![]() “Often the female characters waist is so tiny that you have to wonder could you fit a spinal column in there. One female to every three males and that the females she did find were not very realistic. Davis discovered there were far fewer female characters in children’s media. Davis said her institute, T he Gina Davis Institute on Gender in Medi a, commissioned the largest body of research ever done on gender in film and television, covering a 20-year-span, and the results were stunning. The authors got their idea for the book after hearing actor Gina Davis speak about gender inequality in children’s media. Authors Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo say they’re true stories, about real women around the world, who accomplished amazing things. ![]() Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is not a typical book of fairy tales. “We didn’t want to give children the usual fairy tales.” ![]()
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