wee feminist

[pywacket]

I was getting the Bean some new PJs since she's shot up, oh another 4 feet from last year or something.

Pretty purple pair, but it says "The princess waited in the enchanted forest for her prince to come."

And I thought, "screw that, oh no she won't, she'll move to San Francisco or New York and go to college."

Needless to say I didn't buy the pjs.

Why do we start giving girls these messages so early? Why do we put these ideas in their heads EVER.
That's just deeply wrong.

Comments

[jetgrrl01.livejournal.com]

Good for you! I always buy gifts of puzzles and science/math/spatial stuff for my friends' daughters to try and balance out that fantasy world thing. :)

[eunice-branca.livejournal.com]

Go you for not buying those! I refuse to buy that stuff for my niece also. I think I drive my mom crazy because when we're talking to my niece my mom brings up niece getting married, I tell niece that she doesn't have to get married. She can take care of herself and doesn't need a man for that. Although, sometimes I think my mom starts in on that just to pull my leg because I'm "her little feminist". *laugh*

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time not always qualifying everything I say to her, so I've kind of just given up:

"one day, when you grow up, you might get married to a nice girl or boy and have babies, or live with a bunch of cats and dogs and go to college or drive a fire truck or all of the above."

Yeah, her night night stories are a little odd.

[eunice-branca.livejournal.com]

I tend to be more outspoken because my niece and nephew get very "only boys do this and only girls play with that". My nephew is all about boy toys and girl toys.I think my brother-in-law kind of encourages all that so I try to show them it ain't so.

[eac.livejournal.com]

Good for you, indeed. It's bad when the messages leap directly out of books and attach themselves to clothes, for god's sake.

[pink-grrl.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. And its so freaking hard to get those messages out once they're there! OOH! CUTE picture!!

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

I thought it was fitting, she's driving a tractor :-)

[pink-grrl.livejournal.com]

I LOVE tractors! (my dad lives on a farm)

[tomnielsen.livejournal.com]

Did you consider buying her boy PJ's?

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, I want her to have some Thomas the Tank engine pjs and underwear too, they just didn't have any in her size. Ooo and Bob the Builder too, she loves those :-)

I have sent her to school in boys pullups too. There was a small question, I replied that she really likes Robots, so when she needed a change one day, they put a boys pullup on her when she asked. That was cool.

[gen9.livejournal.com]

What about Dora the Explorer pjs?

[archanglrobriel.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that you've already got "the PaperBag Princess"? I loved that book and so does Ree. The princess in that book not only saves the prince, but tells him where he can stick it when he starts critiquing her choices in grooming and couture.
LOVE that book.

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard of that one, I will be searching that out on our next library trip on Saturday. YAY!

[ilen.livejournal.com]

Sigh.

Despite having inundated Fiona with alternatives to the traditional fairy tale, she LOVES the whole princess being rescued scenario (Marion is more into being a monster who eats people at the moment, go figure). I think some of that is programmed in... or maybe it's from school, but it amounts to the same thing.

keep fighting the good fight!!

[thistles.livejournal.com]

she looks like she can kick some major ass! (and also she's cute)

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

Hee.

Yes, oh yes she can. She kicks, mine, her fathers and often her teacher's too.