elasticitymudflap:ericaisawesome56:farfromgotham:Fun fact time: many of my old acquaintances&nb
elasticitymudflap:ericaisawesome56:farfromgotham:Fun fact time: many of my old acquaintances still make joking comments whenever they see me wearing pink, because as a child (and honestly pretty much right up to high school) I would refuse to associate with any pink objects. It wasn’t because I didn’t like pink, it was because since I appeared female I was supposed to/ it was immediately assumed that I did and therefore it pissed me the ever-loving fuck off. I was ashamed to like it, which is terrible because pink is an awesome color. But when you shove it down young girls throats it gets really old, really fast. Give the child the fucking rainbow, and if they pick pink, it’s not because they are female and/or effeminate, it’s because they like the color pink. THIS.Gosh thisTHANK YOU. Nothing wrong with pink - just give us other options besides it! I happen to very much prefer green and as a young girl often couldn’t find things in green because…yeah. I just would’ve liked to have the option to pick whatever color I liked.(Also, fun fact - historically, pink was considered masculine and blue was considered feminine. That switched sometime during the 20th century for some reason.) -- source link
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