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The Olden Days
Jo Paoletti’s great slideslow of shower cards for new babies, 1915-1957 It is fun and instructive to go back in time and look at how gendered choices for children have changed over time. For some reason, this photo of FDR … Continue reading
Posted in Clothing, HIstory, Parenting, Shopping, Social construction
Tagged blue, boys in dresses, Children, Clothing, Dress, fashion, FDR, Gender, Jo Paoletti, pink
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Study says highlighting gender leads to stereotypes
Parents with gender-fluid kids often work with schools, churches, and other institutions to use alternatives to gender for organizing kids in the classroom. Rather than dividing kids by boys and girls, use birth months or sneakers vs. sandals, or some … Continue reading
Posted in education, Gender complexity, Stereotypes
Tagged Classroom, Gender, gender development, gender stereotypes, Lynn Liben
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Small Children “Performing” Gender
I haven’t forgotten that I’ve promised posts on “manly” therapy and more Bible thoughts, but this has risen to the top today. (Something was up with WordPress earlier this week and I couldn’t post anything.) If you find today’s topic … Continue reading
Posted in Gender complexity, Parenting, Performance, Social construction, Theory
Tagged folklore, Gender, Gender identity, Judith Butler, Parent, tabla rasa, toddlers
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. . . The Answer, of Course, Is Nothing
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
Posted in Gender complexity, Holding Contradictions, Musings on the News, Personal, The space between
Tagged boy, Dress, Gender, New York Times, Ruth Padawer
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Get your meanings off my son
I spent the summer reflecting on the way our society rushes to meaning — our political dialogues are pre-constructed with two or three possible narratives and it often seems our only choice is to pick which one to espouse. We … Continue reading
