. That makes … Continue reading

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Women and Fantasy in the Age of Rehash

Philip Cohen over at The Society Pages has a good article out detailing why Smurfette is still problematic.  The basics: “The Smurfs, originating as they did in mid-century Europe, exhibit the quaint sexism in which boys or men are generic people … Continue reading

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