A princess boy

I'm not going to pretend that I can draw (which I know I basically suck at), but I have long felt so irritated at how stereotypical most digital stamps are that I'm now taking the matter into my own hands. Lol. Because so far I haven't seen a single princess boy. Yet, Christia Brown, Ph.D., a professor of developmental psychology, says it’s common for little boys to want to wear frilly dress-up clothes or have their nails painted.

So, why is the paper crafting world so behind? I have lately seen digital stamps with the theme "boys with their toys" (hmm yeah, it really is as bad as you would think) and girls dressed up as princesses. Always girls. Come on, are we living in the 50s? Oh wait, according to my mother, cross-gender play was still no news back in the 50s in China. Back then she played with toy cars, while her play-mate Greg took her dolls. Anyhow, this is my digital stamp Lou. A princess boy. Or princess boy girl. Or princess girl boy. (Why the need to put a label on everything, anyway?)

Digital stamp: a princess boy

A princess boy - digital stamp

Yes, it's ugly, but I'm making a point here. Just yesterday I heard a woman talk about her nephew who likes pink and glitter, as if that was something strange or new. It's now 2013, and girls have dressed up as pirates or warriors as long back as I can remember. The girls who have dressed that way, have been encouraged and felt empowered. Boys who have dressed up in what's socially constructed female, have in contrast been seen as social outcasts or probably transgender (liking pink and glitter doesn't make one transgender). I have mentioned before that the kid I used to mentor was ashamed to admit to me that his favourite colour was pink. I feel that society shames our children. Society shames our children to not be who they are. That should have stopped a long time ago. But it's not too late to stop with it today. Now.

Please read this awesome book: My Princess Boy 

Because why can't we let children be happy?
Does that hurt us?  
Then isn't the problem with us?

"We need to start asking ourselves why we are condemning people and things just because they are different and make us feel uncomfortable. 'Bullying is taking lives. It is unacceptable. Period. We must stop standing by while others are being harmed for expressing themselves." ~Cheryl Kilodavis
"Differences equaled real threat in caveman days -> 

it's really wired within us to have this feeling of discomfort when we see difference." ~Cheryl Kilodavis 

                                                                                                            

Card recipe
*Flower: Pysselmakaren 
*Glitter sheet (gold): Panduro
*Ink: Promarker Sandstone + Cocoa 
*Liquid Pearls (Ranger): Buttercup  
*Paper: Pysselmakaren
*Sentiment "Pour Toi Princesse" written with KR PRincEsS font
*Stickles (Ranger): Fruit Punch, Magenta, Orange Peel, Thistle, Tropical Tangerine,Yellow

Ps. I have submitted this project to:
A gem of a challenge: Sparkles
All sorts Challenges: Bring on the Bling 
As you like it Challenge: Spots or stripes (because spots make me happy by some unexplainable reason)
Crafts for Eternity: Glitter & Sparkle
Digitally Sweet: Anything Goes
Love to Scrap: Boyz
Paper Crafting Journey: Bling it up
613 Avenue Create: Anything goes
The Male room: Little boys (because princess boys are boys)
Totally PaperCrafts: Add a bow (I drew it on the skirt)