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I looked all through the UI. I searched the Twitter support pages. I searched the Internet and found several people asking the same questions on Quora. But I can't find a good answer anywhere to such a simple question.
Why can't I manage Twitter Lists from my mobile device? The more I use Twitter the more I need to segment the feeds. Humor is different than Tech is different than Social Media, I don't always want them jammed together. My primary use of Twitter is mobile and yet I need to revert to my PC and browser to manage a list.
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Irvine, CA-based startup Drumbi is today launching its new iPhone and Android app that wants to revolutionize the phone call. With Drumbi you're now able to specify the topic of a phone call, as well as the location from which you're calling before you place it. You can also designate the urgency of your call, so that when the recipient answers they're well aware of the context and other relevant information you would have had to explain anyway. (via Drumbi: Reinventing phone calls by giving them a subject line - TNW Apps)
I like the notion of contextualizing phone calls with metadata, and tying that to the life stream.
Revolutionary? I like new features for phone calls (okay, I hate voice/phone, but bear with me) but revolutionize? I've had subject and also rich metadata for calls with Lync (formerly Office Communicator) for years. That didnt make a phone call annoying. And Skype chats escalated to voice more or less have meta data. So tell me how this revolutionizes the call?
Make voice asynch, that would change it. Add reliable video from a mobile (Skype sort of does, FaceTime fails mostly). Make voice more group-oriented, eg integrate with FourSquare.
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DCUO has a quite interesting take on dyes, although arguably one better suited for the superhero theme: each character chooses 3 colors. They are used across all his gear, guaranteeing by itself a mostly consistent color usage.
Those colors are most often used in each individual gear piece as the main color, a secondary color, and the highlight color, though the player can swap color channels on a per-piece basis. Each piece of gear might also have parts in a specific, non-changeable color.
GW2 is going for mostly the same system of three color channels per gear piece, except that each color will be unlocked just like a feat or quest reward, and that there will be no restriction on how many colors each character uses in his character. It will be almost as flexible as the Sims3 wardrobe color customization. GW2 is also using this kind of customization to create specific color schemes for each part of their world, reflecting it's culture.
I do agree, however, that to do dyes right each and every piece of gear that could be dyed would need new textures made. Unless Blizzard's art department has been internally doing this kind of work for a long time (which is not impossible, since it's an efficient way to quickly produce multiple color swaps for the same piece of gear), this would require Blizzard to either rework most of their old gear models, or to restrict dyes to just a few select pieces.
On the other hand, I pick a few variations of a specific color scheme on every game I play (dark green and dark blue as main colors, with golden highlights); all other things being similar, I prefer to play games where I can pick a color scheme I like. I see the fact I can readily do so on LotRO, DCUO, GW, CoH, etc, and not on WoW, as a negative point for WoW.
(BTW, I don't care that other players would be able to dress like dorks if we had dyes. If they want to do so, let them; they would have to make a big effort to look more mismatched than a player leveling in Outlands looks right now, anyway. And, for what is worth, over a fairly long time I've only seen a couple characters in bright pink, and they actually looked good.)


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Peggy Orenstein's Cinderella Ate My Daughter covers a ton of ground on the current state of childhood, gender, and consumerism. For all of her adventures at Toy Fair, American Girl Place, beauty pageants, and Miley Cyrus concerts, Orenstein doesn't address how her daughter's princess love informs choices within their home; we never get a glimpse inside of Daisy's room or toy box.
What Orenstein does address are the ways in which very young children are being taught what constitutes beautiful, powerful, and girlie. The book is its most compelling at its most ambivalent, Orenstein rushing through LAX with her daughter, denying her plea for Ty Girlz.
It began to dawn on me that I had been caught in a cunningly laid trap: I was attempting to offer Daisy more choices--a broader view of her possibilities, her femininity--by repeatedly saying no to her every request. What were the odds that was going to work? Even the forbidden-fruit argument I so often hear seemed a scam: it still forced me to buy something I did not even want her to know about in the hope that it would quench her desire rather than stoke it, that she would, as Disney's Andy Mooney had said, "pass through the phase" rather than internalize it (earning his company a tidy profit in the meanwhile). (Orenstein, 87-8)
At Apartment Therapy we often applaud kids' rooms that manage to pull off pink in a way that's inoffensive to parents or use glitter to subtle effect, but what if a little girl wants a room that's pink, sparkly, girlie, princessy, heavily branded, or downright garish? Readers often question the choice of themes for a child's room, suggesting that they should be allowed to grow into their own interests. What if their parents bristle at those interests?
