Ink pens: serious business.
The Mary Sue tipped us to the funny Amazon review shenanigans surrounding the Bic “For Her” pens, because apparently pens need to induce gender role limitations. I thought they were tubes with black ink in them, and you pick the ones you like. Au contraire. Bic just punched me in my supergay face for liking aqua and purple colored objects and schooled me something fierce not-fierce-because-that-sounds-kinda-gay. Black ink pens with purple, aqua, or pink barrels are GIRLS ONLY. Thanks, Bic, for showing me the error of my liking-some-colors ways.
Thankfully, any time a product strikes people as strange, we can rely on seeing funny fake Amazon reviews about it. In this case, reviewers at Amazon UK posted totally legit reviews of the Bic “For Her” black ink pens. Some of our favorite reviews can be found on the next page.
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I’m seriously amazed that Bic “For Her” pens are a real thing, and not a parody of other stupid “lady-friendly” products.
A+ to the Internet for responding appropriately.
Hey, look. They’re very useful. They look properly girly when used as a temporary hair bun solution. And they can be used to write all sorts of other things, like, you know, recipes. Or poems about ponies. Or to write in a diary, of course.
They could have avoided all this bullshit by just calling it the “Bic Chic Stic”
Clearly I am not impressed with this product.