...but not even these are perfect. In fact I could fill my LJ with rants about the shows and ads on my fave channels.

This entry is about a commercial on Nickelodeon. Nerf waterguns, to be exact.
Hey, waterguns are general fun, so why the fuck did they never feature girls using them?! Imagine my shock when Nerf managed to make me even grumpier about their commercials! Because suddenly there was one featuring only girls. In a ridiculous attempt at girl power it starts with girls saying "I am strong, I am powerful" *headdesk*. Maybe they are, maybe they're not - it doesn't even fucking matter in the context of water guns! To make things worse, these water guns are called "rebelle", "pink crush", "heartbreaker" and are "stylish" and "just for girls". Dude, seriously, all I wanted from their commercials was gender balance, not a special range for girls, ugh. We don't need "girly-colored", stylish products. We don't need stuff especially designed for us. We can share (if they fucking let us)! Ugh, this makes me want to go on a shin-kicking rampage.

I swear there's a new wave of gender division recently. I swear gender-equality progress has slowed down so much by now that we're going backwards. The worst thing is that the kids channel Nickelodeon is the worst offender.