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Well, the kid is a kid. Being a child is transitory -- as the child of foreigners, I have always felt that American parents forget this. I've never understood the American emphasis of making children happy in the moment at the cost of their happiness in the future. You spend much longer as an adult than as a child so is it not sensible to instill in children the good taste that will benefit them as adults? I'm not yet a parent, but I know for sure I will not care too much what they think about the decor of their bedroom -- much less if their tastes veer towards Disney. A child's opinion matters on a lot of things -- whether or not she likes her school, her extracurriculars, etc. But if she complains there's not enough Disney branding in her bedroom? I fear it'd make her grow up to be the kind of grownup to wears sweatshirts emblazoned with Winnie the Pooh.
Don't overthink it. If she wants something with a princess, so what? If it was some other toy would you buy it for her? If yes, then buy it. If no, then don't. If she wants a princess-y pink themed room and it's all the same to you, do it. If you don't want to spend the money on something she'll likely grow out of, then don't buy it. It's just that simple.
Agree with JOYLUCK76
I long ago chose not to be a parent, partially because when I look around I think fewer and fewer people have any clue about doing it right. These days, it seems like people are vicariously living their childhoods through their children, each successive generation spoiling their kids more than they were spoiled. (And it shows in many places such as politics, as these people get older!)
The child does not own the home. Their tastes and desires should be moderated and guided. If they love Pirates or Princesses (for today) I can see a few (3-5) themed toys being appropriate. Some books. MAYBE a color scheme, assuming that the colors are tasteful to their parents as well. Beyond that, some actual values might be instilled, such as compassion for kids less well off than themselves, or care for shelter animals, or skills they can learn (sports, crafts, art, dance, gardening, helping Mom, etc.) I have seen high end decorating shows on TV where people spend thousands and thousands of dollars building indoor tree houses or pirate ships for their kids, when all that instills (apart from Rich Dad's sense of satisfaction and one-ups-manship) is a sense of entitlement and greed. We have more than enough of THAT already in the world. It makes me embarrassed to be American.)
I wonder why we don't have similar concerns about boys liking action figures and sports, worrying about them bring an alpha male.
I have 5 boys, so I cannot relate to the princess thing.
Also agree with joyluck76 - if I was ok with buying, say, cars themed bedding for my son's bedroom, (I'm not, it's ugly, but whatever) then I would have no problem with disney princess bedding for a girl. Telling them they have to like other things more than princesses is just as bad as telling them they have to like princesses best.
This is an interesting topic. As a young girl, I was more into animals and being outdoors, and so I asked to paint my room green. My parents agreed, and so that was my bedroom until I was 18. My sister, brought up in the same home under very similar conditions, wanted a room full of pink ballerinas and roses, so that's what she got. After a few years, she hated it, but was stuck with it. I think parents have to balance their own desire for a well decorated room, and the desires and interests of their kids.
What drivel. Kids' want what is fashionable among their friends, just as adults want what is fashionable. Ultimately, there is little difference between a little girl wanting a princess bedspread and her parents wanting an Aemes chair. They will grow out of their princess phase just as their parents will grow out of their mid-century modern phase. Kids should be allowed to decorate their own space as they please. Why stifle their creativity and potentially turn them off to design. "How are you all navigating these issues in your home?" Parenthood has far more important issues to be navigate. What is more important, the child being happy with the room or the parent? Kids aren't kids for long. Let them enjoy it.
SHERRYBINNH, It's funny you say that is why you chose not to parent... For those same reasons, I chose to be a parent!
I agree that parents have become completely overindulgent in their children's whims and wishes. In our home, we put a limit on Christmas gifts, put books and other reusable items (bubbles, blocks, etc.) in the Easter basket instead of most of the candy, and always try to purchase toys that have a long life span, are made of quality materials, and can be used in multiple ways (i.e. use your imagination). Personally, I can't handle mountains of plastic/character/battery operated toys, whether it is Disney princess or otherwise.
So to answer the question -- if the theme/toy matches my standards for a toy/decoration (safe materials, long life span, no characters, etc.), then I would consider it for my child. That being said, we do also limit the quantity of toys we bring into our home, so if there is no more room or the budget doesn't allow for it, that would also be taken into consideration.
I think if you say no to a child about something they want, you need to have a discussion (age appropriate) about WHY you will not purchase the item for them, whether it is budget or materials or morals or whatever... Not just offer another toy as a replacement. Children are much smarter than we often give them credit for. They can understand wants and needs and whys and hows.
I have two daughters, aged 5 and 2. The older one is TOTALLY and completely into all things princess and pink. (She certainly didnt get it from me.) And while I don't buy her all the licensed princess stuff, everyone else does. She may grow out of this one day, or she may not. It's not really a big deal when all is said and done. If it makes her happy, it makes me happy.
My daughter's room is very pink, and very princessy, and I don't think that it in any way shapes who she is or what she is going to grow up to be. When she outgrows the "phase" or whatever, she's left with a room that still has lots of character and color- just minus the dolls. I see no problem with indulging a child in a collection- whether it be something gender neutral and empowering, or "frivilous" like princesses. I love that her room is filled with what she loves, and so does she. Here's her room:
I can always see both sides of this. On the one hand, I can argue that I had Disney toys as a kid without suffering emotional problems because of it, but then the way that Disney merchandised and marketed their cartoons in the 80's is nothing compared to the onslaught kids face today.
