8-Year Old Creates Stunning Victory For Gender Equality

[eridani]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/02/1381992/-8-Year-Old-Causes-Stunning-Victory-For-Gender-Equality

Congratulations to Els, from North London, for her astounding accomplishment. The 8-year old managed to convince a mega book publisher to stop marketing books that are titled 'for boys' and 'for girls' in the title.

Els, was very put off when the book company, Scholastic, told her in a title, that the pirate story she wanted to read was 'for boys.' She tells The Independent that when Scholastic comes to visit her school, everyone gets excited, and they spend a lot of money buying books. The UK student thinks Scholastic should be more responsible:

Books should be for everyone, we all like different things. If you tell a girl she could not have one of the books she likes, when she grows up she might feel lonely because she thinks that all the other girls like pretty, pink princesses and she doesn’t.

With her mother's loving encouragement to find a solution, Els sent a petition to Scholastic, signed by 80 friends and faculty from her school. The results were very good. No, the results were awesome. In a statement, Scholastic said that their website is being re-launched.

"We are no longer publishing anything new pitched ‘for boys’ or ‘for girls’ in the title. Any historic titles still in the market will be reissued with new covers on reprint. We appreciate that every child is different and has the right to choose the books that are right for them."

That is amazing. Karen Attwood, who reported the story in The Independent, reports nine publishers have now agreed to drop gender labeling on books.

[mopinko]

1. wtf is wrong w scholastic?

how could they possibly still be doing this in the 21st century?

so glad she gave them a wake up call. the scholastic book fairs were always a big thing when my kids were in school.

[eridani]

3. Jeez. 50 years after getting rid of "Help Wanted--Male" and "Help Wanted--Female" n/t

[Novara]

2. Good for her!