Interesting Links for 24-01-2016

[andrewducker]

• If 2016's Oscar-nominated movie posters told the truth
  • movies funny Oscars
• Learning to attack unhelpful thoughts
  • psychology counselling thought
• BT should be forced to sell Openreach
  • bt internet UK
• MSP threatens new laws to speed up smartcards for buses
  • transport technology Scotland
• The Facts In The Case Of Dr. Andrew Wakefield
  • vaccination autism epicfail science money
• Your SAD lamp is not nearly bright enough
  • depression light
• Star Wars toymakers were specifically directed to exclude Rey
  • toys women starwars OhForFucksSake
• Speed Reading Promises Are Too Good to Be True
  • speed reading
• The Fading Two-State Solution
  • Israel Palestine fail

Comments

[dalglir]

I can agree with the 'where's rey' article. Trying to buy awesome star wars stuff for guyinahat's girls this Christmas and, despite prominent female hero: NOT A DAMN THING available in terms of Rey merchandise in the stores I visited, let alone AWESOME Rey merchandise.

Incredibly disappointing.

Rey at least deserves the same merchandise prominence as a Disney princess. But no. At least there were Princess Leia action figures when I was growing up but it's like Rey has been wiped from the face of the earth in terms of merchandise.

[rmc28]

It is so annoying!

Even Disney princesses have weird gaps: Frozen merchandise took a while to ramp up stuff with Anna and Elsa on, and even then it was pink+frilly stuff with the girls, and a very small number of clothes-for-boys with Olaf on, or maybe Kristoff & Sven. My younger son was 2 and mad-keen on Frozen and especially Elsa, so I ended up getting him a fair few pink things (if not frilly ones).

It does seem to have improved a bit, as for Christmas just gone I did actually find him some non-pink, non-frilly tops with both girls on.