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2010-03-25 10:45 am
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This is the sort of thing that leads to accusations that feminists have no sense of humor

Lila has been watching the Sesame Street "getting ready to read" video. There's this one skit, where a boy puppet and a girl puppet go through their "word family song," reading words that rhyme: hop, top, mop. And when they get to "mop," the boy puppet shouts out "hey, that reminds me -- mom wants you to clean up the house! Ha, ha!"

It's a half-hour video and she watches 10 minutes at a time, twice a day, over and over and over again. So I get to hear this skit a little less than once a day, and every time I do I end up with a headache from gritting my teeth.

The patriarchy, it is seeping into my child. One subtle choice at a time.