I do love my liberal bubble sometimes - one of the boys in D's preschool was a fairy princess for Halloween and nobody said a word other than "what a beautiful costume!"

Also, I should not have read the original post because crying at work = NOT COOL. Frelling pregnancy hormones.

I'm sure I've mentioned this before. My sister wanted to be Vanessa Huxtable. Totally uncomfortable.

Those twins are amazing. I'm totes going to share that with my students today. Thanks, tommyrot.

The whole issue of fact-free discourse reminds me of that SNL skit with Chris Farley narrating the history of WWII as recalled by average citizens. Complete with alien space ships, of course.

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I know what you mean, Jessica. My son wore a skirt to preschool several times. As in not a costume, just what he wore that day. No one ever said boo about it.

My son wore a skirt to preschool several times.

I can't imagine the distress that would cause here. Of course our school district never showed Obama's address to school children either; not even with parental consent.

My sister wanted to be Vanessa Huxtable. Totally uncomfortable.

How old was she? I can't imagine how to have that conversation under a certain age. There are bubbles you don't want to pop, but you just can't let stuff happen.

"why didn't he dress as Velma?"

Because Daphne is HAWT. The kids can see lengthy Scooby movies on Netflix. The girl -pointing to Daphne-I want to be "that" one. The boy hasn't asked to dress up like a princess, but he likely hears enough mutterings thanks to having two moms in the primary household.

ION--chili feed at work today. YUM. Though I could have done without the ton of tomato chunks in the second bowl.

How old was she? I can't imagine how to have that conversation under a certain age. There are bubbles you don't want to pop, but you just can't let stuff happen.

3rd or 4th grade, I think. There are pictures somewhere. But, yeah how do you explain it to a kid?

Happy Diwali! And Guy Fawkes Day!

sumi "Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes" Nov 5, 2010 7:24:07 am PDT

Oh, man. That reminds me of at least a couple jobs I used to have, sumi. I was never able to walk that minefield well because I was focused on doing the damned job, not assuaging people's egos. Good luck with it all!

Now I'm sure no one would blink an eye about a girl dressing up as a male character.

The root of homophobia, in my opinion, is misogyny. A man loving another man is feminized, in this view. And women are weak contemptible things that no one would want to be. A girl dressing as a male is trading up. A boy dressing as a female is trading down.