http://bitchmagazine.org/tag/kids The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://bitchmagazine.org/post/sexy-kids-toys-go-to-the-dogs <p>I know it might make me sound like a crotchety old lady, but the toys being made for kids these days give me the creeps. From <a href="http://www.bratz.com/">Bratz</a> dolls to this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peekaboo-Pole-Dancing-plus-more/dp/B000MSAQV8">Peekaboo poledancing kit</a>, toys marketed to young girls in particular seem to be taking a turn toward the sleazy. What ever happened to the halcyon days of furry, nonsexual stuffed animals? </p></p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/sexy-kids-toys-go-to-the-dogs">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/sexy-kids-toys-go-to-the-dogs#comments Kids Love / Shove sex Tini Puppini toys Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:01:55 -0500 Kelsey Wallace 905 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/post/fisher-price-its-never-too-early-for-gender-stereotpying <p>When I think back on my own childhood, I find that my memories are sepia-toned, by which I do not mean that I am especially nostalgic, but, rather, that I grew up in the 1970s, and brown was hot. Yellow, too. Those two colors comprised the entire palette of the complete Little Tikes line and many other elements of my visual universe. Everything else was red, green, or blue. All little kids had pageboy haircuts, and boys and girls wore the same Garanimals and played with the same Legos. </p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/fisher-price-its-never-too-early-for-gender-stereotpying">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/post/fisher-price-its-never-too-early-for-gender-stereotpying#comments children gender stereotyping Kids Love / Shove toys Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:49:55 -0400 Jessica Jernigan 315 at http://bitchmagazine.org http://bitchmagazine.org/article/ready-for-the-sex <p><em>Kids</em> has been hailed as a film that breaks the teen-movie mold and shows a long-hidden side of young life. But, while it may be more graphic and harsh than other movies, it basically covers the same ground: voracious young male sexuality. The only innovative element of the movie—an honest portrayal of female sexual pleasure—is conflicted at best.</p> <p><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/article/ready-for-the-sex">read more</a></p> http://bitchmagazine.org/article/ready-for-the-sex#comments Feature female sexuality Film gender roles Kids male sexuality movies sex sexuality stereotypes teens Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 -0500 Kyla 91 at http://bitchmagazine.org