I can also argue that any attempt to genderize certain toys comes purely from society (after all, I loved both Barbies and Ninja Turtles), but even as a toddler, my brother made machine-gun or crashing noises with anything he played with. If you gave him a crayon, it would "vroom" and then pretend explode.
Maybe it's just a simple matter of moderation. If your girl wants some frilly pink toys or your boy wants everything to be car-themed, humor them up to a point, but then make them go play in the yard with outdoor toys (on bikes, or in the sandbox, or with with nerf toys). Have art time. Have board game time. Ask them to put on a show for you. As long as every second of their play isn't dominated by princesses, a little princessy time is fine.
I figure my little one will go through that phase, especially as a lot of children start to overemphasize girl items and boy items at some point when they're defining their gender. I just plan to continue offering lots of alternatives. We're raising her in a gender neutral way. But to us, that means that both stereotypical boy items and stereotypical girl items are both completely acceptable. I do have limits when it comes to toys that might harm her self-image, but we'll come to that when we get there. For now, I'm dealing with people who don't think a baby girl should ever wear blue even though it's just one of the many colors in her wardrobe (including pink).
My little girl wants a room that's pink, sparkly, girlie, princessy, heavily branded, AND downright garish. She also wants plenty of toys to play with, and trips to fun places. I frame the choices in terms of "Which do you want more?" She can have the Disney Princess vanity or the daycare ski trip (she chose ski trip), pink walls or an easel (she chose easel), a sparkly pink lamp or a trip to the indoor playground (she chose the lamp)...and so on.
As far as the whole girly girl, princess mystique goes, I just can't get too worked up about it. It's a part of her life that inspires her. Reading a book about princesses is still reading. Drawing a fancy ball gown is still drawing.
I know that she has this girly fixation, so I bring things in to her life that she may not think of herself, things like trampolines, legos, hikes in the mountains, Bugs Bunny, and sledding. And she loves them.
I laugh reading this because my two-year-old is currently dancing around the house in a frilly pink tutu and little pink ballet slippers. I grew up with pink and barbies and took ballet lessons throughout my youth. I also had a mullet and rode a BMX and when I was finished with dancing, I took kickboxing lessons. My point is that withholding a child's exploration of the world, be it princesses or dragons, isn't going to shelter them from the realities of sexism and gender stereotypes.
As parents, it's our responsibility to monitor their exposure to these things and educate them on how they work. Explain to your kids that Cinderella is just as awesome as Xena and that both are pretend. Explaining how marketing works may not be a bad idea either, if/when they're ready to comprehend such a thing.
In our house, we don't have cable TV (so no commercials, ever) and books are always more accessible and much more prevalent than toys. So far, it's working but she's only two so we'll see.
I love Peggy's book--just heard her speak last week. She is funny and thoughtful. I hope people will read the book before making snap decisions that it is "overthinking" things. Peggy writes in a highly nuanced way about gender issues in toys. She says that pink and princess are not bad outright--they are normal, healthy parts of children's play. Many of us remember playing with them without any damage! But the way in which princesses are marketed to children today is MASSIVELY different from when we are kids. The major issues are first, that kids are now only playing princesses in a scripted Disney format, rather than with their own imagination. They are also given no other options--pink and princess and beauty-oriented are how things are sold as being "for girls." Peggy lays the changes out in way I can't summarize adequately here--so I highly recommend you read the book--it is a fun read and you won't regret it!
I am mum to three little girls who each have their own tastes. The eldest is a ninja wannabe who adores scary animals, Bear Gryllis, and the video game Age of Empires. My middle girl is the exact opposite and prefers pink, glitter, and Hello Kitty. I let them decide their own tastes and do not try to "steer" them along. I encourage them to make good choices as far as purchases and to think about an object's real value, but I do not impose my own feelings about their collections. I am truly terrified of snakes but will gladly let my daughter buy a book about them or take her to see them at the zoo if she wants, the same goes for a trip to get our nails done and such. As long as the girls are using their imaginations and are not just following the crowd, that is good enough for me!
I think that all this talk about gender stereo types in the context of girls is not as important as some would make it out to be. Are there as much concern about boys and their toys, clothes, and likes? Are people making it a point to dress boys in pink, give them dolls, and put them in ballet?
Well, my daughter is still young (3.5), but is already starting to pick up the princess thing from other girls in preschool. I don't discourage it, but try to indulge it in ways that seem healthy and not too garish for me to live with. For instance, if she wants to dress like a princess, I encourage her to use any of the dresses from her closet (doesn't have to be anything too frilly or pink), and adding her Waldorf style wooden toy wand and playsilk for a skirt or cape. She plays "castle" by pulling chairs together to make a structure she can stand on, and gathering her dolls and animals inside. As long as there is imagination and creativity happening with the princess play, fine. If it is about collecting licensed figures and watching insipid movies, no. But then, I avoid most licensed characters and insipid movies, whether princesses are involved or not.
