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11/04/09
And as someone mentioned earlier its criminally insane how all the Mexican magazines and tv shows ignore people with Indian features. #queenbeatrix
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ETA: I hate that all the pictures from Mexico shown in magazines, tv, other media always show pretty white kids but they never show any pretty brown one's except when they're showcasing poverty. Blrgh. Mexico get over your colorism it's kind of pathetic. You know most of your population is mestizo not criollo.
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I think these from the past few months are pretty great #queenbeatrix
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@HootieHoo: It is a great collection. And the new wings have been a huge improvement, which I wasn't expecting.
The Japanese print collection is tops- I swear they have a new show up every three months, all culled from the permanent collection, and I don't think I've seen a repeat in ten years. #nudewithbeads
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I have seen some in Hong Kong, and once I called for one in Charleston, South Carolina. The SC cab had a female driver and a male taxi employee in the front passenger seat. I asked why, and she said, "Because I'm a female, and that's the policy."
I honestly thought the taxi company owner probably doesn't like having female drivers for this reason. #pinktaxis
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Viva las taxis rosas! #pinktaxis
10/20/09
(I should add that most taxi drivers in all of the places I have lived in Mexico were perfectly lovely to me, but the terrible exceptions still stick in my mind.)
So I feel the same way about this as I do about the women-only subway cars in Mexico City. I am sad that they are necessary (and believe me, they are necessary), but I am also extremely grateful that they exist.
10/20/09
At the end of the day, my personal safety trumps any ideological issues I might have about separate-but-equal facilities. #pinktaxis
10/20/09
Absolutely. It's easy to talk the talk about feminist ideology when you're not on a crowded train with a stranger's crotch in your face or hand on your ass, or when you feel like you are seriously risking your personal safety just by being a woman alone and grabbing a street taxi across town.
Anyone who doesn't understand how seriously the woman-only subway cars are taken in Mexico City should take a look at the heavily armed guards that enforce the gender restriction during rush hour. What is most interesting to me is that the women-only subway car is always the first car of the train, and now, even when the gender restriction isn't active (it's only imposed on certain routes, and only during rush hour), that car is always filled with women, and my friends always tell me that it feels much safer and more comfortable.
I love Mexico and consider Mexico City a second home, so it pains me to tell people about these aspects of my daily life there, because I don't want that to be the first thing people think of when they think about Mexico. But these were the realities I dealt with, too. #pinktaxis
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For some other products aimed at women, it simply reinforces stereotypes/makes the product more expensive/covers shoddy craftmanship with a pretty pink layer. #pinktaxis
10/20/09
Hopefully the hot pink cabs will give more visibility to the problem. They're hard to miss. #pinktaxis
10/20/09
Provides jobs for women. Check.
Hits men in their pocketbooks. Check.
I'd say this is a winner. There are only two ways to change behavior. One is loss of freedom. The other is a hit to the wallet. #pinktaxis
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