You might think I have a thing for seeing my son in gowns. You would be right. Maybe it the texture and lightness of the cotton, especially in hot weather. Or the history behind these garments – they go back at least a generation in my family, sometimes more, I wore some of them as [...]
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Pretty boy (And Qld readers, your queer community needs you)
Posted in babies, body image, cormac, feminism, feminist motherhood, GLBTI, motherhood, motherhood bliss, politics on October 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ways to break my heart
Posted in body image, fatherhood, feminism, feminist motherhood, motherhood, politics, pop culture, preschoolers, race/anti-racism on October 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It breaks my heart when children hate their own bodies, their faces, their images. (Of course I’ve experienced periods of hating my appearance too). It is a twisted world that makes a thriving industry out of teaching and exploiting self-hatred. Mostly I think of this self-hatred in terms of women, the beauty myth and misogyny, [...]
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