NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding

Heh. Stupid people. What did they think was going to happen?

ION, an aquaintance of mine runs this site: [link]

It's kind of awesome: she posts great videos dissecting popular media from a Feminism 101 perspective--the latest one is on the way Lego is issuing a girls' package of toys, which are all pink and purple and focused on baking and salons. ::gags::

Apparently she's doing so well that the anti-feminist assholes have found her and ... well, you know what happens to women on the internet when they dare to talk about being women on the internet. Pisses me off. She's totally awesome and nothing she says is particularly new or challenging.

We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political.

And since that is totally a clear and non-subjective standard there should be no problem!

Is there a check-box on the front of investigation cover pages, I wonder?

Motivation: ___Political ___Non-political

Legitimacy: ___Spurious ____For reals

That looks like a great site, Consuela.

It's kind of awesome: she posts great videos dissecting popular media from a Feminism 101 perspective--the latest one is on the way Lego is issuing a girls' package of toys, which are all pink and purple and focused on baking and salons. ::gags::

The sad thing is, Sara plays with the Legos we have once in a while, but not too often anymore. And she saw that commercial and *immediately* wanted that Lego set. Very disheartening.

And she saw that commercial and *immediately* wanted that Lego set. Very disheartening.

t sigh

I grew up with the old Legos, before they even made the little figures or anything. It was just the blocks in different shapes and colors, so it never occurred to me that they could be gendered. They were just blocks, which I used to make space ships and horses and everything in between.

I suspect the development of the more structured toys--castles and Harry Potter tie-ins and whatnot--are part of what's created this divide.

Also Komen foundation is still leaving room to weasel out on future grants.

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I suspect the development of the more structured toys--castles and Harry Potter tie-ins and whatnot--are part of what's created this divide.

Exactly. I grew up with the old ones, too, and liked them just fine -- plus Lincoln Logs (my favorite!) and ... damn, the other ones, with the sticks and the wheels and the cogs. Total brain fail there. What the hell were they called?

Pink gun has issues bigger than taste. One reason water pistols are brightly colored is so that they don't get mistake for, you know, actual pistols.

The federal colour requirement for a fake gun is the blaze of the barrel. You're allowed to make a fake gun in dark colours if you plug it in orange. Your state may vary. Similarly, I've never seen a mandate that a real gun has restrictions on appearance other than not having the bright tipped barrel.

Walther makes another pink gun.

Look at Wisconsin's gun description table: [link] They allow for lots of lovely colours.

As long as I'm not getting less performance for my pink, I have no issues with getting pink.

Tinkertoys! And I didn't even Google.

I don't have a problem with a pink gun, or pink tools, if you want them. I do have a problem with SGK trying to make everything they touch their particular brand of pink, and with other manufacturers assuming I might not buy a hammer if it's not *pretty*. That said, if I could find a set of purple tools, I would totally buy them, because PURPLE.

That's what I get for speaking ex cloaca.

From the Washington Post article:

Yesterday, the Komen Foundation said the investigation was not the cause of their reduced support for Planned Parenthood, and that the real issue was that Planned Parenthood did not directly provide mammograms.

A: Bull fucking shit that was the real issue.

B: How do you get a mammogram? 99% of the time you don't bloody well just call and make an appointment. Most places won't take walk-ins or self-referrals, even from women who fall into the age group where regular mammograms are recommended. You have to see a primary MD or an OB/GYN, who does a screening exam and then refers you. That's what PP does; it doesn't matter how many mammogram providers SGK funds if women can't get in to see them because they're un or underinsured and can't find an affordable primary or OB/GYN to do the screening exam in the first place.

Stupid, mendacious, or both?