My 5 yo is totally into pink and purple and cries when not allowed to wear a dress. She does not give a rat's a$$ about princesses, though. So, it's the girlie stuff without the Disney tossed in. She told me repeatedly that her green room "made her sad" so I eventually painted it pink. A pink I can tolerate (Wild Aster) since it is my house so I am not having a bubble gum room in it, and I do not consider that in any way robbing her of her childhood. She loves it, expresses delight in being able to show her room to her friends, and I think understands that it was done as a treat for her (she had to help paint it) and that she is expected to respect her space, keep it clean, etc.
Parenting is a crapshoot. There are no rules that work for all kids. Some kids will internalize some wants, others will not. Some will grow out of the princes phase, others will not. Anyone who says there is just one way to do things is someone who has only one kid or no kids...
To see my pink room: http://holidayhouserules.typepad.com/house_rules/2011/11/the-big-reveal.html
I recently went to go see Beauty and the Beast again in 3D when it was back in theatres. Until that point, I hadn't realized how influential that movie was to me - Belle was my childhood hero, but not the Belle who wore a beautiful golden gown - I wanted to be the Belle that walked around town with my nose in a book. Too bad that aspect of the character got lost in all the Princess marketing.
I think there's a lot more 'meat' in the Disney stories than we give them credit for, but when you walk down the toy aisle all you see are the dresses and costumes, and branded crap. No wonder that's what kids want - that's all that's available to them!
If I don't agree with the message an item sends that's one thing, but I can't fathom telling my daughter she can't have something in her room because I think it's "ugly." She has the rest of her life to live in a "tastefully" decorated home but only a short while to be able to hang posters, paint the walls pink or do whatever else she likes without thought to what Apartment Therapy readers would think of it.
KD_MUSE, exactly. The way I deal with it is to encourage the aspects of princesses that I like. And, actually, the 90s through present Disney movies have quite a lot of good stuff, in addition to great music and animation. My daughter is really into "what's your favorite" right now. So, I tell her that Belle is my favorite princess because she is loyal, brave, and sees the beauty inside people. Oh, and she loves to read, just like mommy, and has brown hair and hazel eyes, just like my daughter. Then I tell her I like Tiana because she works hard for her dreams and Rapunzel because she sees the best in people, etc. I'll admit, she has a number of princess dolls and most of the movies, but not much else in the way of merchandise. I don't really feel the need to tell her grandparents and friends that they can't buy these things for her. To me, the princess dolls are no worse that other dolls and they are better than Barbie, or, the horrible Bratz. Anyway, 90% of the time, she and her brother play with their kitchen, plastic animals, and play doh, so I don't think she's been scarred too deeply yet.
I think dress up, fantasy, frills, and even "princess" are a normal and healthy part of childhood. I think wall-to-wall licensed crap (in design, in production standards, in material) is not. There is a big difference in pink/frills/princess and letting Disney own your kid.
My kid is happy to play with blocks, trains, puzzles, whatever, as long as she is wearing a princess dress, crown, and sparkly shoes! So I'm cautiously OK with the princess phase.
Her room has pink, yellow and white accessories and yellow walls (we rent) and everyone is happy. Thankfully, at 3.5 she doesn't yet know to ask for specific merchandise. I did buy some Disney princess sheets on clearance at Target because I knew she would love them.
I'm expecting a daughter in three months and have a 2 years old son, so I read the article and all comment with great interest. I always thought that since I'm not a "princessy" person, my daughter won't be either, but several commenters seem to contradict that feeling. I'm like KD-muse: I LOVED the Belle character because of the opening sequence, where she reads and doesn't care about the rest of the world. I wonder how long the motherly example can hold against marketing; maybe longer in our house where there is no tv, but not indefinitely I guess. I'm preparing for a number of negotiations and compromises !
My mom 30 years ago had very strong views about this stuff. She didn't believe in gender specific toys so we all got cars and dolls. Toy guns were not allowed. But more than anything the idea of spending money of brand children's decorations was never going to happen. I also agree that the commercialization and marketing of this junk has changed substantially.
To me a lot of this is a class issue and about having the resources to so obviously decorate a child's room around an expensive brand theme. This is exactly what companies want. I think it is important to distinguish between brands and "princess" stuff. At the same time I think there is a HUGE different between a car theme and a princess theme in the social representations to children.
JOYDREAMZ makes a good point but I've experienced it in the reverse. Disney junk is prelevant and available in every mass market outlet. I usually have to spend more money to avoid it. On the plus side, I am almost always buying a better quality product.
