Pink Polish: Propaganda?!

The original photo and caption (of a J. Crew writer) are beyond sweet: an adorable bonding moment in which a mother shows no qualms about her son's favorite color (pink), and does not appear to believe that this color choice will have any effect on how the child will grow up or which gender identity he may fall into in the future.

Count on Fox News to fuck that up.

Erin Brown, of the Media Research Center [at Fox] called it "blatant propaganda celebrating transgendered children." Really? You researched that?

Aaaand a Fox editorial: "Yeah, well, it may be fun and games now, Jenna, but at least put some money aside for psychotherapy for the kid — and maybe a little for others who’ll be affected by your “innocent” pleasure. This is a dramatic example of the way that our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity ... These folks are hostile to the gender distinctions that actually are part of the magnificent synergy that creates and sustains the human race. They respect their own creative notions a whole lot more than any creative Force in the universe."

Dramatic? Painting toes is dramatic? Give me a break. If anything, the overzealous reinforcement by Fox writers/staff for everyone to conform to gender stereotypes and categorization is dramatic propaganda.

As the author of the rebuttal article writes (which can be found here), "We're pretty sure that this fuss is far worse for Beckett's [the child's] psyche than a bottle of pink nail polish ever could be."