tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post3420288288555334173..comments2023-10-26T08:20:45.326-06:00Comments on Insignificant Wranglings: Romantic Rinse CycleInsignificant Wranglerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15950540902913057757noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post-80289251501693869822007-11-23T17:15:00.000-06:002007-11-23T17:15:00.000-06:00calm wrangler:nodding in agreement.angry wrangler:...calm wrangler:<BR/>nodding in agreement.<BR/><BR/>angry wrangler:<BR/>shaking fist in agreement.Insignificant Wranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950540902913057757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post-19846249111201440532007-11-18T09:50:00.000-06:002007-11-18T09:50:00.000-06:00I'm torn on this one.Calm Michael: I see some valu...I'm torn on this one.<BR/><BR/><STRONG>Calm Michael</STRONG>: <EM>I see some value in encouraging a child to pretend to perform certain tasks that occur every day in every home. Whether it's playing with a fake kitchen or mowing a fake lawn. Children learn to knowingly separate reality from portayal--and to enjoy the difference. Or should I say the differend? This is the importance of play. And playing with a kitchen or a lawn mower is not too banal a game for a child. This is a child. Creating a new god will come later.</EM><BR/><BR/><STRONG>Angry Michael:</STRONG> <EM>All it takes is a picture of a boy doing the exact same thing to keep this from being sexist. I've been doing my own laundry since I was 12. I don't see it as a female task. I do the ironing in our house now because Buffy hates doing it and I'm better at it. Why wouldn't a company simply put a boy in there? Because they're counting on the public being sexist and they're encouraging that model for the sake of a predictable and easily manipulated market.</EM>Wishydighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141057866370676641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post-79672896270301189812007-11-11T10:38:00.000-06:002007-11-11T10:38:00.000-06:00I would say our wedding ceremony was a lot more im...I would say our wedding ceremony was a lot more imaginative than loading a washing machine. There's nothing hypocritical about it. <BR/><BR/>Neither Meg or I are saying there's anything wrong in a woman (or man) wanting to look beautiful. We do believe it is a problem when the most powerful ideological force in America repeatedly frames that as the <I>only</I> thing a woman can do. Furthermore, I consider it especially problematic when a toy company advises parents to expand their children's imagination through use of a play dishwasher and washing machine. <BR/><BR/>Call classical, sophistic, modern, postmodern, or complex, its ole fashioned sexism. Let's use our imaginations and reshape some new gods (I think She would like that...)Insignificant Wranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15950540902913057757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post-92055910076275454342007-11-09T22:17:00.000-06:002007-11-09T22:17:00.000-06:00Was Meg morally outraged at her own wedding, while...Was Meg morally outraged at her own wedding, while she was (I'm guessing) dressed up like a fairy-princess? Or when she became a mom (how degrading!)?<BR/><BR/>Oh, the luxury of postmodern hypocricy--we are all in the hands of our gods!Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1862174023932643058.post-27510945702615934182007-11-07T15:08:00.000-06:002007-11-07T15:08:00.000-06:00actually, it was The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown s...actually, it was The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown special....that makes it even worse...mcsanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776256093839700445noreply@blogger.com