For us parents, it's just another room in our house. For the child, it's their studio apartment (minus the kitchen). I let my kids set the theme of their "apt" just to let them be who they were. I bought them both kinds of supposedly gendered toys and they revealed themselves anyway. My oldest was much girlier than I ever was, and my youngest was a techie from early on.
So my oldest loved her dolls, whether princesses, Barbies or thrift store pre-loved generic ones. She also loved the trucks (which became limousines for her dolls), legos (which became the Red Family, Blue Family etc), and all toys went through her imagination to come out girly. Now her first daughter is All Princess, and she's waiting for the baby to declare herself.
My youngest built with Legos and used Barbie dolls to make overpasses and bridges in her constructions. Her decor now? Tech. All Tech.
And Totoro
If I had a dollar for every time I read, "you're over thinking" on a blog post, I'd buy Disney. It's called critical thinking, people. It's not trivial, I have spent a great deal of my college years and (short) professional life studying the marketing of extremely gendered products to children. I teach first grade and see how children are bombarded with commercialism almost 'round the clock.
The kinds of toys they end up playing with lead to scripted play in which they act out specific stuff, using very little imagination, and rarely stepping out of gendered norms. Disney books are not good literature! Try and read one, see what you think.
Furthermore, no one is suggesting these toys will cause severe brain damage, but I am asking you to take a look at what is being marketed to your child and consider it's messages. Thank you, Peggy! I've been following your work and appreciate what you're doing.
SCGOBLE, yes! I do not agree with my daughter's taste one bit, and she doesn't agree with mine. ("Mom, maybe you should get some things that aren't so boring. Why do you only like nothing and plain stuff?") Still, I let her make some decisions about how her room is decorated. Obviously, expense plays a huge role in my decisions; that rules out quite a bit of the stuff she wants. And there are a few things that I wouldn't buy because I don't agree with them (though the only examples coming to my mind right now are clothes). But, really, there's no accounting for taste...and when you're a little kid, it doesn't matter if your room looks like a gallery or like Fairy Princess Land.
When I was a kid I loved playing princess. I had the tiara, the wand, the pretty dresses, the whole shebang. I loved Jasmine and Belle the best. BUT I remember once my dad happened on my game, and joined in. He started asking me questions about how I would rule my blocks and stuffed animal kingdom. What are the laws of my fairyland? How will I make sure everybody is ok? What will I do when they fight? All of these were, of course, acted out with my dolls and toys, for my princessy self to cope with. This was amazing to me. Suddenly a princess wasn't just a girl in a pretty dress. She was a LEADER. She had civic duties and responsibilities to her fellow creatures. Since my favorite Disney princess tended to be the brainy ones anyways, this fit in perfectly with my schema. I guess what I'm saying is that toys send messages, but so do parents. A clever, engaged parent may just be able to draw the best out of any toy. Now, I still do favor buying ethically made, sturdy, lasting toys, but I guess I think more about how to help my child react to gendered nonsense in a smart, strong way than I am about avoiding it. And who cares if she has different taste than me, style-wise? My mom likes country and my dad likes ultra modern. Them letting me experiment (with sometimes heinous results, I admit) let me develop my own style. I couldn't break the bank, but yellow paint doesn't cost more than white or blue or black.
Just thought I'd include a link to Sweet Juniper's post on historically accurate real princess stories which I found very funny.
My 3 year old daughter asked for a Snow White dress and a Light Saber, which she calls Snow White light saber, for her birthday. This is an image of Snow White I can get behind!
auparker -- that is awesome.
also, i love peggy orenstein's work!
I heard some interviews with the author of the Cinderella Ate My Daughter book (though I didn't read it), and while I'm inclined to agree with some of her ideas, mostly it seemed way over the top to me. My four-year-old son is currently obsessed with Disney's Cars movies and his Cars toys, and no one is writing a book about how that is going to ruin him. If my one-and-a-half year old daughter decides one day to obsess over princesses, it will not preclude her from being a strong, independent-minded, intelligent woman when she grows up.
as a mom to a 2.5 year old girl, I have to say that we have yet to cross this bridge. as much as I agree that we should follow our kid's needs and wants. I also would never decorate a room for her that I do not like myself. After all, this is my house. And she's part of our family. Give kids some credit. They are much more resilient than many parents think. They can and do handle limits and an occasional justified "no" well.
I think we are still okay as a culture letting daughters do the pink/glitter thing. We still get hung up, however, when the sons want to do it.
I was obsessed with Cinderella as a little girl. What I remember really being drawn to, though, was the fact that she was very kind and that all the little animals loved her. I remember wanting her to become real and be my friend. The princess part was secondary. Just riffing on what others said about the laudable qualities in these princesses that can sometimes be emphasized.
