Born with a bow in her hair
Remind you of anything?
It reminds me of all those cartoons and advertisements featuring cute animals, in which the one female animal is shown to be such by…a hair bow.
Tip Jar
Remind you of anything?
It reminds me of all those cartoons and advertisements featuring cute animals, in which the one female animal is shown to be such by…a hair bow.
Some idle thoughts…
Why does the male sign point down right instead of up right? Why did the bow tie change to a tie and collar when combined with femaleness? Why is androgyny represented with a beret??
Years ago, I used to have some Shih Tzu show dogs. One of the things I liked about showing them is that the boy dogs and the girl dogs BOTH wore hair bows.
Yes, wouldn’t it make sense to have androgyny represented with NO bow, NO tie, and maybe even NO hair? And why does the girl have short hair? I thought that was supposed to be a sign of an AFAB that has some innate boy essence and needs to bind her breasts, take testosterone, and change her name to Harold.
Reminds me of this, from back in the day:
https://feministfrequency.com/video/ms-male-character-tropes-vs-women/
[Off topic – Shih Tzu! A neighbor got a puppy late in December, whom I got to meet on his first day with her, when he was 8 weeks and the size of a grapefruit. We’ve been besties ever since.]
I thought a Shih Tzu was one that had no animals.
I’ll see myself out.
Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/oTsMUPxyMMY
My wife ‘owned’ a dear little white Maltese-Shitsu cross dog once years ago, name of Normie. A pet rattlesnake would have been preferable, because more affectionate and less aggressive.
Huh. Neighbor Shih Tzu Duffy is so affectionate it’s comical.
All-black, like Duffy, are not so common. Ours were garden variety gold-and-white, though we finished a couple of champions. Easier to see the expression on the lighter-colored dogs than black, but black is a really desirable color.
Being affectionate and happy is their job. They are very agreeable; it’s hard to play tug-o-war with a Shih Tzu, because they say, “Oh, you want it? Okay!” and they give up.
But it’s the rad-fems who are the “gender essentialists.”
OB@#9:
Normie was a product of his nature and nurture; as are we all. He was probably parted from his mother too early, and spent a long time howling (presumably for that real mother) before bonding with his new (human) mother, and then would interpose himself in fully enraged leonine mode between her and any stranger or perceived threat.
Then he was given a new doggy companion in the form of Charlie, a most amiable ‘westie’ (west highland terrier) with whom he soon engaged in competition for dominance: hard for Normie because Charlie was physically bigger. Then Minnie entered: a pure Maltese. She soon enough came into oestrus and the consequent behaviour of the three of them was cause for much apology from my mother-in-law at times. Their noisy menage-a-trois activities under the table tended to be a bit distracting when she had fellow members of the congregation of her church (often including the parson) over for a tea party.
That sort of stuff went on until the three of them were bundled off to the local vet for permanent de-libidinising.
The vet opined that Normie “had attitude”; and he maintained it until the day he died. (Not the vet, Normie.)
It is quite possible that God intended for Normie to be born a rattlesnake, polecat or even a lion; but a mix-up occurred, as can happen.
I mean, look what went wrong with the Garden of Eden.
;-)
‘it’s hard to play tug-o-war with a Shih Tzu, because they say, “Oh, you want it? Okay!” and they give up.’ Aw, my mom’s dog used to do that. Good times, happy memories.
I groom dogs. My worst biter is half Shih Tzu. The former number one (he has mellowed a lot) is a Shih Tzu. The handful of dogs who ever bit me when I was meter reading? Yup, Shih Tzus.
#13
“It is quite possible that God intended for Normie to be born a rattlesnake, polecat or even a lion; but a mix-up occurred, as can happen.”
Yes, it can happen. There’s an otter that comments here sometimes who insists she is living in a human body! Crazy world.
Why do they all have rosy cheeks? It creeps me out because that’s sometimes an indication of arousal in anime/manga, which a lot of gender types seem to be into. No noses, either? If you want to be taken seriously, why portray yourself as so very infantile?
Re: Shi tzus, I was a veterinary assistant for ten years. The top three breeds that bit or tried to bite most often back then were cocker spaniels, dachshunds (especially the miniature ones), and chows. The worst dog bite I ever got was from a rough collie.
In ‘Nanette,’ Hannah Gadsby had a riff about the insanity of ‘taping a pink bow to a baby’s bald head.’
OMG, I just realized, this is the answer to that question someone posed recently about their co-workers starting to put pronouns in their email signatures. Just say “but I’m gender-fluid, so my preferred pronouns change constantly. My email signature from Monday will be obsolete by Tuesday!”
Seriously, though, my main thought on seeing that image was, “what a special, special snowflake you must be.”
Dang! Messed up my blockquote. Need more coffee.
iknklast,
I am hardly in touch with the pulse of the trans movement, but my understanding is that they really don’t like “gender reveal parties” because they conflict with the notion that one day, your child will reveal his or her or xir’s gender(s) to you.
As to why they don’t yell about them more, I’d say it’s mostly your theory — that they regard gender critical feminists as the “real enemy” — and partly that gender reveal parties are already coming in for a ton of criticism, so no need to pile on there.
Well, I don’t like gender reveal parties, either, so finally some point of agreement with the trans crowd!