This week, in the wake of the shocking shoe description found on one of Amazon’s sellers, I’m thinking about how policy translates to practice. When a shoe is not just a shoe... Last week a friend of mine sent me a screenshot of a shoe found on Amazon (in the UK). I glanced at the image of a … [Continue reading] D&I: More Than Just Policy
diversity and inclusion
Oh Dove…
Last weekend we saw another mis-step in the advertising world. If you didn't see Dove’s Facebook ad, you can see it here. Dove pulled it down, and apologized for the “racial insensitivity”. Well. The ad is not just racially insensitive, it perpetuates (and is perpetuated by), systemic … [Continue reading] Oh Dove…
“A girl is a girl”
The Girl Guides of Canada - one of the oldest organizations serving girls in this country - are now officially welcoming transgender girls and women to the fold. Hooray! You can read more about it in the Huffington Post article, but a few things bear special mention here. The organization has been … [Continue reading] “A girl is a girl”