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Sep 7th / Monday / '09

pink is fantastic

toldorknown:

Yesterday a friend told us that Fisher Price makes a kid-proof digital camera, which would be awesome for Em…

But no, it’s only available in gender stereotype reinforcing blue or pink.

Assholes.

(She’ll be getting a blue one for Christmas.)

don’t deny your daughter the awesome that is pink just because men are too macho-whatever to rock it! (pink COULD be a gender neutral color, if it wasn’t for guys and their hissyfits. girls seem to have no problem enjoying blue.)

boycotting pink things isn’t going to do her any good. read her more books instead.

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  1. pettsson reblogged this from nikography and added:
    madonna makes a good point in “what it feels like for a girl” Girls can wear jeans And cut their hair short Wear shirts...
  2. vertigo25 reblogged this from nikography and added:
    Did you know that the whole idea of gender associated colors is a purely 20th century concept; and that prior to WWII,...
  3. msnovember reblogged this from shoesonwrong and added:
    This is honestly one of the things I worry most about when I have kids (not pink toys specifically, but the concept of...
  4. shoesonwrong reblogged this from toldorknown and added:
    Good for you guys. I know toys have always been segregated, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century. Girls...
  5. toldorknown reblogged this from nikography and added:
    We don’t deny her pink. We just avoid making it the defining color of her gender. The thing we take issue with isn’t the...
  6. nikography reblogged this from toldorknown and added:
    don’t deny your daughter the awesome...is pink just because men are too macho-whatever to...
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