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Advent calendar: 24. Playmobile and gender segregation of toys
Hamleys had come under fire for their gender separation of toys in their store, and recently rearranged their floor labelling by theme and type instead of gender. Even this attracted some criticism – presumably in a large part from those … Continue reading
Advent calendar: 20. Lego for girls: some history
There have been lots of words written about Lego and their marketing products to girls recently. I wrote some of them myself, here’s an article on The F-Word by Helen Lewis-Hasteley about the wider issue of toys for girls, and … Continue reading
When feminism is a dirty word
Labels have uses. How else would I know which lever arch file to put my cash audits in every week? Which button on my telephone calls HR, and which calls the FD? Labels for people certainly also have uses, but … Continue reading