IS IT SEXIST TO BUY A TOY KITCHEN FOR MY DAUGHTERS?
Are we still reinforcing stereotypes from the 1950s in the form of plastic?
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WHY I REFUSE TO LET BARBIE RAISE MY DAUGHTER
While I was growing up, I absolutely loved Barbie. I would beg my mother for a new Barbie every time we ventured into the toy department. As soon as we neared those Pepto Bismol-pink displays, I would get butterflies and daydream of Barbie’s and my next adventure together.
SHE AIN’T SLOW, SHE’S MY (TALL) DAUGHTER
What they didn’t know about was the tearful frustration of a teenage girl who wanted to look cute in clothes that were always too short everywhere—sleeves, legs—or hung like a tent when going up a size. It was incorrectly assumed that I must be an expert at basketball and volleyball, but when the cat was out of the bag, I would hang my head in shame.
