POSTS TAGGED CHILDREN

IN WHICH I LOSE FAITH (WHICH ARGUABLY NEVER EXISTED) IN THE GSA

Posted by Laura on November 23, 2009
Tags: Children, feminism, Gender Stereotypes, News, Women, Youth

Jill Berry, president of the Girls’ School Association (GSA), has been popping up in the press recently with some quite alarming, and sometimes contradictory, notions.

Commenting on feminism and fashion and the recent story about Cambridge female undergrads’ scantily clad…

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AGE 8 AND WANTING A SEX CHANGE

Posted by Laura on October 20, 2009
Tags: Children, documentary, gender, identity, sex, stereotypes

Last night I sat down to watch Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change, the latest documentary as part of Channel 4’s Bodyshock series. The programme followed Josie and Kyla, two eight year old girls who had both been born…

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BECAUSE SPORTS RUIN YOUR HAIR…

Posted by Laura on September 17, 2009
Tags: Children, Education, News

Hair straightener bid to boost PE

Taken from the piece over at The Guardian:

A council spokeswoman said: “West Dunbartonshire Council has installed nine sets of hair straighteners within the changing facilities at each of the council’s three new

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AND THE WINNER IS…

Posted by Laura on August 27, 2009
Tags: Children, Education, Employment, Equality, News, Pay Gap, Politics, Youth

As reported here boys this year overtook girls in maths GCSE. Why? Because of the eradication of the coursework and it being purely assessed now by exams; which, we are told, boys do better at. We are told “Coursework…

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LESSONS ON FORMING NONVIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS REALLY AS EASY AS ABC?

Posted by Laura on August 5, 2009
Tags: Articles, Children, Domestic Violence, Education, Fat Politics, News, Violence Against Women, Youth

Today’s The Daily Mail reported on Harriet Harman’s initiative to tackle domestic violence through compulsory lessons on forming healthy relationships for children five and upwards. Before I explain my views on Harman’s proposals, I just want to comment…

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LITTLE MISS ARE YOU REALLY DOING THIS TO YOUR CHILD?

Posted by Charlotte on July 29, 2009
Tags: Art, Beauty Pageant, Children, Youth

Hot on the heels of Pink Stinks revulsion at child beauty pageants The Illusionists, film in progress and brilliant blog, linked me to these terrifying pictures of teeny youth beauty contestants. Cue crying.

Images by Susan Anderson

Charlotte

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