ZeroCool@vger.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago"How am I supposed to explain this to my children?!"i.ibb.coimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up11.71Karrow-down142
arrow-up11.66Karrow-down1image"How am I supposed to explain this to my children?!"i.ibb.coZeroCool@vger.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squarebane_killgrind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhy isn’t it enough? And the next paragraph after your snippet says exactly what behavior they are modeling for the children. Nina West argues drag lets children be “creative” and “think outside the boxes us silly adults have crafted for them.” Creativity and individualism.
minus-squarenifty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·5 months agoWhy can’t we find outlets for creativity which require skill or talent?
minus-squarebane_killgrind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoBut we did. Drag requires skill.
minus-squareJakeroxslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoThat’s a pretty flimsy argument lol, I think again it’s a bit silly to just assume a drag book reading is immediately going to lead all the children to look up to drag models and want to emulate it.
minus-squarebane_killgrind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYeah it is but apparently nifty doesn’t get the whole value of charity+acceptance+individualism+reading or something.
Why isn’t it enough? And the next paragraph after your snippet says exactly what behavior they are modeling for the children.
Creativity and individualism.
Why can’t we find outlets for creativity which require skill or talent?
But we did. Drag requires skill.
That’s a pretty flimsy argument lol, I think again it’s a bit silly to just assume a drag book reading is immediately going to lead all the children to look up to drag models and want to emulate it.
Yeah it is but apparently nifty doesn’t get the whole value of charity+acceptance+individualism+reading or something.