tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:54:58 +0000http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)Blogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-7967184586559839753Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:50:00 +00002008-04-29T22:14:52.295-07:00sexismelectionracismpoliticsaffirmative actionHere's a video from my day job that I thought you'd enjoy over here... UCLA Law Professor Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw addresses the presidential candidates' support of affirmative action programs. Crenshaw wrote a recent article in Ms. Magazine about deceitful initiatives that are seeking to eliminate affirmative action. She paints a grim picture saying, "Women and black people were denied http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/04/affirmative-action-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4419410604977670552Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:14:00 +00002008-03-23T18:55:14.149-07:00activismbrave girlswomen's history monthSo Women's History Month is coming to an end. But when the month is over please don’t stop celebrating! Women and girls are creating change and making history every day. I wanted to open this up for you to write about brave women and girls. Please post here about someone you know or someone you admire from a far. On April 1st I'll pick one of the posts out of a hat and that person will get a http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/win-brave-girl-shirt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4607674353030110611Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:40:00 +00002008-03-23T17:11:21.507-07:00Free Rice is this vocabulary game where each time you get a word right they donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations Food Program. I went to see what it was all about and next thing I knew an hour had passed. Thanks a lot Bitch Magazine! Of course we should all be giving without expecting improved vocabulary or anything in return. I agree with Amy over at Bitch that "if this is the way http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/hooked-on-free-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-5892252681001780844Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:10:00 +00002008-03-16T17:19:44.008-07:00blogst-shirtsbrave girl-aidsstickersOur Brave Girl Adventure Pack got written up on Feminist Review! Here's a snippet: "The products have broad appeal, as girls of all ages need shoelaces and the occasional boo-boo cover. I appreciated that you could order multiple items and have gifts for all the girls on your list, from daughters, nieces and students, to friends, co-workers, and your mom. Bonus points for the t-shirt being one http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/feminist-review-on-sticker-sisters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-580842560109041556Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:05:00 +00002008-03-12T23:13:17.428-07:00teenskidssportsgendertomboyOver at Shameless Magazine they're talking about an article in the Toronto Star called "Why 'tomboy' remains a loaded word." The article quotes a description in the NY Times of actress Ellen Page as "a tomboy – her on-screen persona is sharp, clear-eyed, determined and self-consciously original." Apparently a Sarah Lawrence professor wrote a response saying: “It is unfortunate that we have no http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/new-word-for-tomboy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-3242354136965002405Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:43:00 +00002008-03-12T22:38:46.397-07:00teensgenderhealthsexualityJust thinking today about how awesome Youth Radio is. Thanks to them, this morning on my drive to the day job, I heard some young people's reactions to the CDC study that everyone has been so shocked about the last few days. The study claims that 1 in 4 teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease and that the rate is close to 50% among African American young women. My first thought: Maybe http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/i-heart-youth-radio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-84147622715154001Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:35:00 +00002008-03-13T21:46:42.282-07:00sportssexismgendereventsI was watching the LA marathon on TV last weekend with my girlfriend because she's training for the San Francisco marathon in August. My first time watching a marathon and I got to see a woman win! Very cool. But it was not cool what William Burke, co-founder and president of the City of Los Angeles Marathon, said about it. We're sitting enjoying the excitement of watching Tatiana Aryasova crosshttp://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/03/marathon-winner-cant-run-away-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-463400642931127267Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:14:00 +00002008-02-04T23:16:57.517-08:00electionhillary clintoneventsNOWfeminismIt's 11pm on the eve of Super Tuesday and I'm trying to study up and figure out what to vote for. Well if anyone's being real strict, technically I'm writing this blog post and further putting off making my decisions for tomorrow. Occasionally I'll wait until the last minute to decide about one or two obscure measures, but I've never had it quite this bad. I'm no news junkie, but I get some at http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/02/super-tuesday-procrastination.