Pink Stinks!

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In the words of reynardo:

When two sisters launched an "anti-pink" campaign two years ago to liberate girls from a toy industry dedicated to churning out pretty princesses for girls, they had no idea of the fuss it would cause..

Pinkstinks. Because girls don't have to be just beauticians or nurses - they can be doctors and scientists if they want to.

Comments

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Good on them. :) You can't stick girls in a pinky-princess box and say that's all they should aspire to.

Although I had dolls when I was young, I also had Lego and would have liked to have Meccano and toy spaceships if I could. :D

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My brothers had Meccano, but we all had the Lego.

(LOVE your icon!!!!)

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

What an excellent campaign.

Of course now I have to repeat my research trip to Hamleys before I can start writing my new novel. Then again, I like Hamleys and that part of the story mostly concerns the hero and heroine bonding over the purchase of non-gendered toys for young relatives anyway.

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In another LJ someone got into an argument with me about the need for such a campaign, saying that all one had to do was vote with one's wallet by buying non-gendered toys (and gave a long list of non-gendered toys to buy). I feel they kind of missed the point. Because, yes, I've always bought non-gendered toys, but that doesn't seem to be enough to get the behemoths' attention...

One of the PinkStinks campaigns is a petition to protest a "girlie" version of LEGO. One of the best reasons someone gave was "LEGO already have a product for girls. It's called LEGO."

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

I hate the whole concept of girlie LEGO. Also, is it me, or did fashion dolls used to come with far more accessories that weren't pink? My Sindy dolls had a yellow beach buggie and a blue carriage from what I remember. Just thinking that there's a whole other conversation my characters could have regarding whether to buy Business Executive Barbie (just like Auntie!) and Barbie's Ranger Rover (just like Auntie's) or whether that's going to involve an excess of pink (when Auntie wears more muted colours and drives a black 4x4).

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Also, is it me, or did fashion dolls used to come with far more accessories that weren't pink?

I don't know, because my sister and I never got accessories for our barbie dolls, we made our own.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Something else for me to research...