If children are allowed media in an unrestricted way, then, yes, they can be marketed to in an unrestricted way. As parents, it is our job to say, "No." We can control the media in our lives--by using the off switch, by choosing to read a book aloud instead of encouraging more screen time, by chatting with our kids instead of handing over the iphone. It takes dedication, but when we as parents take over being in charge of the content of our children's media exposure, then we have the power to influence what is being demanded of them.
jp415373 -- The negative power of advertising in the life of boys has also been extensively documented. Read "Buy Buy Baby" and "Born to Buy" for more.
@ Gregory H - Couldn't have said it better! People need to relax and use some common sense.
If you hate Disney and all things marketed in your home, then that's your prerogative. But sometimes I feel like adults really forget what it's like to look at something through the eyes of a child. Have you witnessed a kid meeting a Disney character, Princess or Toy Story etc at Disneyland? To them it's magic. To us jaded adults it's commercialization right? Let them have a moment in their lives to remember how fun it was being a child. One day the won't look at them the same way and you will miss it.
Every time I see these incredible kids bedrooms on here done up way better than my own bedroom, especially by first time parents, I think you just wait til your child is 5 and suddenly that room that you think your kid will be able to grow with, won't match their personality. Just because you liked a given color or idea, doesn't mean they will. They are their own person. It's not about giving into their whims and buying them everything they want should they want to change it up, but to not let them express their own likes and dislikes doesn't help them either.
Thanks for the info, Judiau. I will check out those books!
I think the parents that are raising the question of boys toys are right on the mark. And as an artist/social worker that studies gender/child development, I am saddened at the reality that parents are clueless as to the power of marketing and identity these days. This is a multi-multi-billion dollar industry that has spent decades studying how to manipulate and change the thinking of human beings. It is a refined brainwashing that we are all subjected to on a daily basis. Us older folks remember a time of life and tv, but now there is no separation between marketing reality and our own lives- they are surrounded on all fronts by messages with a monetary goal. Did you know that girl's self image peeks at 8 yrs old? That's great that your 4 yr old is happy imagining she's a beautiful princess, but when she has greater self awareness and sense of reality at 8yrs and realizes she isn't the most beautiful (or is), what then? The question we should concern ourselves with is what qualities and tools are we instilling in our daughters and sons that will give them the strength to thrive in a world where they will be bombarded constantly by messages, the goal of which is to make you feel unhappy with yourself and that they are not good enough unless they buy certain products and that beauty is the only quality that really matters for girl, and physical strength is the only quality that matters for boys. Its difficult if, as parents, we model an addiction to consumption and are always online looking for 'stuff" to make our own lives better. Its about looking at the big picture, not the moment. I am so saddened when I take my girl trick or treating on Halloween and every single girl is a princess. When I was growing up, there was always that one girl who had to be a princess, but everyone else had broader imaginations. Now, we've shrunk it to princesses. And what does a princess represent in play? Play is not irrelevant. Play is a major part of building our adult identity- it's about trying on roles and stretching out. how sad for these girls who feel the best thing they could ever be is a stupid, rich, boring princess. I dare say in real life, princesses must have the most boring, sad and repressed life. Why would we want our daughters idolizing that?
Even though I'm not a parent yet (expecting my first child--a boy!--in July), I come from a family of four girls all brought up in the eighties/early nineties. As some have said above, money has a lot to do with this issue. My parents, both immigrants, didn't have a lot of expendable income and because of that we four girls shared a room and we didn't get to pick out the color or the furniture or the bedding or anything. We also didn't have cable, so we would watch a smattering of local shows and Sesame Street and that was it. We didn't have money to go to the movies much or eat at McDonalds so we were never begging our parents for Happy Meal toys or any princess stuff. I feel like we weren't exposed to this consumerist culture as much as a lot of other people were because of our limited economic resources. I feel like a lot of people, including the author of this book, feel pressured not to overdo it with commercial stuff simply because they are capable of overdoing it. In that sense, it helps a great deal to be poor if this really bothers you :)
I love @ammoniteink's comment, and her dad's excellent example! When I was little, the appeal of princesses was as much about power as about prettiness and wealth. Running with that concept (i.e. "with great power comes great responsibility") would definitely make for interesting conversations.
When I learned I was having a daughter, I steeled myself for the whole princess obsession and now I laugh at myself, because my toddler is all about cars and dinosaurs and choo choo trains and has zero interest in baby dolls which, I confess, makes me a little wistful! Maybe she's too young for me to make the call, maybe cars and dinosaurs and choo choo trains just make more interesting noises.
I'm actually more concerned about the example her father and I set as I find us slipping into increasingly stereotypically gendered roles.
It's so funny, because I was the least girly-girl ever growing up -- and yet I wanted my room painted pink! Not because I thought it was princessy or anything like that -- but I had a bedspread that was green with little pink flowers and I wanted it to match that. To me the bedspread was like a little bit of meadow. So I guess my association with pink was more about nature than femininity.
