For Sociology class last semester, my final project was on toys and gender. During the research process, I was surprised to learn that a pink Ouija board marketed specefically to girls ages 8 and up was sold in stores. But I never dreamed it could be mine for only forty-five cents. (Thanks, Good Will!)

 Product Description:

"It has always been mysterious. It has always been mystifying. And now the OUIJA Board is just for you, girl. With 72 fun questions included, you'll never run out of things to ask. Who will call/text me next? Will I be a famous actor someday? Who wishes they could trade places with me?"

"There's a spiritual reality to it and Hasbro is treating it as if it's just a game. It's not Monopoly. It really is a dangerous spiritual game and for [Hasbro] to treat it as just another game is quite dishonest...All Christians should know, well everyone should, that it's opening up a person to attack, spiritually.Christians shouldn't use it...The Ouija board is actually a portal to talk to spirits and it's hard to get people to understand that until they actually do it. I don't pretend to know how it works, but it actually does."

-Stephen Phelan, communications director of Human Life International to Fox New

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584998,00.html#ixzz1v6r65W00

"Men and women: They continue to be different. [pause for laughter, murmurings of agreement] Men are hunters, women be shoppin. Men are always like, "I am not asking for directions because there's a compass in my testicles," and women are always all like, "Let's ask for directions, please. My higher levels of estrogen tell me we're lost." [Pause for more laughter, shouts of "It's so true!"] Men buy things without regard to the color of the items, while women will only buy pink things, because pink hypnotizes all of the rods and cones in their adorable, stupid, girl eyes. [Hold for applause]

Thankfully, though, there's a company out there brave enough to tackle the differences between girls and boys—more specifically, the difference between the way boys play Ouija and the way girls play Ouija. Because when men are pretending to contact the dead, they're all like, "Is there a ghost here?" while women are all like, "Who in this room is jealous of me?" Am I right?

According to Hasbro, yes. Behold Ouija For Girls."

-Amelie Gillett in "Girls Like To Look At Pink While Contacting The Dead"

"Recently there have been news stories regarding the new Pink Ouija board (and fortunately there is already a boycott taking place as well). As the Bible instructs, we are not to be ignorant of Satan’s devices (2 Corinthians 2:11). Thanks to the likes of “children’s entertainment” like Harry Potter, World of Warcraft, TV shows like Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Charmed and of course, music stars, the occult has become fashionable, cool and “in” for kids and teenagers alike. While this may seem like harmless entertainment, they are embedded with real satanic themes and witchcraft. All of this is designed to make what God has called an abomination much more enticing."

Read more: http://beginningandend.com/the-pink-ouija-board-the-occult-for-kids/

"At first glance, we thought, oh, this is another Breast cancer Awareness pinkening, albeit a weird one. Or, you know, maybe some reference to the third Sunday in Lent, or French academic medicine! But, no, doesn't look like it. AV Club does a swell job skewering the absurdity, offensiveness and general reek of desperation of this ludicrous marketing gambit, and we can do no better. But in our minds, this raises a few important questions:

1. How many boys are playing with Ouija boards? Maybe some eccentric neo-goth with an affected Alastair Crowley fixation, but isn't it primarily a slumber-party thing at this point? I'd guess that this is already a pretty lady-friendly product.

2. What the hell kind of guiding spirit is this aberration going to attract? Glinda the Good Witch? Jayne Mansfield? Roxy Carmichael? (Okay, that would actually be incredible.) Way to take all the creepiness and mystery and point out of it, Parker Bros.! Even Edgar Cayce wouldn't think this dud was capable of conjuring the devil!"

Read more: http://jezebel.com/5263016/pink-ouija-board-finally-one-girls-can-use

As someone who had an eating disorder, I understand that any form of obsessive body checking is unhealthy. Most numbers our culture associates with health and beauty aren't true indicators of wellness.

But as someone working to become more fit, I don't understand our culture's obsession with WEIGHT loss, rather than INCH loss.