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-3658198762112653990Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:15:00 +00002008-02-04T23:18:51.914-08:00genderelectionhillary clintoneventsSo I promised to give a full report on Hillary Clinton's visit to my work last Friday. But the weekend passed and I've been putting it off because, well, it just wasn't that eventful. There was a whole lot of "hurry-up and wait, hurry-up and wait." I think the highlight for me was meeting the secret service. Mostly I had to sit and wait in a dark room and then run around like crazy, so it wasn't http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/02/hillary-clintons-visit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-2535257480112970211Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:59:00 +00002008-01-31T21:31:39.004-08:00hillary clintoneventsHillary Clinton's coming to my work tomorrow. It's going to be a zoo, but I'm excited. I'll give a full report afterwards. In the meantime you can check out opinions from Margaret Cho, Gloria Feldt, and others on what they think will happen If Hillary Wins...http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/01/hillary-in-house.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-5824336067513271049Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:07:00 +00002008-01-22T23:20:38.590-08:00pregnancyactivismevents feminismhealthmiddle schooleventsholidaysfeminismabortionLots of great stuff going on today to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. Check out all the bloggers taking part in NARAL's Blog for Choice Day. Also take a look at Planned Parenthood's Wall of Protest where you can "express your outrage over the Federal Abortion Ban." Beware it loads pretty slow. But I guess that means lots of people have http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/01/happy-35th-anniversary-roe-v-wade.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-5270094113950548214Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:00:00 +00002008-01-15T17:05:14.053-08:00teensgenderpregnancyadssexualityWhat do you think about these new ads about teen pregnancy put out by One Milwaukee? Seeing an image of a teenage boy who appears to be pregnant is definitely attention getting, but I don't know if it does much more than that. And I personally wouldn't use the word "disturbing" to describe teen pregnancy. Stacey over at Shameless has a good point: "I don’t like perpetuating this idea that if http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/01/pregnant-boys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4008552788416746318Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:30:00 +00002008-01-15T17:08:59.607-08:00teensstereotypeskidsfight like a girlsportsgendermiddle schoolSo I'm driving to work this morning listening to Day to Day on NPR and I hear the host proclaiming,"'Fight like a girl' used to be an expression that meant you didn't fight all that hard or all that violently. Well things have changed." My ears perk up. Did I miss something? Is this cause for celebration? Are people not using "like a girl" as an insult anymore? Welllll...not quite. The story ishttp://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2008/01/more-girls-fighting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-6933979017619212777Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:15:00 +00002007-12-10T21:48:05.402-08:00artactivismeventsstickersSo last week I went to my first sticker art show called Peel Here 07. The stickers ranged from fancy stickers printed on shiny origami style paper displayed in frames to sharpie doodles on those priority mail stickers you can get from the post office. A lot of the stuff wasn't really my style. Maybe it was just me, but I couldn't get into the scary clown and one-eyed bunny illustrations. But ithttp://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/12/power-of-stickers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-8772306891801493882Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:48:00 +00002007-12-03T00:07:38.879-08:00kidsgirls rockt-shirtsholidaysI've been busy getting a new sticker printed and December seems to have snuck up on me. I hope those of you in the Midwest and New York are surviving the winter weather. I'm drinking some hot chocolate for you right now! Anyway this sticker elf is ready to get your holiday orders out to all the brave, strong girls in your life. To make your job as awesome aunt/mother/grandmother/friend even http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/12/gifts-for-girls-and-holiday-orders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-6835596130917244928Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:25:00 +00002007-11-27T19:01:19.775-08:00girls rockholidaysstickersA little while ago a Sticker Sister fan named Justine wrote and said, "It would be great if you had some tougher/ waterproof stickers so we could put them on our car and water bottles and stuff!" She wasn't the only one who's been asking for stickers made out of stronger material, so here you go! I'd like to introduce you to the brand new Girls Rock vinyl stickers. This sticker can withstand http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/11/new-girls-rock-vinyl-stickers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-7877037641383753786Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:00:00 +00002007-11-27T18:50:56.444-08:00kidssexismmentorsholidaysfeminismSo I spent yesterday with my mom, grandma, aunt, and cousin. There were moments when they drove me crazy of course, but overall I felt so lucky to be surrounded by such strong, awesome women and one smart, spunky eleven-year-old. This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for all the wonderful people in my life, but especially