My favorite color is pink. I love zebra print and leopard print, and basically every animal print. Silver, sparkles and diamonds are an obsession of mine. I’m your typical girl. And everything I have has to include at the very least one of those things, animal print, pink, diamonds, sparkles, hearts, the word “love” or all of these things combined. And I will pay whatever to get them.
Recently, while shipping online for fall/winter clothes, and buying school supplies, I’ve realized how significantly more expensive it is to buy let’s say, a pink sparkly notebook or folder or even pair of pants, as opposed to a plain green one or plain black one. And this is genius. Why not put these girly decorations on things and raise the price? Girls will inevitably buy them. And that’s when I have a second realization. Why stop there? Girls will literally buy anything that has this paraphernalia on it. And I am guilty of it myself. It even comes down to buying the most insignificant things, like pens, coffee mugs, paper clips, anything and everything. And who exactly is looking at a girl’s pink sparkly paper clip and judging them on it? I highly doubt teachers care in the slightest. Yes wearing it on you is showing it off but this fad is going too far in my opinion. Things people don’t even see are getting glitterized and animalized and the prices are getting more and more jacked up. Who sees your makeup brushes and why do they need to be leopard print for 4$ more?
Girls are in a never-ending competition to have the cutest, girliest, best bling ever and where will it stop? People are now getting their vaginas bedazzles. Yes people see your vagina occasionally and on (hopefully) private occasions. But think about it, why would a man want a sparkly vagina? What is attractive to them about it? If you’re trying to attract guys, which is supposedly the point of vagazzling, wouldn’t you want to put maybe a picture of a football or something more manly? But getting back to my point, there is no need whatsoever to have your vagina sparkle. Especially at that price. Not only money but the cost of your health.
All in all I think we have gone overboard girls. You don’t see guys going around with sports logo’s on every inch of their body and every possession they own. So next time you go to the store and see a sparkly pink leopard diamond encrusted nail filer, think twice about if you really need a second, blinged out, ten dollar, backup manicure tool. (as I write all of this on a pink laptop that goes in a silver sparkly leopard print carrying case inside a matching diamond alligator print bag…go figure, maybe I should follow my own advice.)
I googled this as soon as i read this blog and gosh I can barely believe that people do that to themselves.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to make the argument that I do see guys walking around plastered and tattooed with their favorite sports teams. How many guys have you seen with the signature "B" for the Boston Redsocks tattooed one some place or another. Hat, t-shirts,sweatshirts, and even shoes. I think that boys are just as commercialized as girls are. And there we have nothing to blame but ourselves and our government. What were we told to do to make the country stronger after 9/11? Go shopping. Go buy yourself a new pair of shoes and show the terrorists that they haven't won.
I agree Captain Kirk (and love your name). Some of my best friends have the traditional Red Sox logo tattooed on some part of their body, and more often than not are seen sporting their apparel. But Pink11 I think you're generalizing a bit too much here with your description of women. These days those girlie girls you're describing, obsessed with sparkles and shiny things, aren't as common as they used to be. The claim that "Girls are in a never-ending competition to have the cutest, girliest, best bling ever" doesn't quite sit right with me. While they may be guilty of purchasing over priced merchandise drowning in some other logo, I find it may be more useful for you to expand your argument beyond the pink frills to include a broader audience.
ReplyDelete"maybe I should follow my own advice" Yes, improving your ethos is always a good idea.
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