Pictures of stuff, cont’d: Wearable, gendered edition

Posted by Rob Walker on March 5, 2010
Posted Under: Things/Thinking

Here we have pictures (okay, drawings) of stuff as a design motif. What does this stuff communicate? Sociological Images, from which I have stolen this image, comments: “Just a reminder: being a girl means wearing pink and thematically attiring yourself in cooking and baking implements!”

Further diversion may be found at MKTG Tumblr, and the Consumed Facebook page. Tags: Pictures of stuff

Reader Comments

Good catch, Rob. Gender training begins minutes after we’re born, when they wrap us in our pink or blue blankies and start calling us “dolly” or “tiger.”

Written By Michael Dawson on March 5th, 2010 @ 2:14 pm

Thanks for that Michael. But just to make sure I’m not taking undue credit — it wasn’t really my catch, I picked it up from Sociological Images.

Written By Rob Walker on March 5th, 2010 @ 6:58 pm

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