<p>I had to do a google search in order to see the ad that has so many people up in arms. Good grief, is that it? It’s such a sweet and innocent image. Btw, pink looks just as good on boys as on girls. And and what’s so unnatural about a little boy to wanting to have his nails painted by his mom? </p>
<p>We were assigned LeGuin’s The Left Hand of Darkness in one of my high school English classes, and it turned out to be a real intellectual milestone for many of us. It prompted a lot of thoughtful and intelligent discussion and really got us thinking about gender rolls and gender politics. It ultimately got us able to think past gender and examine instead what it means to be human. This was in the early 70’s in Virginia. It’s a wonder, thinking back on it, that it didn’t cause a major stink for either the school or our teacher at the time. But, I’m sure glad it didn’t! I’ll be forever glad I read that book. I suggested it to both my children when they began reading Sci fi. It won a Hugo and Nebula award, as I recall.</p>