The Achilles Effect

An excellent post about gender stereotypes from a teenage girl’s perspective. Thanks to Mankini Revolution for the tweet about this.

http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/05/12/how-to-win-the-gender-war-sexism-and-teens-teen-article/

I have been swamped by deadlines and book writing, but a friend sent a link to a great story about Nellie Bly, a trailblazing woman whom I am ashamed to say I had never heard of.

Definitely worth a read.

I know I have used this word in my book, but I may reconsider it. This blog post makes an excellent point about the use of that word and its connection to the word “effeminate”:

http://feministlookingglass.com/2009/11/06/let%E2%80%99s-get-rid-of-%E2%80%9Cemasculate%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Ceffeminate%E2%80%9D/