Having kept a close eye on the toy industry the last fifteen years, I have seen overt examples of the sexualization of girls' toys, starting when I encountered "Lovely Lola" while shopping with my then 9-year-old daughter. This doll was sitting on a shelf in a crop top, high heels and make up. The juxtaposition between my daughter—pigtails askew, still sweaty and flushed from her soccer game —made me angry, and still does.
I'll be blunt. My motivation to start my doll company was to provide an alternative to dolls that look like overly sexualized and objectified women. As the founder of the Go! Go! Sports Girl , I have been trying to create change and shatter stereotypes in the toy industry for over a decade. Industry leaders told me repeatedly, "I love your product, but it'll never sell because it's not mainstream. It's not a fashion doll and girls like fashion."
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BLACKPINK becomes the first Kpop girl group to hit the top 20 on Billboard's 'HOT 100' | allkpop
Golden Girls, Trump's Money, Sushi Studs, Bernie Sanders, Alpacas, Miley Cyrus/Stevie Nicks,
$100 MILLION . Trump may spend his own money on re-election campaign : “The billionaire president has talked about the idea with multiple people, though he hasn't yet committed to any self-funding, according to people briefed on internal deliberations.”
On whether he'd spend his own money on his re-election campaign amid reports of evaporating fundraising advantage, Pres. Trump says, "If I have to, I would."
Asked how much he would contribute, the president says, "Whatever it takes. We have to win." https://t.co/JsAo4rBy2e pic.twitter.com/KPULA9qeIN
Katie Holmes enjoys day out with daughter Suri Cruise after hot and heavy date with Emilio Vitolo
Katie Holmes was snapped with her daughter Suri in New York City Tuesday to grab a snack, just days after she was spotted out with her new romantic interest Emilio Vitolo.
The 41-year-old actress, who shares 14-year-old daughter Suri with ex-husband Tom Cruise, took precautions against coronavirus with a patterned face mask.
The Toledo, Ohio native donned a creme sweater with roomy blue jeans and green shoes on the outing in the Big Apple.
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City notes: Vikings off to hot start after tough ’19 campaign - Sports - The Topeka
Seaman’s football team showed in last Friday night’s season-opener against Washburn Rural what it’s capable of when at full strength, rolling to a 42-8 victory.
That was a luxury the Vikings seldom had in a 2-7 season a year ago when Seaman fought injuries from start to finish.
"It was terrible last year," Seaman coach Glenn O’Neil said. "We started four different free safeties last year and it seemed like every week we had a new outside linebacker, a new safety, a new corner.
86-year-old Sue Zipay wants to start a women's baseball league
Minus the skirts and hairstyles of her day, Englewood's Sue Zipay has a vision for women's baseball. The vision is one of professional leagues across the country, filled by players historically limited to fast-pitch softball.
It's a bold vision, but for the 86-year-old Zipay, a pitcher, utility infielder and outfielder for two years for the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), it all starts with sending up a trial balloon she hopes gets belted out of the park.
Tiwa Savage, Queen of Afrobeats, Makes a New Start - The New York Times
For a singer and songwriter just making her American album debut, Tiwa Savage is wildly overqualified.
"Celia," released Aug. 28, is actually her fourth full-length album in Nigeria, where she was born and has been hailed in recent years as the "Queen of Afrobeats," the West African pop finding its way to a growing worldwide audience.
Before she started her solo career in Nigeria a decade ago, Savage worked behind the scenes in the American and British music business. She has songwriting credits on albums by Fantasia, Kat DeLuna and Monica, and she sang backup on tour with Mary J. Blige, in the studio on Whitney Houston's final album and onstage at Wembley Stadium with George Michael.
Amber Alert: 10-year-old girl missing in Fla.
(Gray News) - Officials in Florida issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday for a 10-year-old girl who may be in the company of an unidentified man.
Randi Canion last seen in the area of the 7800 block of North Bayshore drive in Miami, Florida and has been missing since Saturday.
She is approximately 5-foot-3 and 140 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She has her hair styled in box braids.
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Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the child was asked to please contact the Miami Police Department at 305-603-6300 or 911.
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Horrendous On the day #HongKong should have been voting, #HongKongPolice is chasing young school girls & beating t… https://t.co/zB4eY3iRL8 benedictrogers (from London) Sun Sep 06 16:05:02 +0000 2020
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