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'Let Toys Be Toys' Organising Thread - Part 2

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OneHandWavingFree · 02/12/2012 12:43

"Let Toys Be Toys - For Girls, and Boys" is a campaign started by a group of Mumsnetters, to convince retailers to categorise their toys by theme or function, rather than gender.

We're inviting everyone to 'like' us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter (@LetToysBeToys) and join us right here for discussion and collaborative decision-making about the next steps of our campaign.

Himalaya has been hard at work compiling the information gathered by our fantastic LTBT Mystery Shoppers, and we will be agreeing right here how the surveys will be ranked, which retailers we will be targetting with our message, and how we will go about it.

If you think that girls and boys should feel free to play with whatever toys that interest them most, and that they shouldn't walk into a toy store and feel pressurised to conform into archaic gender roles and stifling stereotypes, please join in the discussion!

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nickelbabylyinginamanger · 04/12/2012 12:50
Grin

LaGuerat - it was one of the reasons I didn't find out what sex DD was - refused to gender stereotype the baby before it was even born!

AndIfATenTonTruck · 04/12/2012 12:31

oh wow ashes!!! superb!

LaGuerta · 04/12/2012 11:50

Just spotted this thread.

THANK-YOU

I have been grumbling about this ever since I became a mother.

ashesgirl · 04/12/2012 11:43

BBC Breakfast are getting in touch with us Smile

nickelbabylyinginamanger · 04/12/2012 11:38

yes, thank you,. feeling better :)
still very tired and rundown, but not sick , so that's an improvement! Grin

nickelbabylyinginamanger · 04/12/2012 11:35

withthedude - i agree re: Harrod's - it isn't gender neutral at all.
when you look at the displays, the themes are still very obviously boys versus girls, and yes, the staff wear pink for ladies and blue for men, even though they say "they're just nice colours" - funny that "green" or "purple" or "red" or "yellow" didn't feature in that, then...

WomanlyWoman · 04/12/2012 11:29

survey links:

high street stores

online and catalogues

nickelbabylyinginamanger · 04/12/2012 11:28

OHWF - that's not a problem: what happens is that a Tweet goes out "i posted.... photos on facebook" and then a link to the album. so then followers can click the link and see what it's all about.
they're used to that happening like that, so don't worry!

WomanlyWoman · 04/12/2012 10:50

Been in Wilkinson's this morning, will fill survey in soon as

ashesgirl · 03/12/2012 21:55

Trisha, ah, you were quick Smile

WomanlyWoman · 03/12/2012 21:43

ashes - It did - I popped in and deleted a tweet when you weren't looking ! :)

OHWF Possibly. Will have a look at how other orgs seem to be doing it. One of the problems is with it being one way, so if someone posts a good pic to twitter then it has to be manually added to fb, at which point it automatically xposts back to twitter! I think MurderofGoths was looking into it but she hasn't been around for few days.

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OneHandWavingFree · 03/12/2012 21:13

I'm working late so can't discuss much now - but the automatic FB to Twitter posting proved to be a problem last week, when I posted a 37-pic photo album to Facebook, without realising that 37 separate pics were being tweeted simulaneously with no explanation as to what they were about.

I'm not sure that all posts suit both media equally well - maybe copying over is the way to go?

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OneHandWavingFree · 03/12/2012 21:11

ashes have pm'd you re: facebook!

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ashesgirl · 03/12/2012 21:05

Sure, yes I can keep an eye on Twitter, tonight.

I haven't noticed anything coming through automatically from FB so far though. Would be good though.

Do other contributor's comments and pics feed through too?

Or best to just copy them over - and would they be ok with that?

WomanlyWoman · 03/12/2012 20:52

Ashes - question xposted. Are you happy to do twitter again this eve? (I'm assuming that's you on tonight) The thing about xposting working one way is it means if I ask same question on fb it will be repeated again on twitter, so u might want to delete it if it gets xposted, IYSWIM?

ashesgirl · 03/12/2012 20:11

Thanks Trisha

I asked question on Twitter about if parents with boys have seen them being teased for liking dolls and kitchens etc. And if so, how do they deal with it.

But think it got a little buried. Would be nice to get this debate going on FB if we can.

WomanlyWoman · 03/12/2012 20:08

I'll have a look at what can be xposted now ashes - onehand is the person to ask about fb admin, I can't add anyone. I was wondering about the logistics of that, because fb automatically updates twitter but not the other way around.

Any other ideas for twitteriness tonight gratefully accepted, as feeling bit braindead.

ashesgirl · 03/12/2012 19:24

Hi everyone, I am happy to copy over some of the Twitter links to FB as well, if anyone wants to give me the password?

PeggyCarter · 03/12/2012 19:20

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Bloodybridget · 03/12/2012 13:35

Hurrah for the Power of Mumsnet and all you terrific women (and men) on here. I would be so happy if the revolting tide of genderisation was turned. Have liked on FB.

ashesgirl · 03/12/2012 09:05

Over 400 likes on fb! Grin

Selks · 03/12/2012 07:16

Great idea

RarelyUnreasonable · 03/12/2012 07:05

Just joined in on twitter and fb, marking my place.

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OneHandWavingFree · 03/12/2012 02:14

nickelbabe I hope you're feeling a bit better.

and we haven't seen a post from MurderOfGoths since she said she was taking her ds to hospital on Friday. I hope she checks in and lets us know how things are, even if she has to put her involvement here on hold momentarily.

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OneHandWavingFree · 03/12/2012 01:50

(Welcome coocoo , kim , pozzled and SirBoob - sorry if I missed anyone else who is joining in for thread #2 :) )

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