Two Gender Yargs

[mrissa]

So here I am looking through children's market listings, making notes, and I came upon this statement, quoted verbatim from the publisher in question: "We want nonfiction specfiically targeted to girls. If the approach would appeal to boys as well as girls, it is not right for American Girl Library."

This reflects a view of both boys and girls that is so alien to me that I can hardly even count how many fundamentla disagreements I have with this mindset. It's a very good thing I have no intention of writing for American Girl Library nor ever have, or my dream would be hereby crushed.

And then, the Victoria's Secret holiday catalog arrived. They always send this ridiculous thing, where you can order two sweaters, five pairs of panties, and a safari, or something stupid like that. This time, on page four, it reads, "No matter what role you play, underneath it all, every woman is an angel."

What freakin' year is this? 1886? Honestly!!! Every woman is an angel my lily-white angelic ASS!

Comments

Re: Grrr...

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

A $10,000,000 bra? I can hear my wife's voice in my head going about never wearing anything that is, at least monetarily speaking, worth more than your entire body. And it's just going to end up on the floor anyway...

Re: Grrr...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

No, Michael, I really think that with a $10 million bra, you leave it on for the screwing.

Which is Reason #347 why I don't want one: it just looks painful that way.

Re: Grrr...

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

As a marketing idea goes, that bra was brilliant. No one buys it, of course. That's not the point. The point is to get reporters to write articles about it and people to talk about it. Worth many times the diamond rental and construction costs.

Some people are just brilliant.

B

Re: Grrr...

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

Now I'm curious, but frustrated, because "diamond rental" is just one of those things you can't search for on Google.

Re: Grrr...

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

If you need to rent a few hundred diamonds, I'm sure I can hook you up.

B

Re: Grrr...

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I went and looked at the thing online, and I agree with you. It just looks like it would be painful that wyt. I'm just thinking about getting diamond burn on the old body. Ouch!