This drawing is another response to the experience of registering for baby gear last week. My husband and I were taken aback by manufacturers' labeling of nearly every product in the store as "girl," "boy," or "neutral." We expected some of that but were a little disturbed by the magnitude of it. Color as a marker of gender identity is so weird and so widespread in the U.S. (is it elsewhere in the world?). Even my mother waited until I told her the sex of the baby to buy decorations for the baby shower she's throwing me. And today when my husband and I found out that we are having a girl (!!!smiles!!!), the staff at the doctor's office immediately marked my file with a pink symbol.
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