PINKSTINKS NEWS

Abi and Emma attended the first birthday of the Rosa fund, a organisation which funds projects working with women and girls. We were honoured to meet one of the winning projects Feminist webs, and their amazing spokeswoman, a 14 year old from Manchester who spoke in front of a large audience about her project, like a pro.

We also attended a performance of Ruth Rogers' 'Body-Gossip' at the Hub in King's Cross. 'Body Gossip' is a writing competition, where Ruth invites people to write about their experiences and feelings about their bodies. She has then performed the best stories with a host of celebrities. It's a very moving performance, and all proceeds went to 'Beat' - a charity concerned with tackling issues associated with eating disorders.

13.06.09   

IN THE NEWS                                                                                             
SKY NEWS 'Peaches and Paris turn off real women'
TIMES 'The pernicious pinkification of little girls'
GUARDIAN 'An all women government please - I'm not joking'

COMING UP

Our first films featuring our some of our role models are in pre-production, we'll not divulge too much information about them yet, but rest assured we're very excitied about them. These will be available on our sister site www.cooltobe.me

OTHER BLOGS of interest
Gemma on Gender
Any-body





PinkStinks is a campaign and social enterprise that challenges the culture of pink which invades every aspect of girls' lives.

This site is for parents, and aims to gather support, promote discussion and ultimately to mobilize that support to influence marketeers and the media about the importance of promoting positive gender roles to girls.

Research tells us that self-esteem amongst girls is at its lowest ever and we are asking WHY?

We believe that body image obsession, is starting younger and younger, and that the seeds are sown during the pink stage, as young girls are taught the boundaries within which they will grow up, as well as narrow and damaging messages about what it is to be a girl.

We will redress the balance by providing girls with positive female role models chosen because of their achievements, skills, accomplishments and successes.

On this website you will find our continually growing list of real role models. Let's educate, inspire and motivate our girls.