Entrench Gender Norms While Breaking Them With Pink Guitar Hero Controllers
As a chick who’s incredibly into both gaming and tech stuff, one of my biggest pet peeves EVER is the pinkification of girl stuff. Want to make me automatically hate something? Make it a shade of dusted coral. So despite these Aly & AJ-designed Rock Band and Guitar Hero-compatible controllers being in somewhat interesting shapes and relatively stylish (if you’re 16) patterns… my first reaction is to want to puke all over them. Still, just because I can’t stand pink doesn’t mean there aren’t gamer girls out there who actually do like the whole cutesy-wootsey ultra-femme look–if you know one, you can pick up one of these for $US70 at Daisy Rock Girl Guitars. Oh god, just the name of that store makes me nauseous. [Daisy Rock via Popgadget]
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God i hate this stuff too.
It’s almost as bad as the ‘girls’ tool kits at the hardware store which equal ‘crappy tools that have been painted pink and then marked up %100′
I remember being given a set of that horrible paridiso Lego by a well meaning relative when i was younger and being incredibly confused and annoyed that i was only ’suppose’ to play with girls lego that was full of ponys flowers and pastel colours.
So, I think these are for little girls who want to play on pretty guitars for Guitar Hero or Rock Band. I’m guessing there’s a lot of girls out there who want to get one of these for Christmas. I’m 25 and don’t mind a sweet pink guitar myself…