under the pink

or, suffer the little (girl) children…

(in 1918) the Ladies’ Home Journal wrote: “There has been a great diversity of opinion on the subject, but the generally accepted rule is pink for the boy and blue for the girl. The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger colour is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”

– Ben Goldacre, Out of the blue and pink in the Guardian

fast forward to 2009 and there’s a pink car accessories aisle in Halfords. seriously. (cue loud gagging)

somedays it’s hard not to think the world has gone completely mad.

this article on feminist books for kids has provoked some heated opinionating over at The Guardian. amongst the almost two hundred comments, i discovered a reference to PinkStinks – a website devoted in part to battling the ubiquitous pink trend in products for girls…

geek meets grrrl

this’ll be brief. it’s late and i need sleep so i can get cracking in the morning bright and early on my art for common grounds… stuff. <– brain shutting down. but, had a link to share. if you like comics, and you like feminisms, then you might like this: Girls Read Comics (and they’re pissed)

that’s “pissed” as in pissed off. not falling-over-legs-akimbo-and-puking-down -the-side-of-the-sofa pissed. actually, that scenario would probably be deserving of, “rat-arsed”.

right. to bed.

LB

men are cool. but i couldn’t eat a whole one.