Dad Wears Skirt In Solidarity With His 5-Year-Old Son (PHOTO) When it comes to supporting his son's unconventional wardrobe, Nils Pickert talks the talk and walks the walk. The German dad explains in Emma magazine that he wears women's clothes (including nail polish) to help his 5-year-old son feel good about going out in dresses and skirts.
A picture of Pickert and his little boy, sporting matching red clothes -- dad in a long skirt, son in a spaghetti-strap dress -- has been making the Internet rounds, inspiring enough positive feedback to cancel out a thousand sideways looks and gender marketing fails. Pickert says that in the small town where he lives, his son's dress choices are seen as everybody's business -- and when it comes to standing up for his son, he's determined to show, not just tell. He writes (according to Tumblr user steegeschnoeber's translation): Yes, I’m one of those dads, that try to raise their children equal. Pickert is not the only parent to speak up for a child whose dress preferences stand out from the norm. 'My Daughter Is Not A Princess': An Essay From The 'Listen To Your Mother' Reading Series.
Women in 24 cities across the country will participate in the reading series Listen to Your Mother in celebration of Mother's Day (May 12) this year. The series features local writers reading their personal essays about motherhood in front of live audiences. The following is a piece by Vikki Reich, who will appear in Minneapolis at the Riverview Theater on May 9.
My daughter is not a princess. She hates pink. She doesn’t like things that sparkle and has no interest in dresses or skirts, in flowers and lace. She wears dark blue skinny jeans and a teal shirt emblazoned with a Tyrannasaurus Rex in sunglasses playing an electric guitar. She covers her messy, short, brown hair with a black and gray stocking cap and her favorite shoes are high tops that are a vibrant mix of black, blue, yellow and orange. My daughter is a wannabe rock star and she is often mistaken for a boy. But in the months following that party, her style slowly began to change. I should have felt proud. But I didn’t. “No. Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women. Girl's rant targets gender roles, toys. Zoe Smith - Female Olympic Weightlifter. Being an Olympian is hard. But being an Olympian who is hoping to break a world record in a male-dominated sport (and in an event actually called the "clean-and-jerk") that prizes the traditionally "unfeminine" qualities of brute force and sheer strength isn't just tough — it's a character-testing experience.
But it appears Zoe Smith has character in spades, because this remarkable lady isn't just in peak athletic condition, she's as smart as they come, too. Weightlifting, obviously, is about being strong. And Zoe Smith is about as strong as an athlete can be. But when onlookers began blasting the 18-year-old British contender for her muscles, Smith didn't let the comments get her down. One particularly harsh critic said she "looked like a bloke" and that most guys would agree. (Fortunately, the offender in question had the good sense to at least delete the tweets.) So, Zoe took to her blog and wrote out one of the most empowering, You-Go-Girl smackdowns we've ever read.