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[phosfate]

http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/17/homphobia_and_teen_suicide/index.html
"To not be a man is to not be fully human. To be gay is to be nothing. In case anyone was unclear on the connection between homophobia and misogyny, there you go."

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[swankyfunk.livejournal.com]

I can't remember my parents ever insisting on my choosing "girl" toys over "boy" toys, so when I was growing up I had My Little Ponies AND Lego sets. I built stables out of Lego for my Ponies, which they stomped on and broke down when they stampeded because of the attacking dinosaurs and Decepticons.

[mtgat]

:) Yeah, my Luke and Leia figures spent a lot of time riding Ponies. There's just a lot more advertising now and even when we try to guide them (especially Girl -- Boy likes everything) towards toys that aren't as traditionally gendered (and also towards television options without as many commercials), all her friends are playing with them and she still sees them on TV. Pink hit our house like the rotavirus when she started spending time with a little girl her own age. But she still likes Legos, and she wants to be Supergirl rather than Hannah Montana or a Bratz character, so that's something.

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

I had to throw a king-daddy-bonzo hissy fit to get a GI Joe when I was a kidlet. Mom said "That's a BOY toy, hun." *snirk*
Of course, part of the reason I wanted him was that I needed him as a proper boyfriend for my barbies (not all Barbies(tm), but the generic term for girly dolls of that type), because Ken was just not cutting it.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I remember being very alarmed by a Joe when I was five or so. They had pin joints back then, possibly metal ones, as opposed to Barbie's bendy legs. I think a part of me wondered if this was the real actual difference between boys and girls.

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

*giggle*
I used to wonder how come my baby cousins and the one best play-buddy I'd accidentally seen naked had that little thingamabob and GI Joe and Ken didn't. I had a theory for a short time (I think I was 7 or 8) that it was like the baby's little umbilical cord thing and dropped off when they got older. When I asked my mom one day when I was 'helping' babysit my cousin you should've seen the face she made. I just thought she was mad that I was asking about 'private parts', but I don't remember now if she ever explained at that time.

I've since discovered the truth, by the way.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

I think they're sort of like outies. If they're too horrible, or they interfere with stuff like gym class, a doctor can just snip 'em off.

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

What?

[random-nexus.livejournal.com]

*still chuckling* I so wish I could share the videos in my head. The sight/sound of you saying that was just flippin hilarious.
Let alone the concept.
*snirk*