ok, so I have been busy baking cupcakes and icing cupcakes (pink, of course) and arranging cupcakes, for Poppy's birthday today. and making little gingerbread kids, which I'd never made before. two notes then: there are no, and nor should there be, anatomically correct cookie cutters out there. so it struck me that all gingerbread kids are androgenous (perhaps this is no revelation to those of you who had already mastered the art of cutting and baking gingerbread shapes). so we'll have none of this gingerbread "men" nonsense anymore. I'm quite certain any boy bits would fall off in the baking process anyway! how to explain that one without Lorena Bobbit references?
there are, however; anatomically correct baby dolls on the market...if you are prepared to ask for them. personally, I thought it extremely important to have anatomically correct dolls in the house. though, Versace Barbie certainly has her place! there are also many multi-ethnic dolls available and I have found it quite difficult to discuss the merits of these dolls in particular, with proprieters of local childrens' stores without sounding at all racist (and then one could argue the merits of one's final decision, based on whatever set of values and beliefs and logical reasoning, until one sounds undoubtedly racist anyway). these 'toyse' dolls are made in spain and purchased by most of the child care centres and prep classes in this country (hence, my prior knowledge of them). Poppy is now the happy owner of a little (white) girl baby doll, and upon seeing her new friend sitting up on the toy box this morning, named her promptly and quite aptly, Baby. hopefully, Baby's little girl bits will help to allay daddy's fears about how to talk about those bits (I might anticipate struggling similiarly in discussions with a son, who knows?) anyway, we seem to prefer Borat's term and his intonation too: "vagine" (pronounced va-jean, for those of you who are culturally deprived, having not admired at least the sheer audacity and crazy daring of Sascha Baron Cohen in his role as Borat). to be honest, it took a lot longer than the purfunctory opening 10 minutes to get into Borat's style. but then I was intrigued and amused! also, I really hated The Vagina Monologues; perhaps that grating voice in my head has something to do with it (Borat's is better? yes, I hear you! but again, yes; it is). perhaps we'll introduce a little (black) boy into the mix for Christmas...
film notes: see Sacred Heart (Italian). see the original (German) Mostly Martha.
there are, however; anatomically correct baby dolls on the market...if you are prepared to ask for them. personally, I thought it extremely important to have anatomically correct dolls in the house. though, Versace Barbie certainly has her place! there are also many multi-ethnic dolls available and I have found it quite difficult to discuss the merits of these dolls in particular, with proprieters of local childrens' stores without sounding at all racist (and then one could argue the merits of one's final decision, based on whatever set of values and beliefs and logical reasoning, until one sounds undoubtedly racist anyway). these 'toyse' dolls are made in spain and purchased by most of the child care centres and prep classes in this country (hence, my prior knowledge of them). Poppy is now the happy owner of a little (white) girl baby doll, and upon seeing her new friend sitting up on the toy box this morning, named her promptly and quite aptly, Baby. hopefully, Baby's little girl bits will help to allay daddy's fears about how to talk about those bits (I might anticipate struggling similiarly in discussions with a son, who knows?) anyway, we seem to prefer Borat's term and his intonation too: "vagine" (pronounced va-jean, for those of you who are culturally deprived, having not admired at least the sheer audacity and crazy daring of Sascha Baron Cohen in his role as Borat). to be honest, it took a lot longer than the purfunctory opening 10 minutes to get into Borat's style. but then I was intrigued and amused! also, I really hated The Vagina Monologues; perhaps that grating voice in my head has something to do with it (Borat's is better? yes, I hear you! but again, yes; it is). perhaps we'll introduce a little (black) boy into the mix for Christmas...
film notes: see Sacred Heart (Italian). see the original (German) Mostly Martha.
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