More on PinkStinks!

I happened to see an article on the PinkStinks campaign in a local paper after having originally reading about it here.

I really had to share this section as I’m quite shocked that people could react so strongly to it:

"They’ve been most shocked, though, by the emails. "Do you sell campaign T-shirts in pink?" one respondent wrote. "And do you have any with ‘I am a leftwing communist loony trying to brainwash girls’?" Another calls the sisters "lesbians" who "can’t leave normal young girls alone". "We’ve tapped into something very deep and powerful," says Emma. "Some people plainly feel attacked."

It’s bizzare that people would feel attacked over something like this. How can anyone think it’s not a problem when we have things like a Girl’s Scrabble game where the tiled letters on the box spell out fashion?!

Besides the effect it has on girls, it also has an impact on boys. My son loves pink, because it is a strong colour like Red (another favorite), but if he shows any interest in toys or clothes people will comment and say that allowing this interest will essentially "turn him gay".

Why does this colour have so much power over our lives?! And why on earth are some people so keen on preserving this craziness?!