Pink is for girls

[girlyswot]

So, I like pink. You may have noticed. I always have, though for a while I pretended I didn't because it wasn't cool.

Anyway, despite my predilection for the colour, I do not believe that absolutely everything must always be produced in pink. Least of all, books. So although I very much approved of most of Jacqueline Wilson's choices of top children's books, I was somewhat shocked by the amount of pink and sparkly.

My editions of her choices are:

Ballet Shoes: paperback, sort of beige, I think
A Little Princess: paperback, nasty mustard yellow and black
Little Women: hardback, red
The Railway Children: paperback, orange with photo on the front
The Family from One End Street: salmon pink (this one looks quite similar to the current edition)
What Katy Did: hardback, red
Mary Poppins: hardback, green

Many of these were passed down from my mother. None were chosen by me in a bookshop, as far as I remember. All were (and still are) very much loved. I recently lent my copy of Mary Poppins to a friend who is seven and just starting to enjoy reading 'proper' books. She didn't seem to mind that it wasn't pink either. Because, after all, it's what's inside that counts.

Comments

[white_hart]

Well, not if you like it! It's the way that pink things are marketed as being "specially for girls" that gets up my nose - I like pink, and I think coloured computers are fun in themselves.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

No! I nearly got a pink one but was tempted instead by a charcoal grey one with tiny light grey flowers all over it. People in airport security regularly comment on how pretty it is and even computer geeks in shops have been known to admire it.

[white_hart]

Oh, that sounds lovely. I want a new laptop and would very much like a flowery one.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

It's a Sony VAIO from a couple of years ago. I really wanted the chocolate brown version of the same pattern but it didn't come in the model that I wanted to buy. They grey is pretty, though.