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The pink and blue divide is only about a century old. But as effective as it is to sell toys to kids based on gender stereotypes, it’s not actually good for kids.
Lisa Selin Davis is an essayist, novelist, and journalist who has written for major publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Time, Yahoo, and Salon, among many others. Her articles often open the door to both debate and celebration. Most recently, in December 2018, another article she wrote for The New York Times, “Like Tomboys and Hate Girlie Girls? That's Sexist,” went viral and sparked almost 400 comments. In 2017, her Guardian article “For Years I Thought She Was Stealing My Identity Until I Found Her” sparked 551 comments and record-breaking shares for the paper. She lives with her family in New York.