5. Let’s all take a moment and think about our dance moves circa 1991, shall we? Also, this is a lesson to always record your kids doing awesome stuff that they will LOVE seeing 20 years from now.
1. An anti-vaccine group has taken out a huge video ad in Times Square, claiming they have “the facts,” but pro-vaccine groups say that a giant ad like this could cost thousands of kids their lives. Salon’s Rahul Parikh says, “high-profile defenses of vaccines are still few and far between.” Do we need to hear what the anti-vaccinationists have to say, or are they causing, as one medical ethicist says, “nothing less than a scandal”?
2. One 10-year-old girl is sick of the boys who stereotype all girls as pink-loving, doll-toting, nail polish-wearing girlie girls. Here’s what she has to say to them.
1. Enough with the sneaky vegetables, Babble! If you’re going to make a delicious zucchini bread, tell the kids the dish they just enjoyed was indeed zucchini bread! Likewise the eggplant parm pasta sauce. And who are you kidding, thinking a picky eater will fail to notice the peas and broccoli in his macaroni and cheese, the bright green leafy things in a translucent rice paper wrap, or the fact that his tasty calzone is chock full of mushroom and spinach? That said, the recipes look absolutely delicious.
2. So teaching kids about civil rights is pretty important, yes? And teaching kids that certain groups of people haven’t always been seen as equal and have had to fight/continue to fight to have equal rights as their non-minority counterparts is a giant part of teaching civil rights? So why did some private school parents in San Francisco object to a tour around the Castro neighbourhood to learn some local history and about Harvey Milk and such? Via JezebelRead more...
1. Abercrombie and Fitch re-named the scandalous tween “push-up” bikini top to “triangle” top… but it’s still a push-up top. Does the renaming tone down the sexiness of the swim suit? Via Globe and Mail.
2. Dan Savage now has a book based around his It Gets Better campaign. It’s probably worth a look if you suspect your kid might be gay. It probably also makes a great gift if you want to passive aggressively educate the homophobes in your life. Check out his interview on Salon.
3. The Huffington Post is wondering if we’re raising careless children. Are we? The desensitization argument isn’t anything new, but online friends who can be unfriended and out of our lives at the push of a button is.
Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
My dad re-married a few years ago, and without knowing it, fulfilled a lifelong dream for my sister and I. Through his marriage, he gave us a little brother. Read more...
