Comments on: Of pink shirts and mary janes http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/ Feminist thoughts inspired by parenting a presumably-straight white male Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: A feminist parenting primer: share your stories through guest blogging « Raising My Boychick http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-5160 A feminist parenting primer: share your stories through guest blogging « Raising My Boychick Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:23:13 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-5160 [...] Of pink shirts and mary janes [...] [...] Of pink shirts and mary janes [...]

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]]> By: noordinaryspider http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-318 noordinaryspider Fri, 08 May 2009 01:48:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-318 My first boy had a similar sense of style, which I attributed to the influence of his older sister and her sometimes-live-in best friend. Masculinity in toddlers seems to be nothing but a long string of fun things you can't do and pretty things you can't have. <br /><br />My second boy has always been dressed gender neutral (I don't make or buy anything for him that could not be handed down to a girl)but so far has shown no clothing preference other than wholeheartedly enjoying our new matching mother-son tie dyes. <br /><br />I've grown weary of answering the constant queries of "Is that a boy or a girl?" with "Yes" and am simply saddened by the fact that most strangers cannot relate to him at all or say anything nice about him to me without knowing his gender first. My first boy had a similar sense of style, which I attributed to the influence of his older sister and her sometimes-live-in best friend. Masculinity in toddlers seems to be nothing but a long string of fun things you can’t do and pretty things you can’t have.

My second boy has always been dressed gender neutral (I don’t make or buy anything for him that could not be handed down to a girl)but so far has shown no clothing preference other than wholeheartedly enjoying our new matching mother-son tie dyes.

I’ve grown weary of answering the constant queries of “Is that a boy or a girl?” with “Yes” and am simply saddened by the fact that most strangers cannot relate to him at all or say anything nice about him to me without knowing his gender first.

]]> By: Becca Ackerman-Bennett http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-312 Becca Ackerman-Bennett Tue, 05 May 2009 18:50:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-312 Nice post. :) I've got three kids, 6, 3.5, and 14mos. I run the AP group near me, so you can imagine it doesn't bother me one bit that everyone around thinks my "boychick" is a girl. They tell me, "Your daughter is beautiful" everywhere we go, and I usually nod and agree, he is gorgeous. With his long curly blond hair in a half pony tail on the top of his head (so he can see where he's running at full speed) and his favorite pink crocks and flowered socks, he is a vision in pink. "Pink is my favorite color, mama" He tells me this often. Like you, I could care less about pink or flowers. I let him choose his own clothes and shoes, so he chose the pink ones. Most of our stuff is hand-me- downs from friends, so we have lots of colors to choose from. Then again, my 14mo old daughter is obsessed with Tomas the train. Ugh, not more Tomas! Anyway, cheers to the boychicks. :) Nice post. :) I’ve got three kids, 6, 3.5, and 14mos. I run the AP group near me, so you can imagine it doesn’t bother me one bit that everyone around thinks my “boychick” is a girl. They tell me, “Your daughter is beautiful” everywhere we go, and I usually nod and agree, he is gorgeous. With his long curly blond hair in a half pony tail on the top of his head (so he can see where he’s running at full speed) and his favorite pink crocks and flowered socks, he is a vision in pink. “Pink is my favorite color, mama” He tells me this often. Like you, I could care less about pink or flowers. I let him choose his own clothes and shoes, so he chose the pink ones. Most of our stuff is hand-me- downs from friends, so we have lots of colors to choose from. Then again, my 14mo old daughter is obsessed with Tomas the train. Ugh, not more Tomas! Anyway, cheers to the boychicks. :)

]]> By: Ruth Moss http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-308 Ruth Moss Sun, 03 May 2009 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/05/of-pink-shirts-and-mary-janes/#comment-308 Bertie hasn't shown much preference yet in terms of clothes he likes. Truth is, I veer more towards girly clothes because (a) I am quite girly and I find them prettier and (b) I think he's going to get enough messages from everyone else about being "like a boy" I'm just trying to redress the balance. Literally. Bertie hasn’t shown much preference yet in terms of clothes he likes. Truth is, I veer more towards girly clothes because (a) I am quite girly and I find them prettier and (b) I think he’s going to get enough messages from everyone else about being “like a boy” I’m just trying to redress the balance. Literally.

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