Intermission: A Little Girl Calls Out Sexist Marketing

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Nona Willis Aronowitz
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December 26, 2011 • 12:15 pm PST
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As we nurse our holiday shopping hangovers, let's take in some wisdom from little Riley on the injustice of pinkwashed girl toys and superhero boy toys. Backdrop: a hulking stack of princess dolls in glittery boxes. Grievance: "Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff and all the boys have to buy different-color stuff?" Conclusion: Companies shouldn't trick girls into buying princesses. Especially since we all know superheroes are usually cooler, anyway.

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