Tag: toys
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…while the scourge of excessive political correctness must be opposed, common sense cuts both ways. Even a cursory visit to a toy shop shows that toys are not simply organised in a reasonable fashion to appeal to boys and girls. They are so aggressively differentiated that it amounts to a form of gender fascism. The…
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I spotted this children’s product marketing clusterfuck last night in the German chain store Butler’s in Islington, London. It’s difficult to know where to begin with just how wrong this is (Germany’s colonial relationship with the Khoikhoi – or “Hottentots” might be one place). Here’s their contact form, should you want to get in touch… (via Racist toys…
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Racist toys for kids, part one: The Hot’N’Tot warmer pillow
I spotted this incredibly inappropriately-named children’s product last night in the chain store Butler’s in Islington, London. It’s difficult to know where to begin with just how wrong this is. It’s got to go down as maybe one of the worst clusterfucks in marketing/product naming history. It seems there are other animals in the Hot’N’Tots range – a…
Sameer Padania 