“Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.” IfsWantGirlCompanyBoysSellsProfitIdeologyToysBoy And Girl Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I'd like a stocking made for a giant, And a meeting house full of toys, Then I'd go out in a happy hunt For the poor little girls and boys; Up the street and down the street, And across and over the town, I'd search and find them everyone, Before the sun went down.” LittlesMadeGirlHousePoorBoysSunStreetsTownsMeetingsChristmasGiantsToysHuntsBoy And GirlStockings Book:A Little Book of Tribune Verse: A Number of Hitherto Uncollected Poems, Grave and Gay Source: A Little Book of Tribune Verse: A Number of Hitherto Uncollected Poems, Grave and Gay
“I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's room, to give the scene texture, and we tried a field hockey stick. It looked really good to me, until someone had to say that in America, field hockey is more of a girl's game. Gradually I got tuned into the world - that happens on every movie.” WorldGivingMadeHappensKidsWantedAmericaGirlGamesRoomsFieldsWallSceneSticksHockeyToysCrewSuggestionsTextureMikeyHockey SticksField Hockey Author:Ang Lee
“No two on earth in all things can agree; All have some darling singularity; Women and men, as well as girls and boys, In gewgaws take delight, and sigh for toys, Your sceptres and your crowns, and such like things, Are but a better kind of toys for kings. In things indifferent reason bids us choose, Whether the whim's a monkey or a muse.” MenWellsKindTwoReasonEarthGirlBoysKingsMen And WomenAll ThingsAgreeDelightToysCrownsIndifferentMuseMonkeysSighDarlingWhimBoy And GirlSingularity Book:The Poems of Charles Churchill Source: The Poems of Charles Churchill
“Girls . . . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . . . Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh, fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about who was dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dolls, creating complex family groups and learning how to solve problems through negotiation and roleplaying. Which gender is better equipped, on the whole, to live an adult life, would you guess?” MadeWarReasonPlayWholeProblemGirlFightingHouseBoysGroupsCreatingGunAdultsComplexesGenderSolveArguingRanToysYardsNegotiationDollsToy Guns Author:Garrison Keillor
“I had to get a driver's license and drive to St. Louis to find the punk-rock scene that was happening there. And there was a punk-rock scene. It was sweet. It was real. It was like everywhere else in the county. It was a handful of people who were feeling the same pull, and, of course, it was like the Island of Misfit Toys in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [1964]. Just the freaks, the fags, the fat girls, the unbelievable eccentrics .” PeopleRealFeelingsGirlCoursesRocksSweetSceneHappeningsRedFatsIslandsDriversFreakPunkToysUnbelievableLicenseHandfulCountyPunk RockMisfitsReindeerFat GirlRudolphRudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Author:Michael Stipe
“We're raising our girls to understand the real meaning of Christmas, and to know that it's most important to have Christmas in your heart. We go to our local mall and donate toys, and we say prayers for all the people in the world who might not be as lucky as we are.” PeopleKnowsWorldHeartImportantRealMightGirlPrayerLuckyLocalsToysMallsDonateMeaning Of Christmas Author:Faith Hill