Category Archives: Musings on the News

A Better Place

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

How’s your Friday? I have a bad cold, we are trying to close on a house and pack, snow and icy mix is starting to fall (which here in the south can cause complete havoc), and work is super busy. … Continue reading →

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All I Want for Christmas Is for Everyone That Knows My Kid to Read This

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Just in time for Christmas! Dr. Edgardo Menvielle gives all you parents of gender-nonconforming kids a clear, succinct, to-to-point explanation you can print out and stick right in your holiday cards! (I made a PDF version for your convenience at … Continue reading →

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Oddly Normal

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, recently featured John Schwartz and Jeanne Mixon — a couple who have written a book called, Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. Schwartz, a … Continue reading →

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Election Day Anguish

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

I’m not anguished about what the results will be this Election Day. I’m prayerful, and feeling pretty good. My partner has been down at the grassroots Obama office in our community since before 7 this morning; I’m proud of him, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on “My son, the cross-dresser”

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Check out this op-ed from the Times of Israel, “My son, the cross-dresser.” The boy the author describes is a lot like my son – loves tractors and building things, and wants to play with trucks and build in a … Continue reading →

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Men in skirts

New Buzzfeed article (translated from German) about a dad who wears skirts in solidarity with his five year-old son.                 My favorite line is a toss up between: “You only don’t dare to … Continue reading →

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. . . The Answer, of Course, Is Nothing

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

I’m a little giddy at having my blog quoted in the New York Times in Ruth Padawer’s article for the Sunday NY Times Magazine “What’s So Bad about a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress.” But I was taken … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the mainstream

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

                So you may remember back at the beginning of the year hearing something about a call to boycott the retailer J C Penney because it had hired Ellen Degeneres as a spokesperson? … Continue reading →

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“Marriage” sermon suggests squashing girlishness “like a cockroach”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Pastor Sean Harris, Berean Baptist Church, Fayetteville, NC (517 Glensford Drive  Fayetteville, NC 28314, (910) 868-5156) “Marriage Sunday” sermon – April 29, 2012 (full audio here) Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the … Continue reading →

Posted in Clothing, Femininity, Masculinity, Musings on the News, Religion, Social construction, The boy box | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Mani-pedis and Male polish

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

The saving grace of capitalism is that perceived immorality goes out the window when the potential customer demographic gets large enough. That’s how we got bilingual milk ads (featuring Salma Hayek and Sofia Vergara), and why Time Warner Cable has … Continue reading →

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