Aladdin is for the family?

Posted by Moonage | Filed under Events

For my birthday, Mrs. Moon, Moonlet, and the Mooncess got me this:

Now that was very cool. What I found odd about it was where they got it.

Dawahares. Now, Dawahares isn’t that big a chain, so I guess I need to describe it a little. They are where you usually buy stuff like this:

Their “back to school” stuff pleases all principals. They are definitely the farthest thing on the planet from the hippest alternative clothing store you will find.

This kind of bums me out.

The second thing I noticed is it is kind of a watered down version of Aladdin. Sort of gives me the feeling it is meant for little girls ( pinks instead of blood reds ). The Mooncess, at 13 going on 15, even said she wanted it. That kind of bums me out as well.

Aladdin Sane, the androgynous asexual from Mars, is now marketed for little girls in family clothing stores and no one is is bothered by that.

What has my life come to?

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    • 3 Squawks to “Aladdin is for the family?”

    1. Mary Squawked:
      September 2nd, 2006 at 4:06 pm

      Welcome to the older world.
      my daughter bought my Bowie
      shirt at Target !! That is
      so depressing :-{

    2. Londonboy Squawked:
      September 13th, 2006 at 2:49 pm

      Ha Ha welcome to the world of getting older. My niece has an Aladdin Sane very small t-shirt she bought in Camden Market when she last stopped with me. I wished I was young again to get away with wearing something like that.

      Enjoy.

    3. Moonage Squawked:
      September 13th, 2006 at 2:54 pm

      I did wear stuff like that when I was young, but it was new then, which made some sense. And, I had to fight my parents tooth and nail to wear it. It was my way of staking my own personality at the time whether they liked it or not. And, you only found them at head shops, in the original colors. It’s the fact that it’s so lame by today’s standards that family stores sell them that has me bummed out.

      And yeah, that’s probably a sign I’m getting older. However, I know I’m not changing any at all. No sir-ree. Everything else. Guess I’m always gonna crash in the same car?

    Squawk like a pink monkey bird!