I don't have cable, just Netflix and DVDs. I'm hoping my daughter will be shielded somewhat from the ad assault on kids.


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How do you turn around an airline?
I don't know Robert Isom, or his skills. But if I were trying to fix a failing airline with a dismal customer service history, I wouldn't hire someone from my industry that had gone bankrupt. I'd try to steal someone from Southwest.
Or, I'd bring in someone from Apple, or Starbucks, or another company in a different industry that really gets customer experience. I'd hire someone from IDEO to rethink the entire airline travel experience.
There are probably plenty of people at US Airways who could tell the company how to improve its on-time record or solve its baggage-handling problems. Those are fixable technical problems that money can solve. They could do roundtables with front-line staff members, and/or set up a place on their intranet to submit ideas with a $50 reward—both will yield great ideas.
But a customer experience mindset? That's much trickier.
Tip of the day: Look outside your industry for staff and ideas if you need a dramatic change in the way you do business. If you must hire from within your industry, get someone from the company who is trouncing everyone else.
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Stephanie, I kinda see this like the pro ball teams that bring in the never-that-good head coach who flunked out in past gigs (Norv Turner or Dennis Erickson anyone?). They do it because it's comfy and the risks *appear* minimal. Yet the only thing you get is the same mediocrity as before.ReplyDelete
I imagine that US Airways went for the easy bet that's Isom because it's comfy. This is an airline that has never really aspired to much more than a paper imitation of it's competitors who merely copy the efforts of other non-Southwest carriers. It's starting to get hard telling all the bankrupt airlines apart these days.
Great post! The titanic was a large ship with a small rudder that could not turn before disaster struck. I think you are right that it takes more than the proverbial "straightening of the deck chairs". They'll need a very large customer experience mindset (top to bottom) to turn around their clunker.
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Thought lost since the early 1970s, BLONDE ICE tells the bizarre tale of a beautiful society columnist with a desire for money and position that turns her into a serial killer, a story most Hollywood studios of the 1940s wouldn't touch! The tagline, "ice in her veins, icicles in her heart" perfectly describes Claire Cummings as she eagerly seduces rich and powerful men. This little-known film gives new meaning to the phrase "willing victims" and shows what film noir on a tiny budget could look like.
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Very good 1940's film noir in spite of low budget, no "famous" actors, etc. Set in San Francisco, not Los Angeles, for a change. Tight script, good acting. Looking forward to seeing this one over again soon - this time with film buff friends and lots of popcorn.
Great oldie murder flick!
No Double Indemnity but not bad.
middling noir.
...worth a watch (or, two/three..;) - well acted - kind of a 'moral' story...
I watched the little known B film BLONDE ICE. Shortly after it started, it began to go out of sync. I like to watch these to help me sleep, but once that happened I had to find out if the whole movie was out of sync. You see, when something is out of sync on digital TV, it remains the same degree of out of sync for however long the program runs. But if this film was out of sync because the editor was too pressed for time to sync up a few scenes, that would be different. If that's what happened when the scene changed it would probably be in sync because the editor had different film and sound stock to match up. If it was out of sync because the master sound wasn't synced up precisely to the image, it would get wildly out of sync. You see, what happens is that a mistake of a fraction of a second in the beginning of syncing sound and film looks maybe off in the beginning but mathematically becomes increasingly off. I forget how much off it can be after an hour, but it's significant. We learned this in film school, but I've never seen it throughout a whole film. This was my big chance, and by the end of the movie, I was hearing sound from scenes that preceded the film by perhaps more than a minute! Trippy.
Well-acted story that holds your interest. A stylish look at life in that period. Shows a lot of things that will become de rigeur in crime movies to follow
This was a great film noir classic. It was tight, fun and dark. The plot was thin or so transparent there was no mystery. That is the draw back. See through from scene one, it is not in the first rank of noir. I enjoyed it. A great 1940s period film.
Little gem. Convoluted at times, but dead on wicked.
Time capsule. Low budget but great film-noir. Greed and politics (of love).
I like the character because she is ruthless, self absorbed, and using her looks to snag men and increase her standing in society. She's a little like Scarlett O'hara, only not loveable. She's a sociopathic killer-one who acts without feeling for others.
Sheer Camp.
interesting movie. a little old and predictable
Stock plot.Acting and direction were nothing special.
It was fun to watch.
Very good movie.
I guess for its time, it was OK.
i liked this movie . i love the old thriller black and white moveie.
classic film noir! one that isn't on TCM or other network's rotation.
Have never seen this film noir before. Interesting making the women the chief villain. Typical of the 1940s, but always entertaining.
I love almost any film noir from the 40s. This is no masterpiece but still enjoyable.
Nice contrast to contemporary editing and camera styles. The acting is pretty stiff, and the story is OK if a bit implausible. It sounds like it'll be better than it is, but you get an interesting glimpse at a B-movie on-the-cheap noir. Make sure you've seen the classics first!
