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LEGO & Gender Part 1: Lego Friends (by feministfrequency)

Very good take on the whole thing. 4 years and $40 million…

2 years and $20 million would have been better.

Pretty good, except I don’t like the fact that she essentially blames Lego for the sexual dimorphism that exists in children’s toys and interests. That’s an issue with vast, deep, and old causes. The worst thing that can be said about Lego here is that they are propagating stereotypes. But that can be said about virtually everyone and everything today, including feminists.

People have been way-the-fuck overreacting about this over at Matt’s Brick Blog, where Matt and his followers have been talking about this new line of sets for two months now. Thankfully Matt is still posting Lego dicks and tattoo guns in between. In spite of all this, it’s still one of my favorite Tumblrs.

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  3. mekarice reblogged this from mattsbrickgallery and added:
    Lame :( Me and my brother always played with...same sets. I never thought of them as...
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  5. wallytheidol reblogged this from section9 and added:
    same, part 2 sounds good
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  7. hylkio reblogged this from mattsbrickgallery and added:
    This is very good. But she doesn’t consider that...only influence on gender roles
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  9. whatsthedaily reblogged this from mattsbrickgallery and added:
    Pretty good, except I don’t like the fact that she essentially blames...sexual dimorphism...
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  11. section9 reblogged this from mattsbrickgallery and added:
    Really enjoyable video actually. Looking for Pt. 2…
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