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Speaking of things that make me happy

  • Nov. 27th, 2007 at 10:41 PM
shadowkitty: side_of_zen (Sword)
I found the best news story ever on feministing & the BBC

They wear pink saris and go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes. The several hundred vigilante women of India's northern Uttar Pradesh state's Banda area proudly call themselves the "gulabi gang" (pink gang), striking fear in the hearts of wrongdoers andearning the grudging respect of officials.

They dress up & fight crime! They're like superheroes!
  • Mood: bouncy
  • Music:Kate Nash - Foundations

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[identity profile] buzzylittleb.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 27th, 2007 10:48 pm (UTC)
That is a hundred shades of awesome. It almost makes up for the universal pink junk marketing (and honestly, is it me or are toys getting more sexist?)
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[identity profile] shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 27th, 2007 10:57 pm (UTC)
Oh, I hate that. Not everything has to be pink! Really, there's very little that has to be pink.
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[identity profile] buzzylittleb.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 28th, 2007 05:51 pm (UTC)
Not even dildos need to be pink.

And I really hate Bratz dolls. At least Barbie had a career (vet, astronaut, dressage rider, teacher...). What do Bratz do? They buy clothes and still manage to look really cheap. The word I was thinking of wasn't really "cheap" btw. It's like they want to be footballer's wives when they grow up. *ugh*
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