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08/13/09
Personally I'm not interested in jewel-shaped phones and a lipstick size (and Jezebel, it's not like people know how long their lipsticks are, so snarking on the math wasn't really a great argument. That being said, I wish that Sony had used a different item for comparison), and that's partly why I read Jezebel. I'm not super-de-duper girly.
But a lot of girls would kill for a phone like this. I say this from experience - I happen to be in the target age group and gender for this kind of phone. We may not appreciate what the phone has to offer, but Sony knows what it's doing, presumably. There is obviously a market for this: teenage girls who are into jewels and glitz and whatever, all the women brainwashed into the whole 'skinny=beautiful' scam (unfortunately Jezebelians stand in the minority there), and females who like to make sure they look good (I totally would use the mirror, I don't generally carry one around otherwise and looking at my reflection in store fronts etc. won't necessarily tell me if there's food in my teeth).
So I get where you're coming from, but I think we need to see where Sony is coming from and instead of hating on them for making this phone, let's try to change the audience who would buy this so that there would be no market for it.
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i am sick and tired of companies like this making all women seem shallow, like all we care about is shopping and makeup (not that i don't enjoy those things.)
i'm also kind of tired of jezebel being snarky on anyone with esoteric or non-mainstream interests which happens here sometimes.
i have an interest in astrology (not horoscopes) and tarot, mysticism, etc. i get what this post is trying to infer by "horoscopes" but it still rubbed me the wrong way.
on a somewhat related note, i love jez, but i sometimes get tired of the constant mainstream celebrities featured here. i am waiting for the day when jezebel finally talks about somebody actually iconoclastic and interesting.
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Give me something sleeker!
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A phone for a specialized market that DOESN'T have a QWERTY keypad? C'mon now.
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... Now, where do I sign up for my product development job with Sony?
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Look at it like this: they're not designing this phone for women, they're designing it for /some women who are into this kind of thing./ There's not any significant market pressure to design a phone for women that doesn't hit these girly (and sexist, depending on how you look at it) points, because we are perfectly capable of using non-gender-targeted phones.
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If you're going to go this route, trim it in pink fur and sell it at Claires for 3 for $10.
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A delectable slice of Crown Jewel Jello Pie. Bonus: it's pink!
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