I am ridiculously tired now. Not too sure why. So today's blogging will not be that ambitious. This morning I had tutorial regarding my essey. I am intending to write about gender stereotypes in children's books, subject that really interests me. I found few good articles about the matter and even one study that tackles this very matter. I spent a long moment reading the whole study trough and even though it was full of figures and "boring" academic data it was interesting but also devastating to read about. Sadly the obvious conclusion seem to be that females are under-represented as characters in children's books and especially as main characters. Also worryingly old fashioned sexist role models were still rather common. Phew. This all made me pretty angry even though I had predicted the outcome already beforehand. And I gues getting angry made me tired. To cheer me up I will attach a picture from one of my favourite children's book characters. They are Heinähattu and Vilttitossu(Hay Hat and Felt Slipper) the 2 adventurous sisters created by Finnish authors Sinikka and Tiina Nopola.There is light in the end of the tunnel anyway.
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