On not letting a child break gender roles HOUSTON — A suburban Dallas school district has suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because he wears his hair too long and does not want his parents to cut it. The boy, Taylor Pugh, says he likes his hair long and curly. But on Monday night, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Boy, 4, Chooses Long Locks and Is Suspended From Class
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, cultural shame, education, gender roles on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Talking Trans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, cultural shame, gender, identity, intersexuality, pronouns, sex, trans issues on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hey folks. So I posted this link on the facebook a while ago after I saw it on Feministing: I think it provides a great overview about trans and genderqueer identities (it’s not perfect). Our language doesn’t provide much room for gender flexibility, as you might have noticed. It’s a little awkward, if not, impossible [...]
damn, being a woman is the worst!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, happiness, income, media, men, motherhood, nytimes on September 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Wow. Comments? I might edit this to add my opinions about why this article is fucked up, but I want to hear it from you all first.
mothers and their bratty children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, double employment, education, income, mother, motherhood on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
who amongst us is a little (or a lot) less nice to their mothers (and other women in their lives) than they are to men? i know i’m really cranky and dismissive of my mother, when in fact what i should be doing is respecting the enormous amount of work she does to raise children, [...]
