Via Waxy, we found this meta-analysis from the Pudding of gendered characters in children’s literature to be quite engrossing and seeing the stereotypes anthropo-morphised reveals deep and engrained associations we find not only in the first characters that many of us were exposed to (see also) but also in myth (think of all the women in Greek legend who get transformed into birds) and in language, pet names for one another and some fossilised but still carrying a lot of cultural currency. Much more on the data and methodology, including some surprising exceptions to the prevailing, at the link above.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the 1948 London Games (with synchronopticรฆ) plus the Thirteen Colonies’ attempt to avoid open conflict with Britain (1775)
thirteen years ago: a classic car show tradition plus Jack of All Trades (1900)
fourteen years ago: German austerity policies plus the loss of a flagship for space exploration
fifteen years ago: getting ready for a trip to the Baltic Sea
