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Not sure if everypony has heard, but earlier this year, Target announced that they would be removing pink and blue and other gender “color codes” from their Toy and most other departments (excluding clothing), in order to be more egalitarian, and this piece is pretty much my impression of everyone complaining about it. :D

It strikes me as strange that so many folks believe this whole “Blue Team”/“Pink Team” thing as been around forever, when it’s actually a fairly recent development in human history, which got its start in the 1930’s and 40’s, and was largely decided for us by clothing corporations. Some of us have grandparents who actually remember a time before it existed. Even a time when pink was considered “strong and masculine” and blue was regarded as “passive and feminine”. :P

More than anything, this whole matter just seems to dredge up both how much ignorance prevails in our society, as well as how flexible human culture really is…

(features modified screencaps from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)