I find myself fighting negative gender stereotypes almost every day— but not about myself— about my sons. If I walk into the boys’ section in Target— the store ironically famous for its gender neutral bathrooms — it’s difficult to find a “graphic t-shirt” that doesn’t feature an aggressive character (like this, of one of comic books’ most horrible villains.) […]
Archives for January 2017
Why all the moms you see look stressed
The other day I saw a picture on social media of a little girl dressed as a “mom” for Halloween. It wasn’t a flattering depiction. The little girl had painted bags under her eyes and messy hair and she was dressed in a t-shirt covered in fake spit-up. She was dragging a baby doll behind […]