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Sexism and women studies

Like a girl

It’s seems to be trendy to create viral videos with messages designed to empower women.

The most recent video was produced by Always:

http://youtu.be/XjJQBjWYDTs

It’s a great message, one that touches me as a father of 3 girls. The downside to the video is that the message of empowerment has to be tied to a company.

As a result, my girls and I made our own, undefined by corporate greed:

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By Kim Siever

I live in Lethbridge with my spouse and 5 of our 6 children. I’m a writer, focusing on social issues and the occasional poem. My politics are radically left. I recently finished writing a book debunking several capitalism myths. My newest book writing project is on the labour history of Lethbridge.

I’m also dichotomally Mormon. And I’m a functional vegetarian: I have a blog post about that somewhere around here. My pronouns are he/him.

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