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"What goes into a child's mind is more important than what goes into her body."


The UnFair(y) Tales: Part I (Haste Makes Waste and Rapunzel)
I’ve been reading some children’s stories again thanks to my daughter N. And what strikes me so hard now in my adulthood is how biased against women these stories are. What skewed role models they create. And how stereotypical they are, all under the guise of innocent fun. Let me illustrate. You have read “Haste makes Waste.” In my version, a farmer lives happily with his wife and infant/ toddler son. He finds a baby mongoose in the wild and brings it home saying it will make