By Jessica • 19 years ago

Roadside safety for women…with chocolate?


Online gift store Abernook has just put out the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit, touting it as “‘cool’ and practical.” The fact that they put the word cool in quotes in their press release should probably tell you a little something…
The Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit contains some useful stuff for the driving gal: an emergency blanket, instructions on how to change a flat tire (though the assumption that women don’t know how to do this is annoying), first aid supplies, etc.
The kit also has some not-so-useful (and somewhat bizarre) items: breath freshener, portable stain treater, antiperspirant, an aromatherapy headache remedy, lip moisturizer, an 18-piece emergency sewing repair kit, tampons, a nail file, and…chocolate.
Um…okay. I’m so torn with stuff like this. Obviously it’s great that someone has put out an emergency kit specifically for women, and if folks buy it because of its “cool” appeal, how can I complain?
But come on now—a fucking sewing kit? Am I going to be mending shirts on the side of the highway or something?
In any case, if you want to buy the kit you can also get it at Curve magazine’s online store.

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