WE’RE almost in December and that means parents are busy working out what to get their children for Christmas. Home Bargains is selling a toy kitchen that many mums think could make a great gift – if ...

Barbie has been a fighter pilot and astronaut – and worn a hijab. But now a toy set to be a Christmas best-seller has put her back in the kitchen – infuriating gender equality campaigners. The pink ...

McKenna Pope’s 4-year-old brother wanted an Easy-Bake oven for months and she was more than happy to get it for him. She wants him to know it’s OK for boys to enjoy baking cookies. But she’s worried ...

It’s enough that girls must have pink clothing, pink bedrooms, and glittery pink cell phones. It’s enough that girls are taught to recite “pink” as their favorite color. It’s enough that Barbie’s ...

Nestled in the aisle of pink sparkles dedicated to girls in most toy stores, this seasons’ shoppers will find a small collection of engineering toys called GoldieBlox packaged in sequin-free yellow.

Melissa Hines receives or has received funding from the United States Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, the ESRC and the Wellcome Trust. You only have to walk down the aisle of a ...