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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts) Tue Dec 3, 2013, 05:54 PM Dec 2013

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You've come a long way, baby -- or have you?

An archery set marketed to girls. It's got pink colors and it's called the "Heartbreaker." The product line is called "Rebelle" a play upon "belle" which means "beautiful" a decidedly feminine implication but one that is meant to break stereotypes, hence the "rebel" allusion.

Is it empowering? Is it exploitative? Is it glorifying violence?

YEA or NAY?

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You've come a long way, baby -- or have you? (Original Post) Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 OP

It's stupid packaging for a toy I'd have loved Warpy Dec 2013 #1

It's stupid. Dislike. n/t MadrasT Dec 2013 #2

If I may press; what makes it stupid? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #4

Girls get pink things. Boys get all the other colors. Fuck that. nt Lex Dec 2013 #3

Some of us enjoy honing skills in target shooting. Cleita Dec 2013 #5

Hunger Games. Laelth Dec 2013 #6

Warpy

(111,359 posts)

1. It's stupid packaging for a toy I'd have loved

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 05:57 PM

Dec 2013

I was a great shot with a bow the few times I've been to an archery range.

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)

2. It's stupid. Dislike. n/t

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 05:59 PM

Dec 2013

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

4. If I may press; what makes it stupid?

Reply to MadrasT (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:00 PM

Dec 2013

I'm not discounting your opinion, I'm just looking for a more thorough discussion.

Lex

(34,108 posts)

3. Girls get pink things. Boys get all the other colors. Fuck that. nt

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:00 PM

Dec 2013

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

5. Some of us enjoy honing skills in target shooting.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 06:15 PM

Dec 2013

I used to do it with darts. If I had a daughter and she wanted to do it, I would rather she took up archery than guns.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

6. Hunger Games.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 07:09 PM

Dec 2013

Art can have a profound impact on the world.

-Laelth

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