Oh bother! The Today Show Takes on Gender-Neutral Parenting
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy For maybe the first time ever STA, RJP, FWA and I happened to be watching the Today Show yesterday morning and saw their...
View ArticleOh bother: fitness ads for women
Last night, RJP and FWA needed to get haircuts for school pictures. As I waited for them to finish, I browsed through some magazines: Shape (september 2011 issue) and Cosmopolitan (october 2011 issue)....
View ArticleOh bother! What is a girl?
Check out this sign that STA pointed out at an antique store in Duluth today. In case you can’t read the text, here it is (found here): Little girls are the nicest things that can happen to people....
View ArticleOh bother! Strolling through Target
From STA: Barbie and Disney Princess Fishing Poles at the local Target. Really? Time to read some Peggy Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter.
View ArticleOh bother: Just accept it
I saw this commercial earlier today and felt compelled to post it here. I am bothered by how masculinity functions in this clip (just accept it = wimp = emasculation) and how that emasculation is...
View ArticleWhose Curiosity? A very uncurious manifesto for curiosity
In my last post I mentioned that I have been following Brain Pickings a lot lately. I’m especially drawn to all the great visuals in her posts. I also like her focus on curation and her book lists. In...
View ArticleOh Bother?! Gender Performance in Detergent Commercials
For a while now, I’ve been thinking about how gender is performed/regulated in the recent “My Tide” campaign. But, I was never inspired to create an “Oh bother?!” about them until this morning, when I...
View ArticleOh bother!! Science, it’s a girl thing
I just wrote about the importance of encouraging girls to study science and develop scientific literacy. The following video/psa is NOT the way to get girls interested: Really? Ugh! Here’s one great...
View Articleoh bother: shop like a man
While watching the NFC divisional playoff game today, I saw the following commercial for Mills Fleet Farm: After doing a quick look on YouTube, I found the commercial from last year too: Questions What...
View ArticleOh bother! Target and the devaluing of domestic labor
Last night, while watching football and then the Golden Globes (hooray for the awesome Amy Poehler and Tina Fey!), I encountered several Target “Everyday Collection” commercials. Perhaps the one that I...
View ArticleOh Bother! adjunct as expert
I just found this book trailer via Facebook and this article. Adjunct = Prestigious Expert? Ha!
View ArticleOh Bother! Target’s Everyday Collections Ad Campaign
In my last Oh bother, posted just minutes ago, I briefly discussed how I was bothered by the new Target Everyday Collections ad campaign. Here’s another reason why I’m bothered by it: it...
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