I have a confession to make here and now. I did not always steer my little girl away from Disney Princesses as I do now. In fact, when I was pregnant and in the months following her birth her room and closet was showered in all things Disney Princess. Clothes, décor and lots of books. […]

Sometimes no matter how hard we try certain things still manage top seep into our lives through the cracks. Despite the positive messages we try to send and the things we try to ban in our homes, as our SheHeroes get older they still are exposed to TV. Friends, schoolmates and older kids. Unfortunately we […]

Almost a year ago on the blog we posted about new standards being set in Britain to hold magazine and advertisers accountable for the images they publish in advertising campaigns. As the amount of digital enhancement and photo shopping continues to increase the need for accountability has become even more important. Which is why in […]

I read a story that seemed so conflicting 1950s yet totally understandable in this day and age; the publicly funded Nailsea School in Britain is creating a stir this year by outright banning skirts. That’s right, skirts. This falls in line with a similar ban made two years banning trousers put out by a label […]

Don’t call me princess. I know wrapped in my adorable pink blanket and dressed in my cute pink onesie, it’s easy to make that mistake. It’s easy to call me princess. But don’t. I am so much more than a little pink doll with a pink perfect smile. I am so much more than sugar […]

Last September here on the SheHeroes blog we talked about an important news item that was happening in Britain in a blog post, Britain Holds Fashion Magazines and Advertisers To a Higher Standard. In the post we talked about how British officials would be meeting with advertisers, fashion editors and health experts to discuss how […]

I recently came across something posted on Facebook that captured my eye. It was a blog post about a campaign from the Body Shop that had launched in the late nineties known as “the Ruby Campaign.” The Ruby campaign was part of a bigger ‘‘Love Your Body’’ campaign from the store. The Body Shop wanted […]