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ICYMI: If the Beyoncé Feminist pumpkin wasn’t enough for you, here are some featuring the almighty Wonder Woman. Carve on!
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Things we <3: Emma Watson’s awesome speech on gender equality at the UN. “I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too—and in doing so be a more true and complete version of themselves.”
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My daughter is ½ Korean and ½ Jamaican. She loooooves books. I think she might love books more than she loves anything else (including mama!). One day she’ll be able to read them on her own and I want her to be able to find herself in them. I want her to know that girls that look like her can be anyone, can do anything.
We need diverse books because this is my family.
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Getty Image of the Week: “Real bodies—love what makes you unique.” This is one of our favorites from the Lean In Collection on Getty Images. Find out more about the project—and how to license these photos—at www.gettyimages.com/leanin
These kids finally say what they really think about mom. And her reaction? Priceless.
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“Strong is the New Pretty” is a new photo series by Kate Parker which shows her two daughters and their friends “just as they are: loud, athletic, fearless, messy, joyous, frustrated. I wanted to celebrate them, just as they are, and show them that is enough. Being pretty or perfect is not important. Being who they are is.”
Photos by Kate T. Parker.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1967, Aretha Franklin recorded “Respect” in New York City. A great Valentine’s Day message indeed.
Lean In Valentines, created by Minneapolis Circle member Nora McInerny Purmort and her husband Aaron.
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"I don’t get it. That’s like someone being like, “I don’t really believe in cars, but I drive one every day and I love that it gets me places and makes life so much easier and faster and I don’t know what I would do without it."-
–Amy Poehler on celebrities who shy away from the word “feminist.”
Source: HuffPo
Seven-Year-Old Girl Writes LEGO To Stop Promoting Gender Stereotypes
A seven-year-old girl named Charlotte has taken LEGO to task for not only making more “boy people” than “lego girls,” but sending the former on adventures while the latter “sit at home.”
“All the girls did was sit at home, go to the beach, and shop, and they had no jobs,” writes Charlotte, “but the boys went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs, even swam with sharks.”
Her request is simple: “I want you to make more lego girl people and let them go on adventures and have fun ok!?! from Charlotte. Thank you.”
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Things We <3: Guys Challenge Decades of Stereotypes Using Only A Whiteboard and a Marker
It can be taboo to talk about, but our society has a lot of expectations for men: stay tough, don’t cry, be macho. But these guys have a different idea of what it means to be manly. We like what we see.
Images by Fancee Futwerk for The White Ribbon Campaign