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Mom or Winning Division I Basketball Coach? You Decide

JeanneSager — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Two guesses how I figured out the the coach of Arizona State University had to be a mother.

Something about the word "poop" just gave it away.

A video of Charli Turner Thorne screaming at her players in the locker room at half-time has gone viral in the past few days. Not because it's strange for a coach to yell or even because this is a female coach.

Her strong words for her players? "You played like poop!" Check it out:

Sorry Coach, even at top volume, it just sounds so, well, eight-year-old.

Which would make sense, as Thorne's son Liam IS eight years old. She also has a ten-year-old and a five-year-old, all boys. And I give her full credit - Thorne coached throughout all three pregnancies. She is also a well-respected coach who brought her team to the elite eight during March Madness this year. By the way, it was the team that ended the ASU run to the championship that had Thorne all riled up - the women were losing (and did lose) to UConn.

Because, apparently, they played like poop!

Hey parents, ever find yourself using your potty mouth outside of the house?

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Gender Stereotypes: Let the Brainwashing Begin!

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:16:00 GMT

The media is trying to turn our daughters into pink, glittery, slutty, materialistic consumers. This comes as absolutely no surprise to me or Lisa Simpson. They are also turning our sons into violent young men.

Here is a perfect example. Last week we were on a road trip and I took my twins to McDonalds. I got each child a happy meal. Claudia's toy was a little Glinda the Good Witch fairy princess looking doll and Ian got a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I could stop typing right now and I would have made my point.

Bratz dolls aside, (I swear to God I would rather have my children watch season one of "Deadwood" and say the CS bomb at preschool in front of their teacher who is married to a preacher and all the other two year olds than think that Bratz are reasonable role models.) the "media" (not me, but the rest of the media) is marketing girl power as sexy and pretty = a strong woman.

Check out Packaging Girlhood. It is a blog by the two women who wrote the book Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes, Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. You will see even more evidence.

Don't even get me started on how upsetting trying to explain what a mutant ninja is to a two year old.

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