Comments on: Don’t call me a tomboy just because I’m a capable woman

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:23:26 +0000

Ladysize! I love it!

By: Inger W

Inger W — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:30:59 +0000

Hahahaha!
Me and my mom were redecorating/renovating an old house and were in the hardwear store complaining about the sizes on tools, that it was impossible to get a firm grip on things that were too big in the que, when a (another) gorgeous lady came in, tres chic, and asked the deskoperator for a small axe - ladysize! Me and my mom looked at eachother and laughed!

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:47:04 +0000

Jezebella, is this a marketing niche we should pair up and develop? Home Depot did Rigid tools (what every woman needs) Maybe we could team up with DeWalt and come up with the DeFem! I have to agree that the cutsey pink tool kits out there right now suck. An 8oz hammer for gosh sakes! What the f*** do you do with that? Tap little tacks into the wall to hang the needlepoint… Give me something with some heft so it will do the work!

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:14:02 +0000

Here’s the trick: buy the high quality stuff and spray paint the handles pink. That way you get the good stuff, but the boys won’t steal it. The pink hardware is NEVER as good as the regular stuff.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:00:25 +0000

I would totally ride a pink motorcycle, but only if it had cool black and silver flame decals on it.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:27:38 +0000

Oh! By the way, my motorcycle is pink too…..

By: Jennie

Jennie — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:28:15 +0000

Toby, I too am a woman of a certain age. I have been on construction sites for over 30 years in various capacities. I have a pretty serious collection of power tools and I only buy the best (cheap tool don’t last, don’t have the torque, & don’t do the job!) I can rewire a house, do major plumbing (ought to see me with a sawsall under a house cutting cast iron pipe!), hang cabinets, sheetrock and wall paper, install tile, wood and vinyl flooring. Etc…Etc… The only respect I have gotten on job sites is after I have proven myself. I actually got to the point where I would act girly and then show the MCP’s how to do the job right. I have also taught a lot of women how to use power tools. That being said, I would have absolutely no problem wearing pink as long as it is the same or superior quality as the “normal” colors. It also means it’s less likely to get stolen on the job site! Can you see the straight burly construction worker getting away with using my pinks? My inner feminist tells me to that I shouldn’t have to adapt to the patriarch norm. They can just adapt to me…..

By: Toby Wollin

Toby Wollin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:27:38 +0000

My big beef with this whole issue of making what are serious pieces of work equipment in colors like pink is - and perhaps this is because I am, ahem, of a certain age and went through the 1960s and 1970s — these items could be the very best of their class, the toughest built, the most technologically advanced, the best designed that there is. But as soon as you make ‘em pink or baby blue or advertise them as “women only” or “women specific” and all of that, the little feminist voice in my head says, “yep - basically crap”. I would never ever go on a job wearing a pink tool belt. A smaller tool belt built for my frame, but made out of the same stuff and looking the same as the larger ones - absolutely.

By: buttercup

buttercup — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:49:43 +0000

Accessorize with a pink trowel and you’ll be all ready to work in the garden too!

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:12:17 +0000

Uh, you can enjoy being a “girl” even if you’re not wearing pink, jeez. I hope that you are not implying that those of us who wish to wear sturdy, practical, functional tool belts, hats, and boots are “unfeminine”. Because that would be downright offensive. Why do you need to perform your femininity at home while you’re sheetrocking?

Alas, home repair & construction stuff in pink is usually shoddily made. I was looking for a too lbelt recently, and a cute pink had a bunch of reviews that said the dye came off on your pants! The one up above looks like it could hold about 3 screws in each pocket.

And the shoe-and-knife set is just plain offensive.