One of my favorite Christmas movies is “The 12 Dogs of Christmas” Set during the Great Depression, this Christmas movie is also the only dog movie that I can recall featuring a girl as the main protagonist. In fact, this movie features a lot of strong female characters. The story begins with 12-year-old Emma O’Conner being sent to live with her supposed Aunt in Doverville while her father leaves to search for work.
Doverville is a small town in Maine with an anti-dog policy; dogs have been banned altogether from the …

Hi Everyone!
I’m writing to all of the members and supporters of The New Agenda today to do a little retrospective since we’re at that time of year when it pays to look backwards, forwards, and then to regroup.
Where We’ve Been:

 
 
The birth of The New Agenda!
The New Agenda was born as a reaction to the sexism of the 2008 campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin. A group of people, fed up with the intense misogyny of 2008, and fed up with the lack of response from the supposed “leaders” of …

For those searching for “feminist friendly” gifts or at least something besides Barbie and princess-everything, here are a few recommendations from my daughters and me.
My daughter received Tom Tierney’s Famous American Women Paper Dolls for her birthday. Tom Tierney is a famous paper doll artist. His paper doll books are very well done showing authentic dress of the period with outfits worn at famous speeches or events by each of the historic figures.

My daughter enjoyed the whole process of cutting out the dolls and outfits. She puts the dolls out …

Are you looking for a way to express your political values this holiday season? Do you know someone who needs to  have their eyes opened to the realities facing women yesterday, today, and tomorrow? Are you hoping to finally convince your judgmental mother/father, sister/brother, spouse or friend that your dedication to working on women’s issues is valid and maybe even important enough for them to help? Well, don’t waste your breathe arguing one more time over Christmas dinner. Instead, consider one of these consciousness-raising books as a gift this holiday …

Found a great article in The Guardian today. That’s right. “Feminist books for five-year-olds“. Hah! Has there even been an article more up my alley? I would have thought the title was directed right to me. It is nice to know I’m not the only one out there trying to battle the onslaught of Barbies and princesses.
The author is a mother of a 6 year old boy and a 3 year old girl. Through entertaining prose, she takes you on her journey of discovering the need for a “gender stereotyping …

There’s more to life for little girls than pink princesses, baby dolls and toy kitchen sets. But sometimes it’s hard to know this judging from the plethora of gender specific toys out there. Sure many girls like baby dolls (as do most of the little boys in my daughter’s playgroup). But girls are too multidimensional to be confined to the roles of princesses and homemakers and it’s nice to see this reflected in the Playmobil series of toy figurines.
Playmobil does offers the standard princess and mom-at-home-doing-housework toy sets. But they …

             It’s time to start shopping! 
We have been sharing pro-women gift ideas and we would like to share them with you!  Also, we will be adding gift ideas for the young feminists in your lives!  Please don’t forget, if you would like to purchase gifts that support The New Agenda, you can purchase a membership for yourself or as a gift.  You can also give (or get) a TNA shirt, bib, or doggie-T, or you can purchase Mary Kay products for both women and men from this link at Mary Kay, and if …