Feminist Baby

What makes a feminist baby? According to Brantz (Not Just a Dot), it’s a combination of joy (either from pounding on pots or from going pants-free), self-expression (dressing oneself in a necktie, woolen hat, and outrageously frilly skirt), and doing things her own way: “Feminist baby likes pink and blue/ Sometimes she’ll throw up on you!” With a palette as brash as her heroine, Brantz pictures this boundary-free little one as a big-eyed, roly-poly dumpling, usually not wearing any more than a diaper and a hair bow. It’s just the thing to encourage kids to be loud, proud, and uncowed. Up to age 2. [em]Agent: Edward Maxwell, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. (Apr.) [/em]