Consumer files, British special

[threeplusfire]

From the files of Parents Who Think Their Children Have Ugly Friends:

We bought this camera for our daughter and she loved it. It was easy to use light and girly. The picture quality was good, shame about the subjects though.


Maybe The Lego People Will Have Pink Blood Too:

This is brilliant, how many boys have "their" lego and never let the sisters join in. This is a great addition to encourage the girls to play with lego. Lots of ideas in the box of things to build, but basically let their imagination run wild, chances are they'll build cars and guns too but they will be pink!!


Really, I Don't Play With It At All:

Well seen as though I'm 25 and it's not for me my 3year old daughter wanted it because she loves the puppies. She plays with it everyday and loves it so I assume it's an excellent present !

Comments

[amberite.livejournal.com]

The picture quality was good, shame about the subjects though.

That's not necessarily "ugly friends". The first time I got my little paws on a cheapo camera as a kid, I ran around taking pictures of people's (clothed) butts and giggling loudly. But then, I was six.

[seitvonzu.livejournal.com]

oof-- i hate when they take good toys and change the colors to be more girly. as someone who is quite girly and has a girly girl and has no problem sticking her in pink/purple or whatever froofy frilly thing, i must be the target audience for that stuff right? oof. i hate it. they have stacking rings that are only purple/pink, a ball popper push toy that is purple/pink, of course the legos, and a bunch of other various things. i'm all about the primary/neutral colors on those sorts of things (because truly, that pushtoy popper/popcorn thing is really the bees knees to children even if it is plastic and ugly)... do people who get these items in pinks then have to buy entirely new plastic stuff when they have a boy? i'm guessing yes. because heaven forbid your boy play with the pink legos/popper/stacking rings. ugh, it makes my green heart groan, not to mention my feminist tendencies!

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

...I was the one that wouldn't share legos with my brother.

Though eww, pink, those I wouldn't have played with!

[silentjack.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I can't get past all the comma splices and wicked-bad grammar aside. Also, pink toys equate to gender tyranny... Especially since some tints/shades of pink don't technically exist in the visible spectrum and our brains compensate and invent the colors.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I really should have posted the one about how the guy was upset his son was wearing the sister's pink bike helmet...

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Fair point. I was imagining ten year olds doing the myspace picture thing.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered if people like that had two sets of everything, divided by color for their kids... so weird!

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I was trying to think what use pink legos would have been. Nothing!

[seitvonzu.livejournal.com]

i think they do have multiple sets-- or they get rid of stuff and buy new. this is what my neighbor's daughter did-- all her stuff was gendered for her daughter so when she had a boy she bought all new stuff.. like new GEAR (stroller, whatever)

ugh, the waste! and it's not like my neighbor's daughter is a rich person by any stretch...i just can't imagine tossing things like strollers, pack and plays, etc and getting all new for another baby. CRAZY! (even my nutso dan said "oh yeah, that boy we have, if we do, he'll be wearing pink diapers")