30 Jul
I missed the recent New York Times article To Appeal to Women, Too, Gadgets Go Beyond ‘Cute’ and ‘Pink’ (bugmenot required) but that’s probably a good thing, because it annoys me. Except that I’m annoyed now anyway, I was just a month or two late with it.
Only a few years ago, feminizing a consumer [...]
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26 Jul
Sorry I haven’t been posting for the past few days, I’m traveling at the moment! I’ll be back when I get back.
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21 Jul
I was on vacation several years ago with some friends, and we were playing at the beach. One of my friends went into the ocean with his wallet in the pocket of his swim trunks. When he realized his mistake, he came back to shore - though by that time it was [...]
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03 Jul
Much to the dismay of Shiny Shiny, everything comes in pink these days. Shiny Shiny asserts that “companies will never tire of making gadgets in pink” and decries manufacturers for attempting to corner the female market simply by making things pink, but this is Pink Blog so you won’t find that attitude here! [...]
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11 Jun
The Guardian had an article recently called La vie en rose that was critical of the pink-everything phenomenon. The article even refers to pink gadgets as “stomach-churningly girly” and suggests that women are being infantilized by having pink things.
Obviously, I disagree strongly with this article. I love pink gadgets and widgets and the [...]
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24 May
Just wanted to let everybody know that I am back from vacation! I am slowly posting my pictures and I’ve got a few pink items to share. Fortunately I have the whole weekend to put them up…see you soon!
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10 Apr
Welcome to Pink Blog! This site was started because the other two pink blogs I know of, PinkBlog.net and My Pink Room, haven’t been updated in a long time. PinkBlog.net was mostly a front for Amazon affiliate links anyway; My Pink Room was fantastic and I definitely miss seeing it pop up in [...]
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