In Sunday's Star Advertiser, there was another long article about the J.Crew pink toe-nailed little boy controversy. Yahoo News summed it up this way:
"The images in question fall under pages titled "Saturday with Jenna" -- featuring products personally favored by J. Crew president and creative director Jenna Lyons and her family. This particular Saturday for Jenna includes painting her five-year-old son Beckett's toenails pink. The caption reads, "Lucky for me I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon."
My son, Jon used to follow his big sister, Tiffany around everywhere when he was a kid. He would sometimes allow her to use him as a doll, dressing him up in her clothes. He didn't mind at all, wanting to do everything she was doing. If I painted her nails, I know he would have wanted a toenail painted too. I don't know if I did, but I wouldn't be surprised if I did. I never worried about any transgender confusion.
This is a controversy that started a month or more ago. I can't believe it would still be in the news. What are those conservatives worried about? Are they so unsure of their masculinity that they consider this worthy of such outrage?
Here's something funny from the Daily Show.
My son was a fire fighter in New Mexico and is a rough and tumble sort of fellow. He doesn't even remember wearing his sister's clothes and he doesn't care if he did.
What he does remember is the fun and camaraderie that he and his sister shared.
And that my friends, is the most important thing.
I agree, sometimes the media hypes ridiculous things and makes such a big deal out of nothing!! Have a wonderful day Kay!!
ReplyDeleteGee, I thought we were all over that sillyness. I hadn't heard about the controversy and am amazed there even was one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a handsome son you have.
Yes, I also am amazed at your fine son. How could he have grown so fine if he played with his sister as a child? (Just kidding!) I had not heard about "Toemaggedon" before now, Kay, and I still cannot fathom why anybody would even CARE! Are they so worried about their own masculinity that they think pink might be catching? :-)
ReplyDeleteMy younger daughter had the opposite problem when she was 2-9 yrs old. Everybody thought she was a boy. Since she identified with her dad, she wore her hair short like a boy and always dressed in shorts or pants. People assumed she was my son.
ReplyDeleteNow in her twenties, she is all-woman, wearing her hair long past her shoulders and wearing makeup.
This whole thing is so unbelievably ridiculous! What on earth are people thinking??? Or is that the problem, they're not thinking!! And this is one of the reasons I don't watch TV at all! I have one and I watch movies and concerts, but only ones that I rent. I got fed up with the junk online years ago. Your children are so beautiful, Kay! You and Art are truly blessed! Hope your week is off to a great start! Enjoy!
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Of all the waste-of-time controversies there could possibly be, this takes the cake (with pink icing).
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of idle, mindless people would feel they have the right to make judgments like that about other people's lives?
Ridiculous. The world is full of guys wearing jewelry and paint who are NOT gay. Nobody gets gay because his mother painted his toenails.
BTW, I just signed an online petition to try to stop the imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality in Uganda. Now there's a serious problem... people could be put to death just for being born different from what the government has decided is normal.
— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
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Media creates controversies,they survive on it - must be tough for them to keep their channels running 24/7 .
ReplyDeleteCute picture of Tiffany and Jay .They look so sweet.
I haven't seen anything of this furore in the UK, but it does sound ridiculous. Both of my sons loved to dress up in my clothes, try on my make up, wear nail polish and play hairdressers when they were youngsters. They also loved to play with pretend guns and climb trees, and dress up in camouflage clothes. One still likes to wear the occasional single black polished nail to highlight the fact that one in ten children have a mental disability. He's straight. My other son is gay. I certainly don't blame it on their upbringing!
ReplyDeleteI agree...fun photos of your family.
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ReplyDeleteThis kind of story must sell newspapers and fill pages.
My daughter Julie identified with her two older brothers. She hated wearing a dress and she didn't like pink. (her mom did though)
Just silly stuff,don't think that it's a conservative issue only. I see it as a view still held by many. That's the sad truth of it!
Tomorrow is my start day. I was put off a week.
The uproar over this astounds me! I remember my (15 years younger than me) brother went through a phase where he carried a baby doll around. We just let it go. He's now a 1st Sarge veteran of Desert Storm and the Iraq and a great dad and grandpa who isn't too macho to change a diaper. In fact, he loves babies and they love him.
ReplyDeleteThe media has been so seriously stupid over this! Thank God for Jon Stewart!!! I marvel that the only sane viewpoints I see in the are from Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert and Bill Maher -- comedians!
There is a lot of gender panic these days. It's not entirely a publicity stunt. Many parents are terrified that their boys will "turn out" gay unless they get them into sports very young and keep after them to do guy stuff all the time, as if being a guy is a full time job. Strangely enough, unless girls are very very butch, there isn't much worry about tomboys. I took a scratch poll once of my woman friends, and all of them said they had been tomboys. Funny, since they felt that that this showed how original they were, and yet this could be the norm. I guess what I'm saying is, you never can tell, so why not relax about it?
ReplyDeleteBut I have got to say that my grandson's enchantment over balls, trucks, earth moving equipment and any noisy machinery is quite striking. However, I don't any of this has much to do with sexual orientation, as I see similar interests in gay friends.
I agree, nothing wrong with painting a kid's toenails pink if he doesn't mind.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. The important thing is that they had imagination and that they played well together.
ReplyDeleteWe live in an era where we can make an issue out of anything. All those media poeple eat it up becasue it = ratings which = $$$. We the public partake if it. Are we just silly, or stupid?
ReplyDeleteHearing the news, I realize that I should have bought a koinobori/鯉のぼり or a Kabuto/兜 for my daughter if she wanted. I did not recommend her them. It might be a symbol of bravery not only for boys, but also for a girl. On the other hand, mother needs courage to choose it.
ReplyDeletepeople worry for their children- but often their concern is more traumatic than a passing phase....
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Love Jon Stewart!
ReplyDeleteHe's right This whole thing is RIDICULOUS!!!
Jon looked so different with short hair.
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