oh, JK:s superb questions remind me of an article in the nytimes AG sent to me in 2007 about women in combat - american soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. i ask myself: what is it that this kind of gadget makes possible? under what circumstances can weenuses be used?
"And there are practical considerations. Women on smaller bases in Iraq often share sleeping quarters with men. Equipment in women's sizes can sometimes be harder to come by. Some women use newer forms of birth control to make their periods less frequent. Even urinating can become a problem. The military has disbursed portable contraptions the women affectionately call a weenus, for use on long truck drives."
or, as theorist Donna Haraway, who has written extensively about innovations used by the military and companionship between humans and other actors, probably would have put it: there are no innocent technologies.
/å
onsdag 19 maj 2010
Pink pee-funnel going mainstream?
Today in my inbox I found a newsletter from a Swedish/Nordic outdoor gear webshop (which I receive because I bought a backpack from them once) and it says:
"... especially interesting is the pee funnel from GoGirl , what a thing!"
"GoGirl is the gadget that makes it possible for girls to stand up and pee without fuss. GoGirl solves the problem on the hike, concert, travel or on a really dirty public rest room. It's small, discreet and can be used over and over - just wash it with soap and let it dry."
I'm not so convinced that the pink can be considered "discreet" but it does come in khaki as well. And maybe it depends on what you wear.
Many questions pop up in my head... What does this mean? Have we pushed the boundaries? Will standing up to pee now become mainstream? Is it really practical to carry around a gadget like this? Is it just a new gadget-market that's starting to open up for real? And as a friend of mine asked: why doesn't it come built in to a mobile phone? Which almost everyone carries around nowadays.
http://www.outnet.se//gogirl/gogirl-pink.php
http://www.go-girl.com/
/JK
"... especially interesting is the pee funnel from GoGirl , what a thing!"
"GoGirl is the gadget that makes it possible for girls to stand up and pee without fuss. GoGirl solves the problem on the hike, concert, travel or on a really dirty public rest room. It's small, discreet and can be used over and over - just wash it with soap and let it dry."
I'm not so convinced that the pink can be considered "discreet" but it does come in khaki as well. And maybe it depends on what you wear.
Many questions pop up in my head... What does this mean? Have we pushed the boundaries? Will standing up to pee now become mainstream? Is it really practical to carry around a gadget like this? Is it just a new gadget-market that's starting to open up for real? And as a friend of mine asked: why doesn't it come built in to a mobile phone? Which almost everyone carries around nowadays.
http://www.outnet.se//gogirl/gogirl-pink.php
http://www.go-girl.com/
/JK
fredag 14 maj 2010
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