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[–][deleted] 25 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 0 fun26 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Watched it yesterday and had no idea this storyline was included until the scene where the babysitter is looking at a closet full of boy clothes. I was shocked. Not because they included am this storyline but because the introduction was so obviously overdramatic. So a little boy like to wear princess dresses. So what? Now he's transgender. When he didn't want the blue gown at the hospital I legit yelled at the tv. Who cares what color the gown is!? You're in the hospital ffs. The color of the dye used for the gown should be the last of anyone's worries. The entitlement from that whole scene was awful. Bring on diversity but you don't have to include "wokeness" and preach to people, especially while using a child as your tool to push an agenda.

[–]wicklesnarf 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It really makes me so curious what the author of the books, Ann M Martin, thinks about all this. She's a lesbian and doesn't seem to fit into the stereotypical mold of femininity. The group of girls in the series has a diverse spectrum of personalities, interests, styles. Surely she thinks defining boys and girls based on whether they like princesses or wear blue vs pink is offensive?

[–]worried19 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She's also 64 years old. Her whole adult lifetime has been prior to this new trans movement.

Surely as the creator, she would have had to sign off on the content. Unless she sold the rights completely.