Thursday 24 December 2015

Lady Santa would get lost in the sky but be better at cooking

Elle UK started the #MoreWomen campaign and made headlines when it released a 45-second video that showed what photographs we see every day would look like if men were photoshopped out (watch). Part of the #MoreWomen initiative is a lovely clip showing British children's answers to the question whether a female Santa Claus could get the job of toy delivering done. Mother Christmas would get a headache, would get lost in the sky, wouldn't have the strength to carry the presents and if she had a baby, the baby would crush all the toys during delivery. It is interesting to see how narratives are internalised and how early we start finding it challenging to view a woman in a position of "toy-delivering power" (via and via).



::: Here it is... A couple of children are asked if a female Santa could do the job: WATCH
::: And here another hilarious one: Jimmy Kimmel asks children if a woman can become president: WATCH




Happy holidays!



photograph by Susan Meiselas (NYC, 1977) via and of Sophia Loren via and via and via

9 comments:

  1. Hilarious! Happig holidays, Labrador!

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  2. Sorry! Damn phone ;-) Happy holidays, Laura!

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  3. Happy holidays!!!

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  4. Enjoy your holidays!

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  5. Schöne Feiertage wünsche ich dir! :-)

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  6. Happy holidays, darling!

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  7. Happy holidays, Laura!!

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  8. Thank you so much, Derek, Abbie, Karen, Kenneth, Anna, Macy and Wim!

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