How was your weekend? Bet you're all dying to know if you were the winner of the magazine giveaway. Or maybe you aren't. Because you DIDN'T ENTER. Cripes guys, way to make a girl feel loved. Are you breaking up with me? Clearly, I need to avoid any jobs in sales since I can't even give things away. I considered extending the timeframe by a few more days, but I rather suspect it would be a little like nailing jelly to a tree. So, *streamers and ticker tape raining from the sky* Lisa from Big Little, the magazine subscription is all yours. Congratulations!
In other news, this video was on my Facebook wall this morning. If you have a girl, married a girl, teach a girl, work with a girl, live with a girl or you are a girl, this is for you. Yes, this is a clever marketing strategy, but I am less interested in the product and more interested the responses by a boy and a young woman who appear later on in the ad. Please take a moment to watch it and think about what message we send to our children when told that they do things 'like a girl'. It's brilliant.
Let's give all our pre-teens the belief that they can win the race.
Have a great week.
In other news, this video was on my Facebook wall this morning. If you have a girl, married a girl, teach a girl, work with a girl, live with a girl or you are a girl, this is for you. Yes, this is a clever marketing strategy, but I am less interested in the product and more interested the responses by a boy and a young woman who appear later on in the ad. Please take a moment to watch it and think about what message we send to our children when told that they do things 'like a girl'. It's brilliant.
Have a great week.
I just watched that this morning, thought it made a very clear point about the discrimination against being 'like a girl'. Bummer I missed your comp, random cos I usually read all your posts! I'll blame my blogger feed...
ReplyDeleteHi Alicia, for posts relating to social commentary, I like to respond here instead of by email so everyone can see what has been discussed. What surprised me was that even when the older girls had the opportunity to perform as the strong, confident, capable young women they are, they opted to portray themselves as a stereotype, yet it never occurred to the younger girls to do anything other than give of their best. I still have a few years before the pre-teen stage hits in this household, but what a great reminder this is to keep reinforcing my girls' self-worth and confidence - obviously not to the extent that they end up with massively overinflated egos, but to build on the idea that they can achieve anything that they set their minds to.
DeleteI'm a U.S. follower, so I couldn't enter your giveaway... But I just wanted to write to say that I'm a regular reader and loyal follower. xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh bugger, I didn't see it. I love the look of Hazed Magazine, and have flicked through copies. I need to start thinking about planning a wedding and I really like the alternative ideas that Hazed have. xo
ReplyDeleteOh no! I didn't enter cause I of course am already subscribed... should have commented though eh ;) Interesting vid. With my girls I really really dont like the "o i want to look pretty, or does this dress make me look special? or stuff like that. I so so want them to know and believe that who they are, what they are and how they look is enough, more than enough and that they already are a complete package. sure we can dress up, etc but that's because it's fun or new or exciting or a bit different... not because we're not sufficient enough as people or as girls. They are enough, they are awesome and nothing is out of their reach. Funny how far sexism and the gender divide has come and still.... I think celebrating us as people, humans, individuals is so much more important than our gender, race, etc. you go girlfriend x
ReplyDeleteQuite right about the gender divide. It was interesting to watch the young boy make the connection that when he insulted girls in general, he was also disrespecting his sister without realizing it. I loved watching the younger girls demonstrate their skills with such power and purpose, and the young woman who spoke of empowerment not in spite of being a girl, but BECAUSE of being a girl. If only everyone could think along the lines of what you have written in your final sentence, what an amazing, safe world we would live in.
DeleteYou know why I didn't enter! That is the ONLY reason!! This video clip is amazing, what a wonderful story it tells us. In all probability I would refer to myself as doing things like a girl if I was asked to describe them. I am ashamed of that now that I have stopped and thought about it, but I will make sure that I change that from now on. I am a girl, and I do things like a girl because I am a girl, not because they are bad or I am bad. A wonderful lesson and I hope that this reaches many many people indeed. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Amy. I felt so dismayed by the way the older teens were behaving as I feel certain if I was asked to demonstrate those behaviours, I would have tried to be powerful or capable. Perhaps it has something to do with me having young girls and wanting to be a good role model but I also wonder if it has something to do with the era in which I grew up. There was a strong campaign in the 80s that espoused "Girls Can Do Anything", and I really bought into it. It helped too that I had older sisters (and a brother) who I looked up to, and they were successful in sports and in their studies, so it seemed normal to me to follow that path. I, too, hope that the message from this video reaches others and brings about an attitudinal change.
DeleteI missed a competition? Boo! I'm so behind on my blog reading so just catching up now. x
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