Mica
Summary of a long argument with a 4 year old: i wanna be a boy because I wanna be a knight.

Me: girl knights are a thing

Child refuses to believe me. I'm gonna have to come back to this.
Puter Spae
the solution here is to gather all the children around and make them watch utena
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time for tamora pierce
i stay silly :3
Utena might be a little heavy for a 4 year old
Mica
I was just going to show pics of lady renn fair knights holy shit keke
Mica
You really are the lesbian recruiter the panicked old men warn us about
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oh man show them samantha
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i can't remember her last name
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she is my hero
ArtIsArt
Introduce her to the SCA! We have a lot of female knights!
loose honey
brienne of tarth!!
Puter Spae
ok fine show them pics of utena then
Puter Spae
>B(
Mica
I tried showing her some at storytime but she declared them to be boys
loose honey
Have you asked her why only boys can be knights?
Mica
She just shrugs and says "I unno" when I do
Mica
I think she's hearing "Why do they only let boys be knights" not "why do you think all knights must necessarily be boys"
Mica
She is also on a rebelion against dresses. She wants "a shirt" which she sees as the natural opposite to dresses, rather than pants? Which is an interesting thought.
Mica
Maybe I an find a lady knight with lipstick on, that'll show her
Mica
It's so funny that hse strongly associates short hair with "being a boy" given that all the female caretakers in her life have very short hair, including myself
Mica
(her mom has a short bob with an undercut on one side)
loose honey
Consider all the women she sees on tv
loose honey
On magazine covers when her parents go to the shopping market.
loose honey
TBH the reason I wanted to be a boy when I was little was bc I only saw men and women in love and I assumed I had to be a man to have a girlfriend.
Mica
She's VERY against short hair on herself, as well.
Mica
So you might have a good point.
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