In a world where we need to own a house to have a dog or cultivate our own gardens, frogs are one of the easiest ways to get closer to nature.Īnd if that desire (frog)spawns a new subculture where WLW and animals are celebrated – and we get to see cute frogs on our feeds – then that works for us. So for me, cottagecore is an ideal where I can be visibly queer in rural spaces.’ Cottagecore sees love as a connection between two souls.’Īnother stated, ‘It especially makes me feel like the things I loved in childhood, like having farm animals and picking blackberries in the fields and getting lost in the woods, are cis- and hetero-coded. I did a collab for the Im Not Gay meme with my girlfriend WolfychuShe drew her character Wolfy as a boy genderbend haha c':Go subscribe to her here: https:/. I-D magazine spoke to one queer woman about why she identified with cottagecore so much, and she said: ‘Lesbians tend to be oversexualised by the media. Basically nice, comforting, nature-based images and sounds to soothe us and be aesthetically pleasing. TikTok defines this as ‘flower prints, knitting, plants and mushrooms’. You have stolen articles of clothing from your sibling of the opposite sex. Schools need to be teaching kids to read, to write.Is my application to be on frog tiktok ? #cottagecore #goblincore #witchtok #frogs #strawberryfrog ♬ strawberry frog II written by goodtimeal – ratwyfeĪlthough frogs are gay (incontrovertible fact, please don’t argue), the links between frogs and lesbians particularly might derive from an aesthetic movement titled cottagecore. You’d like to wear a dress, heels, and makeup today, and a business suit with a hat tomorrow, pulling them off with equal flair. “They won’t tell the parents about these discussions that are happening.
“We’ve seen instances of students being told by different folks in school, ‘Oh, don’t worry, don’t pick your gender yet,’” DeSantis said at a news conference in Miami on Monday.
like i know theyre an idiot and pretty much everyone agrees with me. When asked about his thoughts on the legislation Monday, the Republican governor said the bills made sense. most of the time when people think of homophobia they think of stuff like 'how dare you be GAY youre forcing that onto the /chIldRen/1' and honestly i could care less if someone is like that. Ron DeSantis support the bills?ĭeSantis has been a supporter of the movement to allow parents to assert more control over their children’s schools, and this bill is no exception. “The chilling effect is real,” Smith said. There is no developmentally inappropriate curriculum about sexual orientation or gender identity being taught to young kids, she contended.Ībsent that, the bill will succeed only in stopping teachers from having honest conversations with students, she said. Nadine Smith, executive director of the LGBTQ rights group Equality Florida, which opposes the bills, said the measures attempt to solve a nonexistent problem. “That sentence in the bill seems to have two different standards,” Smith said. To Smith, that could mean restrictions even in classrooms with older kids. If interpreted broadly, the section wouldn’t just apply to primary school students, it would apply to any policies that are not “age-appropriate” or “developmentally appropriate,” he said. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, one of the few openly gay members of the Florida Legislature, noted the relevant section comes with an important conjunction: or. “This bill is neither clear nor specific.” “When I write my lesson plans as per the Florida Department of Education, they must be clear and specific,” said Myndee Washington, a Pasco County teacher who testified at Tuesday’s Senate committee hearing. However, critics have argued that whatever the intentions of its authors, the bills’ language is vague. In an interview Monday, Baxley noted the bill singles out “primary grade levels” - instruction for young kids.
Children and students ask a lot of questions.” “Conversations are going to happen,” Harding said at a House committee meeting in January where lawmakers voted to move the bill forward. Joe Harding, R-Williston, say the measure is meant to stop schools from creating curricula geared toward educating young children about gender or sexual orientation before they are mature enough to handle it.Ĭlassroom presentations, school clubs and other less formal discussions between students and teachers involving gender or sexuality would be allowed under the bill, they say. This is by far the major sticking point in the legislation. What does it mean for a district to not “encourage classroom discussion” about gender identity?
As of Tuesday, the bills had cleared one committee in the House and one in the Senate.