Screams from the Pink Collar Ghetto: More shopping in Singapore

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

More shopping in Singapore

Turtles for sale in a bucket in the seafood section - not for pets!

The "Smoking Kills" folks in Singapore are strict - photos of people in advanced stages of cancer and miscarried fetuses!

Frogs for sale in the seafood section too. Those legs look pretty small

Fresh crabs!!!! So nice!

And of course, Jackie Chan herbal shampoo.

2 comments:

Colleen8:22 AM
Those anti-smoking people ain't foolin'! Sheeeiit. Poor turtles and frogs. And Jackie, Jackie, Jackie...what can I say.
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Unknown10:08 PM
Ahh ... the Martin fascination with grocery shopping in foreign countries. As the picky eater of the Martins, I am horrified with live turtles & frogs in the seafood section ... and that Jackie Chan hawks herbal shampoo.
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What is a Pink-Collar Ghetto?

Pink Collar Ghetto describes women stuck in certain jobs, mostly low-paying and usually because of their sex. “Pink Collar” denotes historically female jobs like maids, secretaries, waitresses, and nurses. "Ghetto" is where marginalized people are forced to live.

I chose this title for my blog from a book I started to write when I was 22 and working in South Carolina as a bartender (barmaid according to my mother) and a receptionist/ temp. As a feminist, I was worried that I would never break out of the pink-collar ghetto. I read Barbara Kingsolver's book "The Bean Trees" and it inspired me to leave SC and go back to school.

Now I am a feminist humanitarian working on gender-based violence in humanitarian settings. It's been a long way from that pink collar ghetto in South Carolina but I never forget my roots.