the amazing, brave girls and women I know. Hopefully you'll have a chance during http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/11/giving-thanks-and-not-giving-thanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-3837984955747123246Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:37:00 +00002007-10-31T17:52:41.943-07:00stereotypeskidssexismgenderfashionfeminismbody imageSo it's old news that Halloween costumes for women and girls keep getting "sexier" and more stereotypical. Not to mention all the racist "ethnic" costumes. And then there's the "sexy," "ethnic" costumes. Those really take the cake. But apparently there's a new fad for men and boys. Move over scary costumes, this year "muscle" costumes are all the rage. From "Mini Muscle Man Infant" to "Macho http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/10/more-spooky-stereotypes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-7256210203753572358Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:57:00 +00002007-10-25T23:07:09.877-07:00events feminismeventsNOWfeminismbody imageHollywood NOW's Love Your Body Day celebration was really cool. I can't believe I forgot to bring a camera though! If anyone has pictures, I'd love to post some. I think the highlight of the event for me was getting to see Joy Nash perform her "Fat Rant" live. If you haven't seen her video yet, check it out... What did you do for Love Your Body Day? P.S. Everyday should be Love Your Body http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/10/love-your-body-day-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4421052409581991011Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:47:00 +00002007-10-15T09:37:32.205-07:00stereotypessexismactivismevents feminismthis insultseventsNOWfeminismbody imageOctober 18, 2007 is the National Organization for Women Foundation’s tenth annual Love Your Body Day. To celebrate, all orders $35 or more ship free this week. Enter the code “loveyourbody” when you checkout. But hurry and get your gear because the free shipping expires 10/22/07. 10 Ways to Celebrate Love Your Body Day: (adapted from the NOW Foundation's suggestion list with a little Sticker http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/10/10-ways-to-celebrate-love-your-body-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-5906061499896842204Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:24:00 +00002007-10-14T15:37:07.787-07:00moviesactivismthis insultsfeminismHey, some Sticker Sisters stickers might be coming to the big screen in a town near you! Our This Insults Women, Action Not Glamour, Defend Yourself, Hello My Name Isn’t Cutie or Honey, It’s…, and A Feminist Was Here stickers decorate the walls in Jamie Babbit’s new movie about a group of feminist activists. These photos from the set are like a treasure hunt for Sticker Sisters stickers. See howhttp://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/10/itty-bitty-titty-committee-movie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4550478096370756852Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:13:00 +00002007-10-13T19:18:47.558-07:00craftrecommended readingbusinessOn Ariel’s Nightstand: Craft, Inc. Turn Your Creative Hobby Into a Business By Meg Mateo Ilasco Okay, so it’s not entirely true that this book is on my nightstand. I heard about it and knew that it would be the perfect birthday present for a friend. Of course I realized this the night before her birthday and had to call half a dozen bookstores before I found one with a copy. Once I had it in http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/10/craft-inc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4081084752552454694Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:58:00 +00002007-09-30T15:11:12.993-07:00sexismactivismt-shirtsfashionthis insults Part of what pushed me to start making t-shirts was because there are so many awful ones out there. Well here’s the latest from Wal-Mart that I hope will make you as angry as it made me. The t-shirt reads: "Some call it stalking, I call it love." The Charlotte News&Observer says: Its message was a slap in the face to the woman who called me Thursday after seeing it in her local Wal-Mart. "http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/09/another-t-shirt-to-hate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-4155827564040326100Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:41:00 +00002007-09-30T14:29:51.911-07:00stereotypeskidsgenderfashionSo I just discovered another absurd way parents are trying to prevent that oh so scary question, “Is that a boy or a girl?” And it really takes the cake. They’re “stick on bows” for infants who don’t have enough hair to hold a regular bow. They come with a little bottle of glue that you use to adhere the bow to the baby’s scalp. And of course they’re available in pink, pink, and more pink.http://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/09/glue-on-gender-for-pipsqueaks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12555349.post-5488383714158899415Tue, 28 Aug 2007 05:22:00 +00002007-08-28T10:27:22.806-07:00sexismactivismrecommended readingOn Ariel's nightstand: Selling Women Short The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart by Liza Featherstone It's been out for a while, but I finally got around to reading Selling Women Short. The stories about women who are battling Wal-Mart's discrimination, sexism, and low-wages read like fiction. I couldn't put the book down. Unfortunately it's not fiction, but that makes it even morehttp://www.stickersisters.com/blog/2007/08/selling-women-short.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ariel Fox)