pmr813's Profile
| Display Name: | pmr813 |
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| Member Since: | 6/1/09 |
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Love everything about it! Wonderful, wonderful use of color. This is my favorite tour so far! Chris Heather's Happy, Hippy Haven House Tour | Apartment Therapy Boston |
1/27/10 9:17 AM |
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@dimsum and undercover, That's terrible that you weren't allowed to play with the toys that spoke to you. (For the record, we'd probably get along great because I played with boys, wore boys clothes, and loved Lego and cars and blocks when I was little.) Though, wouldn't it be equally intolerant to tell my pre-schooler that the toys she loves lack imagination, that her favorite color "stinks", and that she is delusional for wanting to be a princess when she grows up? Laugh if you want, but for me the value of the princess phenomenon is that it can promote the idea that we are all important and all have dignity: Think "The Little Princess" or "The Paper Bag Princess." Is There Too Much Pink For Girls? | Apartment Therapy San Francisco |
1/5/10 3:32 PM |
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Even though I think I can understand the motivation behind it, I can't get on board with the "PinkStinks" campaign because I think this type of movement dismisses the real joy that many girls find in submerging themselves in the imaginary world that all of the pink princess, fairy, Barbie toys conjure up. I also think it's a mistake to devalue, out-of-hand, anything that fits what's come to be considered "feminine" in our culture in the last fifty years or so because it devalues the work and interests and tastes of many women. I am also, frankly, offended by those who claim to disparage princess toys, Barbies, etc... because they claim they limit girls' choices, when in actuality they don't like them for superficial, aesthetic reasons. i.e. They think they are tacky and they don't fit their own narrow view of good taste. Isn't that as shallow and narrow-minded as they claim the princess crowd to be? Why does it have to be all-or-nothing? Can't we just agree that some girls like pink and some don't? Is There Too Much Pink For Girls? | Apartment Therapy San Francisco |
1/4/10 11:07 PM |
