A Weaver's Loom

animalstalkinginallcaps:

NO I DO NOT NEED TO EAT, MOM. I NEED YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR HETERONORMATIVE IDEALS AND DRACONIAN ADHERENCE TO TRADITIONAL GENDER BINARIES CLOUD YOUR ABILITY TO ACCEPT THE WORLD AS IT SHOULD BE AND PREVENT YOU FROM MAKING CHANGES THAT MIGHT FREE US FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE AND THREATENING OPPRESSION OF A PRIVILEGED RULING MALE CLASS. I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND GENDER INEQUALITY AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY AGAINST THE PREVAILING HEGEMONY SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN TRULY EXPERIENCE EQUALITY AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND A SENSE OF PEACE, NOT SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO INFERIOR ROLES WITHIN A FLAWED AND OVERREACHING SYSTEM OF DOMINANCE AND FEAR.

I SPENT ALL DAY OVER A HOT STOVE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. EAT SOMETHING.

OH MY GOD! DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?

animalstalkinginallcaps:

OH, SO IT’S NOT CORPORATE OUTSOURCING OF PRACTICALLY EVERY MAJOR MANUFACTURING AND TELECOM JOB IN THE COUNTRY THAT’S GUTTED US ECONOMICALLY BUT IMMIGRATION? IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING? YOU HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE PICKING VEGETABLES FOR $3 AN HOUR ALL LINED UP? WE’RE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. IMMIGRANTS BUILT OUR COUNTRY. YOU’RE IRISH FOR CHRIST’S SAKE.

I’M JUST SAYING IT’S ALL SOCIALIST OR SOMETHING. I SAW IT ON A NEWS SHOW. WE GOT TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE FROM BECOMING CITIZENS. IF WE LET THE MEXICANS AND THE WHOEVERS COME OVER AND TAKE OUR JOBS WE WON’T HAVE NO MORE JOBS FOR HARDWORKING AMERIC- HEY! JESSE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

KILLING MYSELF, LENNY. KILLING MYSELF SO I DON’T HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ANYMORE. GOODBYE.

Love this.

baristabenjamin:

too funny

That’s me.

getstooobsessed:

“Mommy, they are just like me.” 

My oldest son is six years old and in love for the first time.  He is in love with Blaine from Glee. 

For those who don’t know Blaine is a boy…a gay boy, the boyfriend of one of the main characters, Kurt.

This isn’t a ‘he thinks Blaine is really cool’ kind of love.  It is a mooning at a picture of Blaine’s face for a half hour followed by a wistful “He’s so pretty” kind of love.

He loves the episode where two boys kiss.  My son will call people in from other parts of the house to make sure they don’t miss his ‘favorite part.’  He’s been known to rewind it and watch it over again…and force other to, as well, if he doesn’t think people have been paying enough attention.

This infatuation doesn’t bother me or his father.  We live in a very hip-liberal neighborhood, many of our friends are gay, and idea of having a gay son isn’t something that bothers either of us.  Our son is going to be who he is, and it is our job to love him.  End of story.

He is also six.  Six year olds get obsessed with all kinds of things.  This might not mean anything at all.  We always joke that he’s either gay, or we have the best blackmail material in the history of mankind when he’s a 16 year old straight boy. (Take that naked bath time pictures!)

Then the other day we were traveling across the state listening to the Warblers album (of course), and in the middle of Candles, my son pipes up from the back seat.

“Mommy, Kurt and Blaine are boyfriends.”

“Yes, they are,” I affirm.

“They don’t like kissing girls.  They just kiss boys.”

“That’s true.”

“Mommy, they are just like me.”

“That’s great, baby.  You know I love you no matter what?”

“I know…” I could hear him rolling his eyes at me.

When we got home I recapped this conversation to his Dad, and we stood simply looking into each other’s eyes for a moment.  Then we smiled.

“So if at 16 he wants to make a big announcement at the dinner table, we can say ‘You told us when you were six.  Pass the carrots’ and he’ll be disappointed we stole his big dramatic moment,” my husband says with a laugh and hugs me.

Only time will tell if my son is gay, but if he is I am glad he’s mine.  I am glad he has been born into our family.  A family full of people who will love and accept him.  People who will never want him to change.  With parents who will look forward to dancing at his wedding.

And I have to admit, Blaine would be a really cute son-in-law.