kgoldschmitt: From The Little Girl from the 1981 Lego Ad Is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something To
kgoldschmitt: From The Little Girl from the 1981 Lego Ad Is All Grown Up, and She’s Got Something To Say. “Toys are supposed to foster creativity. But nowadays, it seems that a lot more toys already have messages built into them before a child even opens the pink or blue package. In 1981, LEGOs were simple and gender-neutral, and the creativity of the child produced the message. In 2014, it’s the reverse: the toy delivers a message to the child, and this message is weirdly about gender.” -- source link