It looks like Santorum may win in Iowa, so let’s keep the google bomb alive, shall we?
Be Who You Are
Alas, another children’s book about a trans child, this one called Be Who You Are, about a young girl who is born male-bodied.
The only thing that bugs me about this is the idea of using the term “gender non-conforming” for a child like this. On the surface of it, sure. But it’s exactly the gender typical femininity of such kids that often convinces people they are trans in the first place; if she were more of a tomboy, her trans status wouldn’t be as obvious to people, right?
Exeunt.
It’s a little surreal but at Lawrence we start a new term tomorrow along with the New Year. I’ve been meaning to write a ‘year end wrap-up’ sort of post but I find I’m going from pillar to post in my head because of all the loss. That said, I’m glad to see 2011 go away.
So out with the old, & in with the new: not just the new year for me, but new classes, new students, new experiences.