Audrey Brashich, A Vancouver based journalist and former teen model wrote a book: “All Made up: A girls guide to seeing through celebrity hypes and celebrating real beauty. She spoke this week in Vancouver on a panel discussing Healthy Sexuality (at the YWCA). Sadly I had to miss it…I will blog on it when

Mattel pulled real shaped barbie ads

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Masculine and feminine are both good, I think

Here is another quote from my upcoming Strong Girls book: “It seemed clear that patriarchy has valued rationality, independence, competitiveness, efficiency, stoicism, mechanical forms and militarism—things traditionally associated with the “masculine”. Less valued are being, feeling, art, listening, intuition, nurturing and attachment—things traditionally associated with the “feminine” (Monk-Kidd, p 63)    

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Mothers might be better role models if more selfish

Here is a quote I am putting into my book  (Strong Girls). It is by Virginia Wolfe in her essay “Professions for Women” “She was intensely sympathetic. She was immensely charming. She was utterly unselfish. Routing Number BANCFIRST She excelled in the difficult arts of the family life. She sacrificed herself daily. If there was

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