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Pink Boys Blue Girls

by phim

Blue is for boys Pink is for girls What about purple,red, and orange? Where do those fit in our gender norms? Is there a place where we can just be? A human No forms Not quietly But loud Where boys can wear dresses and girls can make messes Being proud That they are free Not being told Who they are So that they fold Into societies messes Why can't they wear dresses or cut their hair short? We need to abort These silly notions of what it is to be a man or a woman and just be human
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Mar 12, 2016
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I went to a baby shower

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#society#blue#boys#girls#pink#gendernorms
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