Target: Where “Exclusive” Means “Excluding Girls”
We have a bit of a “love-hate” relationship with Target at the moment. On the one hand, they were the
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Rumor: Disney Is “Retiring” All Slave Girl Leia Merchandise
Star Wars rumor-mill site Making Star Wars is reporting that Disney may be imposing a ban on any and all
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Statue Reveals More Colorful Costume for Batman vs. Superman’s Wonder Woman
When the first pictures of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman from Batman vs. Superman surfaced, people were pretty excited. She
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Help Research the Gendering of Toys
Dr. Janina Scarlet, a friend of Heroic Girls and a regular contributor to Legion of Leia, is conducting a research
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Feminist Little Girl Reminds Us All Why We Fell in Love with Leia
As the fan fervor for Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to ramp up, we’re starting to see that — unlike
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Hasbro changes the gender of all the dinosaurs for Jurassic World toys because girl dinos have cooties
Let’s make one thing clear. All the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and Jurassic World are female. This is actually a
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A Russian nesting doll set without the Russian? #WheresNatasha gets surreal
Just when you think the exclusion of Black Widow from all merchandise couldn’t get more absurd, Twitter users Renay and (presumable not
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Interview: John Marcotte talks gender and toys on Kingkade and Breakenridge
Heroic Girls founder John Marcotte was interviewed on Calgary’s News 770 AM, on the lack of Black Widow superhero merchandise in the toy aisle.
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How the Toy Aisle Erased Black Widow from Her Own Best Scene
In a movie stuffed with crowd-pleasing scenes, few moments elicited greater cheers from the audience than Black Widow dropping out of
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#WheresNatasha? Age of Ultron Continues Trend of Excluding Female Heroes From the Toy Aisle
Natasha Romanov, the Black Widow, is the world’s deadliest assassin and spy, and essential part of the Avengers movie franchise. But
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