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Kindle app has changed to an image of a boy reading

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Njordsgrrrl · 06/11/2017 17:54

It's very sweet and all but I'm a former primary school teacher and it seems to me it's wrong making a male the default yet again. (And please be kind I've been following this board for years and you've been great altogether)

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Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 07/11/2017 09:08

njord

It doesn't matter if some people find it trivial

It all adds up to the drip drip drip of male as default

NewtsSuitcase · 07/11/2017 08:17

Really Op? Quite frankly they could have chosen a boy or a girl and they chose a boy/person with short hair. 50:50 chance. And its actually going against stereotypes not with them.

I really do despair that people spend time trying to find fault with this sort of thing.

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Njordsgrrrl · 07/11/2017 08:13

Yeah it is pretty trivial. Male violence and the trans thing in particular. At least in this country. I got an awfully condescending reply from my (Tory) MP ages ago when I wrote to him about the gender bill Hmm

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glow1984 · 07/11/2017 07:53
  1. I do agree that it looks like a boy
  2. I don't think it really matters.
  3. Following on from the above, there are bigger issues to worry about.
Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 07/11/2017 07:48

njord

I appreciate that we cant tell the sex of the figure but a figure with long hair in our country is usually a girl and short is usually a boy

A skirt is used to donate a girl and trousers a boy

Wrong and stereotypical but if you showed that picture to 100 people and made them pick one or the other i reckon most would say boy

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Njordsgrrrl · 07/11/2017 07:14

Thanks for the replies. True, the figure isn't necessarily male and I agree encouraging boys reading is a good thing. Should've thought it through! It just annoyed me because it made me think of a thread on here once. Search Google images for 'human' and see what you get sort of thing.

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FizzyWaterAndElderflower · 06/11/2017 20:22

I think it's pretty generic really - kid with short hair reading a book - but if it was a boy, that would actually be good, boys need to be encouraged to read more from what I understand (not my eldest... stopping him reading is more the problem).

Having a figure that could be interpreted as male or female is about as good as its going to get I reckon.

Datun · 06/11/2017 20:13

Njordsgrrrl

Maybe they’re trying to encourage boys to read.

Don’t be put off the board, if you get some robust replies!

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 06/11/2017 18:50

njords

Is it the 'male' thing or the fact that you thought it had changed thats more annoying

displacementofwater · 06/11/2017 18:18

Wrong? Really? Could be a child or a young person of either sex. There's no way to tell really is there?

doctorcuntybollocks · 06/11/2017 18:17

I don't have a physical Kindle but I do have Kindle for PC on my computer. The old logo was a child with short hair reading a book under a tree and facing left. The new logo is a child with short hair reading a book under a tree and facing right. The new image is more detailed and aesthetically pleasing, but it's essentially the same as the old one.

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 06/11/2017 18:16

It's been a silhouetted humanoid, of undetermined gender and age, reading under a tree for years.

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 06/11/2017 18:15

Just looked on my old app and it still appears to be someone with short hair and trousers under a tree

It doesnt look like they have changed it

To be honest op im torn, i can see your point regarding a 'male' figure but boys are being targeted for reading schemes soooo....i dunno

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 06/11/2017 18:12

Alright random child

But what was it before...was it a tree?

graphena · 06/11/2017 18:10

I thought it looked more like a girl with short hair actually

kimlo · 06/11/2017 18:09

well you are the one assuming that short hair and trousers is a boy.

Rufustherenegadereindeer1 · 06/11/2017 18:07

What was it before

notangelinajolie · 06/11/2017 18:05

And how do you know it's a boy?

RebeccaNoodles · 06/11/2017 18:05

Well ...in short, I just wouldn’t worry about it,

In long:

Boys tend to read less than girls
Reading promotes empathy/understanding of others
So more boys reading is a good thing for feminism!

notangelinajolie · 06/11/2017 18:05
Biscuit
LittleBearPad · 06/11/2017 18:02

Seriously!

CherriesInTheSnow · 06/11/2017 18:00
Confused
Redglitter · 06/11/2017 17:57

Oh ffs Hmm

Honestly do people go hunting for things to be offended about

Ttbb · 06/11/2017 17:55

Really? Come on. Grow up.

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