#Skull Kiddo ☠️

[the-funsized-daycare]

Awww! I wish I could adopt one of you- (Signed, faust.)

“Beep boop!”

“Cam says he already has some nice parents, and I do too, but thank you for saying you would!”

“No thanks. Dada and Papa are already amazing!”

“Please do… I mean, No thanks!”

“CLOWN DOES NOT KNOW WHAT PERSON IS TALKING ABOUT.”

“No.”

“That would be nice, but no!”

“Corn.”

“No thanks.”

“I won’t be able to live with you, but ok!”

AGOTI just glares at you.

Tabi doesn’t say anything, he just stares at you.

“No! I’m not your child!”

[sunkissedfawn]

Hey everyone I'm a clown and I just got back from facepainting at a picnic and here's my take on male violence in America: It starts young. And it's more than just letting boys play with guns, it's how we shame them for feeling anything that isn't anger. A 4yo boy asked me to paint a blue butterfly on his face. Then his mom told me "no, he doesn't want that." "Butterflies are beautiful, he said that's what he wants, shouldn't I paint what he wants?" "No give him something for boys" She turns to dad, a big guy in a jersey, and says accusingly, "Do you want your son to have a butterfly on his face?" He says "No." Which, cool, let's bring your husbands masculinity into it too. Because your 4yo kid needs to know that his father would be ashamed too I really tried you guys, but this woman was so scared of her son wanting a butterfly she made me paint a skull and crossbones on his cheek. When I finished the skull I said to kiddo "You want a little blue butterfly too?" He nods. Mom interrupts "You didn't ask me." I say in my kindest fuck you voice "Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was for HIM." "I'm his MOTHER. You need to ask me." She says. "SORRY." I say and wave good bye to the kid. And I am. I'm sorry that he is not allowed to love something as miraculous and beautiful as a 🦋 I'm sorry that he was shamed for wanting to share in the joy that is the miracle and wonder of nature. I see this all the time. And I really feel for these boys, because the girls don't get it as bad. Being a tomboy is slightly more normalized And when girls want skulls or sharks the parents shrug and laugh like "haha she's a kooky kid!" Because maleness and masculinity isn't a sin But when a boy want to enjoy something for its beauty, they are told it's not for them. Not in this house. Not in this family. We are teaching them that anger & violence r the only things they are allowed to experience. That to value beauty & elegance is shameful I know that it was just facepaint, but that's sort of my point. Why in the hell are these parents shaming their boys over FACEPAINT Honestly don't even get me started on the balloons. So the next time you are incredulous about how the govt could shut down our national parks, or build the pipeline, or nuke the planet... Think about what this four year old boy asked for 🦋 And what he got ☠️ Epilogue: the mom complained to my boss 🤷‍♀️ Mia Bee: when I was five, I decided I never wanted to be a boy because they only got to be angry and bullied that's the message I got from all media: if a boy isn't tough/mean enough, he was going to get beat up and that was it This is so interesting because when EYE was 5 I WANTED to be a boy because I was convinced that "girly" things were "lame" Like I saw how little respect femininity was given and I was convinced it was because women were less than and everyone knew it. When I was 5 I didn't associate maleness with violence, just power. And I wanted to be the boss, be a fighter. Like a boy. It wasn't til later I realized that the patriarchal version of "power" comes at the price of oppression. Which is why today made me so crazy Mom thought kiddo's 🦋would make him weak. We need to teach our children to strive for other types of power beyond anger and oppression.

Sandra Bo Bandra [source] [source2]

[the-funsized-daycare]

☠️A quite Calm Child overall.

☠️Best Friends are AGOTI and Ayana.

☠️Will hold grudges against people/things for a long time/forever.

☠️Don’t anger this Skull Child.