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Comment on Dated Gender Messages From the Boy and Girl Scout Handbooks? by Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity

Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:43 +0000

[...] things we would see from Girl Scouts would be an overhaul of their badges. Last year over at SheHeroes I wrote about the outdated messages that Girl Scout Badges were sending to girls so I was overjoyed [...]

Comment on Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity by Meghan Harvey

Meghan Harvey — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:15:59 +0000

Sherry, you are so right. We’ve wrestled with that quite a bit & even switched troops to a group that held values much more similar to ours. Though this doesn’t change my dismay at being affiliated with BSA but it’s hard when the things we don’t like about BSA are not prevalent in our small group, making those things harder to explain to our son. Who because of the openness of our specific group and inclusion of female siblings in meetings & such, didn’t realize until this video that girls couldn’t be in Boy Scouts. This of course led to an entirely different conversation that warrants a blog post all on its own…
Meghan

Comment on Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity by Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:43:19 +0000

I applaud your attitude on this issue, but wonder about your son being allowed to be a member of a group that very openly discriminates against homosexuals.

Comment on Dated Gender Messages From the Boy and Girl Scout Handbooks? by Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity | SheHeroes

Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity | SheHeroes — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:23:04 +0000

[...] Girl Scouts would be an overhaul of their badges. Last year over at SheHeroes I wrote about the outdated messages that Girl Scout Badges were sending to girls so I was overjoyed that Girl Scouts had heeded the message and were bringing [...]

Comment on 10 Inspiring Books for Girls by Inspiring Whenever and Wherever We Can | SheHeroes

Inspiring Whenever and Wherever We Can | SheHeroes — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:08:59 +0000

[...] biography section and find (even when it takes a little searching) a book about a woman I know that might inspire her. Or maybe, depending on her reading level, Ill guide her to the Nancy Drew section, or Anne of [...]

Comment on SheHeroes Episode 6: Adrienne Rivera by Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:06:58 +0000

Fantastic story and achievements!

Comment on Girly Legos – The Gateway Toy by Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:24:20 +0000

I also wrote about LEGO today, and have been motivated to write about them a few times this year. I agree completely with what you are saying about LEGO missing the boat on its own toys. As I said, “Maybe if [LEGO] focused instead on creating a few toys that are fun and do not hew to stereotypes, or venturing away from the ‘kit’ model and back to the freedom and creativity that a box of bricks allows, they’d get a larger female fan base.” BTW, I’d love to see the gender breakdown of sales figures for lines like Harry Potter. I bet there is a huge number of female buyers.

Comment on Girly Legos – The Gateway Toy by Margaret Thomas

Margaret Thomas — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:07:14 +0000

Posted commentary very similar to this on my Facebook page today. While I recognize that LEGO would want to tap into a market of people not already engaged with their product lines, they are missing out on an ENORMOUS opportunity by not pursuing the 8 – 12yo girls who would love to have female Mad Scientists, Hermione Grangers / Luna Lovegoods, and actual selection of resilient heroines, etc., in the existing CITY, Heroica, Bionicle product lines. Girls already aspire to be represented in those product lines, LEGO or otherwise. And, as I suggested on Twitter, why not a ‘Sisters Grimm’ line inspired by the phenomenal range of characters in Michael Buckley’s series? There’s a wealth of source material, but LEGO isn’t seeing the forest for the trees.

Comment on Girly Legos – The Gateway Toy by Angela

Angela — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:04:44 +0000

Just wanted to say I totally agree with everything you’ve put in this post. My eldest daughter absolutely loves Lego, every kind of Lego. Although if someone were to give her pink Lego she would say “bleurgh” and not play with it as she completely refuses to play with what she sees as “girly toys”. Her current favourite is Star Wars Lego. Now my youngest daughter likes to copy her big sister but she goes in for all the girly princess pink stuff. She asked me for “girly Lego” for Christmas. I’ve not complied instead I’ve bought her Harry Potter Lego with Hermone and Ginny figures.

Comment on SheHeroes Holiday Gift Guide AND Giveaway by Jodi

Jodi — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:29:53 +0000

So many things to love here…thank you for putting this list together.