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posted by CoolHand on Sunday August 30 2015, @06:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the diversity dept.

In light of some past articles on diversity, SoylentNews: "How to Get Girls Into Coding" and SoylentNews: "Google to Release Diversity Data About its Workforce" This CNN article caught my attention.

Princess Free Zone offers empowering T-shirts with images such as dinosaurs, skateboards and soccer balls. "Kids should not have to be brave to wear the things they like," says founder Michele Yulo.

[...] "Girl clothes without the girly" is the mantra behind Girls Will Be, which includes longer shorts and T-shirts (no pink ones!) with images that seek to break gender stereotypes.

[...] The company buddingSTEM offers a line of girls' clothes celebrating girls' interests in science, engineering, technology and math.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/26/health/moms-girl-empowerment-clothing-parents/index.html?eref=edition

Please, browse the photos. They are full of lovely little girls, minus what I call the "silly frilly" stuff. You might even click some links, and find something fitting for the young lady in your life!

Some might complain that it's a very small start - but the longest journey begins with a single step. Each of these startups seems to be doing pretty much what I've called for - giving the girls what THEY want, rather then telling them what they should want.

One of my favorite T-shirts, seen on girls young and mature, http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=92703208


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:21AM (#229751)

    Exactly! How do we know dinosaurs didn't have frilly pink feathers?

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  • (Score: 2) by Kell on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:42AM

    by Kell (292) on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:42AM (#229761)

    I would buy my nieces a cool "Princess Flamingosaurus" t-shirt in a heart-beat. They would love it to bits and destroy the house to get at it. Well... they destroy the house anyway, but at least this time it would be purposeful!

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @09:31AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @09:31AM (#229763)

      I would love to give my niece a pink Pterodaustro t-shirt.

      Just look at the images(with your favorite search engine), what a lovely flamingoness.