'Let Toys Be Toys' Organising Thread - Part 2

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Marking place. Well done OHWF Reckon here is as good a place as any.

Can I join please? Didn't want to post on the other one as when I spotted it the thread was nearly full.

Of course, SirBoob! Welcome to the group.

Thank you. My son is currently clomping around in a pair of tacky pink poundland high heels They're his dancing shoes, apparently. The bugger can walk in heels better than I can

Just noticed on the toys r us website, in the boys' toys section there are options for action figures and vehicles, hobbies and r/c, but these don't feature in the girls options.

Don't girls have hobbies then? Nor like vehicles? FFS

Bath, beauty and accessories, and dolls feature on the girls' but not boys.

And don't get me started on this: www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3458567

Can I ask if anyone sees any related news stories or has good photos, to put them on the fb page or tweet them to @LetToysBeToys. Noticed twitter and fb been quiet over wknd, I know we all have families and RL so would help if as many people got involved as poss.

Who thinks we're ready to get a blog started? I think some of the stories I've seen shared on here and other threads, the ones that really tug at the heart strings, would really build up the case for our campaign - putting them on a blog might be a way to go...?

Hello all

Links to previous threads:
Would anyone like to join in an effort to convince retailers to stop categorizing toys by gender?
Help us find out which toy stores are best and worst about pink/blue segregation?

Trisha, i cd prob do some social media stuff on the weekends. Would it be poss to log in as ltbt or are we limiting how many have access? No probs if so but wanted to check.

And blog wd be great. We could do interview with harrods toy dept since their relaunch as gender neutral? It's been 4 or 5 months now so be good to hear how it has gone for them. Just one idea

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I'll pm you the twitter pw ashes, I don't know about limits on access but no-one seems to be around to say otherwise so my best guess is there's no harm in passing it on. I popped on this morning but have some work I really need to get done this eve. This is why I suggested a rota, but I've forgotten who said they'd do what when. Maybe best if we just check in here and volunteer for the night in question.

I'm still wondering whether it really is getting worse, or whether I'm just suffering from confirmation bias.

Ah just seen this. PM'd you about who's going to be on when.

I'm best for later on in the evening (after 8.30pm) or weekends. Weekdays during the day are difficult for me.

Harrods isn't gender neutral. They have taken down the signs which say boy and girl but everything is still blue and pink INCLUDING the clothing staff wear.

John Lewis window display here as boy and girl sides. Boys side has all science and musical instruments.

I am still waving from the sidelines. If I can be of any help just shout!

Between, I noticed you retweeted the Good Men project. They aren't really feminist-friendly; not by a long shot.

Withthedude - re: Harrods yes I read that. But it's at least one step in the right direction, isn't it? If not as far as we'd ideally like.

I don't think it is though. It's a cheap advertising gimmick rather than actually degendering. They did it to stop people complaining without having to spend the money to do it problem.

Ok. I was under the impression that they did spend a lot of money on the redesign of the Toy Kingdom though? I will have another look at what they did.

Also I just want to check here ... but isn't this is what we're asking retailers to do in the first instance? Just to take down the signs as a fairly straightforward start to get things rolling.

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