Predictable but a fun view if you like film noir.
A smarter version of my ex wife:(
very good drama, good plot.
Outstanding! A jewel that seemed lost forever returns. A very unusual and stark but amazing film!
Fabulous job directing this 40's film ~ great femme fatale depiction! Love it.
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Utley's debut with the Phillies in the 2003 season.
After spending his minor league career as a second baseman, Utley jumped from A-ball to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre in 2002 and spent the year playing third base. He hit 263/352/461 with 17 home runs in 461 at-bats. Things didn't go especially well at third, where Utley made 28 errors and posted a .918 fielding percentage in 123 games.
The 2002 Phillies, meanwhile, plodded along to an 80-81 mark, finishing in third place in the NL East, 21 1/2 games behind the first-place Atlanta Braves. Marlon Anderson saw most of the time at second base and struggled mightily, hitting 258/315/380 in 539 at-bats. Third base was manned by Scott Rolen, who, playing in 100 games for the Phillies, hit 259/358/472 before a July trade sent him to St Louis and brought Placido Polanco to Philadelphia. Polanco got most of the work at third for the rest of the year.
Between 2002 and the start of '03, Marlon Anderson became a free agent and signed with Tampa Bay and the Phillies signed free agent David Bell to be their new third baseman. Heading into 2003 it looked like the Phils would feature Bell at third, Polanco at second and 24-year-old Utley shuffling between the bench and the minors.
The Phils started the season by taking two of three from the Marlins in Florida before heading back to Philadelphia for their home opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Utley had yet to sniff any action.
On April 4, 2003, Joe Roa was on the bump for the Phils to face the Pirates. But not for long. Pittsburgh scored five times in the first inning, getting a grand slam from Reggie Sanders that plated Randall Simon and Aramis Ramirez. Roa did make it through the first inning and came back for the second, getting the first two Bucs before Jason Kendell singled and Brian Giles doubled him home to extend the lead to 6-0.
In the bottom of the second, the Phillies managed to get on the board when Jim Thome led off with a triple and Pat Burrell followed with an RBI-ground out that cut the Pittsburgh lead to 6-1. David Bell and Mike Lieberthal followed and both got on base, Bell singled and Lieberthal walked, before Marlon Byrd grounded to first for the second out of the inning. And with two outs, runners on second and third and Jeff Suppan on the hill for the Pirates, Chase Utley came to the plate for the first time. He struck out swinging to end the inning. The Phillies went on to lose the game 9-1.
On April 6 the Phillies sent him down to Triple-A.
Polanco went on the DL on April 23 and Utley was recalled from the minors.
He got to start his first game on April 24, playing second base and hitting eighth as the Rockies sent young Aaron Cook to the mound in Philadelphia. The Phillies jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first. Utley made his first appearance at the plate in the second and flew out to Jay Payton in left. The Phils still held their two run lead in the bottom of the third when singles by Burrell and Bell and a walk to Thome loaded the bases for Utley with two down and Cook still on mound. Looking for his first major league hit, Utley got it in a big way as he smoked the ball out to right for a grand slam.
Utley would add an eighth-inning double and end the day 2-for-4 with a strikeout and four-RBI. He got another start the next day and went 0-for-4. Polanco returned from the DL on April 30 and Utley headed back to Triple-A where he would stay until August.
On July 10, David Bell played what was nearly his last game of the '03 campaign for the Phils. Two days later the team would put him on the DL with a strained back and he wouldn't return until late September. What followed was a dark period that saw more than the recommended daily allowance of Tyler Houston and Tomas Perez at third base for the Phillies.
On August 14 the Phils recalled Utley. Polanco moved to third base and Utley got much of the time at second. He wasn't especially fabulous. He ended the season having hit 239/322/373 with two home runs in 134 at-bats. In 2004 he wound up getting about twice as many at-bats before he broke through with 105 RBI in his first full-season in 2005.
If you look back at the most important decisions the Phillies have made as an organization in the last five years, one of the biggest has to be what to do at third base after they traded Scott Rolen away. What they did was bring in David Bell. What they didn't do was put Chase Utley at third. For all you can complain about what the Phillies have done at third since Rolen, the decision not to go with Utley there looks like a solid one. Utley's defensive numbers at third base from Triple-A in 2002 are pretty much miserable -- and he sure looks like he's settled at the right position.
There's an article about Phillies' outfield prospect Dominic Brown here.
Ryan Howard is a Pat Burrell supporter.
An article on the Phillies' web site reviews the team's outfield situation.
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- Bürer, Mary Jean & Wüstenhagen, Rolf, 2009. "Which renewable energy policy is a venture capitalist's best friend? Empirical evidence from a survey of international cleantech investors," Energy Policy, Elsevier, Elsevier, vol. 37(12), pages 4997-5006, December.
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