Much ado about nothing.
I was a child of the 1950's and 60's. That was the era of girly-girl clothes. In school, girls were not allowed to wear pants (shorts, slacks, jeans, etc.)
So? At home sometimes I wore girly outfits, sometimes t-shirts and jeans or shorts; it depended on what I was doing that day. When I was young, a lot of my play clothes were neutral or boy's because I had a younger brother who would need some of my hand-me-downs. My first two-wheel bicycle was a boy's and my ice skates were black, so my brother could inherit them. It was a matter of practicality.
I played with dolls and I played with toy trucks. So what? My dad and I built plastic brick (precursor to Legos) buildings together, I played pirates and cowboys with my brother, and I played Barbies and jump rope with my girl friends. Big deal. I didn't worry about whether it was a girl's game or a boy's game. I played them all.
I believe that girls (and women) can participate in all kinds of activities and still maintain their feminism. It doesn't have to be all "no pink" or "all pink."
