A few months back I read a newspaper article that had a very memorable turn of phrase for the excess of pink in the lives and possessions of young girls. Unfortunately it wasn't quite memorable enough and I haven't been able to locate it using Google.
Please could someone put me out of my misery!
NB It's needed for a story intended for SOL.
AJ
Please could someone put me out of my misery!
I don't have a big enough gun to shoot that far.
I can't find the answer to your question, but I found this interesting tidbit:
"A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction."
"A combination of pink and white is associated with chastity and innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction."
Or for the typical teen girl, innocence vs. Goth. Two sides of the same coin.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/8752535/Girls-prefer-pink-from-age-two.html
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1654371,00.html
https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/04/small-children-and-favorite-colors-research-into-why-colors-are-so-important-to-kids-identity.html
https://www.livescience.com/22037-pink-girls-blue-boys.html
The only words that stood out in any of them were "Pinkalicious" and "Pink Bliss." The former was a book title, the latter a paint color.
I was blissfully unaware of the apparent hate and discontent surrounding the colors blue and pink until reading those articles. Some of them definitely define the term "first world problems."
I think my mind has been scarred reading them.
I found this: https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/pink-or-blue-toys-for-girls-and-boys/
It has the following, referring not just to girls and pink but boys and blue.
These color-coordinated lives are comfortable, to say the least.
Actually, there have been a series of stories on this topic, the NY Times piece, which I read when it came out, is the most prominent. But I also occasionally read the Advocate News, having many friends and associate who don't identify themselves with binary designations (i.e. they're well beyond the traditional GLBTQ spectrum.
If you have a subscription, which I do, it's fairly easy to access old NYTimes articles, if you can guess the title/topics and/or dates. As for the Advocate, it's generally harder to access if your NOT part of the community, for obvious reason.
IIRC, it was a strongly pejorative description - something like 'orgy of pink' or 'violently pink', only more eloquent.
Sorry for my CRS :(
AJ
Awnlee, could you be referring to "drunk-tank pink"? A lot of drunk tanks are painted pink in hopes that it reduces drunken violence. https://www.verywellmind.com/the-color-psychology-of-pink-2795819
Thank you for taking my quest seriously.
That expression paints a lovely image but I'm afraid it's not the one I'm looking for. Actually I'd never heard it before so I've learnt something new.
AJ
'Pinkstinks'?
How about:
Pink perversions putrefy otherwise peaceful people.
How's that for overusing alliterations? Though "piss-off" actually works better, since "putrefy" actually means something other than what I'm using it for.
How's that for overusing alliterations?
I'd have gone with previously, rather than otherwise to not leave a gap in the alliteration
I'd have gone with previously, rather than otherwise to not leave a gap in the alliteration
Good point, as it never occurred to me, but alliterations work best when not overused, but used in multiple paired combinations (i.e. the way that Shakespear often did it). So you could use:
Pink perversions generate arguments between peaceful people.
That way, you hardly notice the alliterations, while doubling their effectiveness. It works even better if you can bounce between alliterative pairs using different letter sounds.
Pink obsessions personify people's binary preoccupations.
God! I've been doing this too long. I haven't started doing it in my sleep yet, but that can't be far off!