Word: pink
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been deluded, I guess. In sixth grade, the boys and girls suddenly stopped wielding invisible cans of "germ spray" and started to dance--arms outstretched and planted tentatively on the other's shoulders--in the multi-purpose room. At that point, I decided it was important to live pink...
What I forgot, in my brief shock of discovery, was that I'd never been a big fan of the color before. It wasn't that I was a tomboy--I was too wimpy for that. And it's not that I didn't do my share of pink activities, playing with Barbie dolls and with pink games like Candyland...
...pink stuff paled in comparison to the Lincoln Logs, the Tinkertoys and the Bristle Blocks. They were primary colors. And you could build things with them...
Valentine's Day is supposed to be red. But sometimes it turns out pink. Red is the color of gender-neutral, deep-felt energy and excitement. Pink is the color of saccharine sweet forced-feminine girl stuff. Pink is the color of mush...
...Like pink cotton candy, mush disappears as soon as it's touched. Flowers wither, candies mold. Far better to reach for the red. Forego the sugar coating. Try for substance...