Have you heard about the J. Crew controversy? Jon Stewert talking about it now

[CatWoman]

I think it's really, really STUPID!!! (the controversy, that is)

J. Crew ad sparks outrage on Web



and of course, Fox News views this as "an attack on masculinity" :eyes:

A J. Crew ad that shows a mother painting her little boy's toenails pink has sparked a storm of Internet outrage, with much of the vitriol directed at right-wing pundits who swiftly criticized the online ad and asserted such behavior might make a boy question his sexuality.

Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and Fox News contributor, wrote a column on the Fox News Web site discussing the clothing company's ad, which featured president and creative director Jenna Lyons painting her 5-year-old son Beckett's toenails. Ablow suggested that Lyons "put some money aside for psychotherapy for the kid" and wrote: "This is a dramatic example of the way that our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity."

The conservative Media Research Center called the ad "blatant propaganda celebrating transgendered children" and saying that Lyons was "exploiting Beckett behind the façade of liberal, transgendered identity politics."

Many bloggers condemned such reactions by social conservatives, and on Twitter people used everything from snark -- "Boy with pink toenails=BAD! Could be homofied!" -- to an online petition supporting J. Crew to voice their opinions.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0413-nail-polish-ad-story,0,7818481.story?track=rss

[Brigid]

1. My sister did that to my four-year-old nephew.

He thought it was hilarious. We still have pictures.

[fishwax]

2. god that was ridiculous

I had seen a brief reference to it on facebook, but hadn't really heard about it until that report on TDS. One more in a long line of absurd outrages :eyes:

[defendandprotect]

3. Better pink toenail polish than guns -- !!

[CatWoman]

4. a-freaking

men!!!

[gateley]

11. +1

[Mojeoux]

5. What are "transgendered children?"

I guess they really flip out at the movie, "Bruno."

[tularetom]

6. Every time I see the name "J. Crew" I think of this guy

Wonder if J Peterman has pink toenails?

[CatWoman]

8. hahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

That show was/is hilarious.

But is he "sponge worthy"??? :)

[Canuckistanian]

7. Pink toenails make you gay?

Well, forget about DADT. Revlon should be forced to print warning labels on all their nail polish bottles.

[Javaman]

34. Yes, didn't you know?

nature is amazing and so is the tech involved in manufacturing of said nail polish!

first it starts at the toes then spreads like a virus up the body and before you know it, BOOM, your child is gay.

Frankly, I think they should contact the CDC more than anything!

Do I really need to add the sarcasm thingy?

[gateley]

9. My niece used to put my nephew in drag complete with big earrings and pearls -

repeatedly. He's not gay. This is ridiculous.

[tonekat]

10. The Batshit Bedbugs emerge in the Springtime

If only we could find a spray to take care of them...

[Rage for Order]

12. I don't know, I'm pretty outraged

Clearly this will be the undoing of Western civilization as we know it. The end is nigh, repent, and what have you

[demmiblue]

13. Reminds me of "Free To Be You And Me":

Free To Be You and Me - William Wants A Doll

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lshobg1Wt2M


The wingers would probably freak out over the soundtrack/book nowadays. I wonder if anyone here remembers what the reaction was back in the 70's.

[arikara]

14. One of my friend's sons ran around with a cabbage patch kid

for a couple years when he was little, playing with it and looking after it. One of his aunties watching him play said to him, "you're going to be a real lady killer when you grow up Timmy", to which he replied in his little lisp, "Yeah, I'll whip their hearths out!"

Btw, he never turned out gay either, he is long married and has a family of his own.

[FreeState]

15. Gender =/= sex =/= orientation n/t

[seabeyond]

16. cause everyone knows a color can take down all of a mans masculinity.

and they say women are the weaker gender.

damn, fox, that is embarassing. lmfao

[Taverner]

39. Why does this whole episode remind me of a scene from "Frost/Nixon"???

The part where Nixon and his aide are talking about David Frost's shoes

"I like laces, sir. Manly laces"

This whole "a man must be x." bs

[handmade34]

17. the ignorance

is mind numbing...

[anarch]

18. "blatant propaganda celebrating..."

[Fuzz]

19. I didn't hear about it until the show tonight. Insane.

[Goblinmonger]

20. OMG She painted the gay all over his toes.

He's DOOOOOOOOOOOMED.

Fox Fuckheads are going to get all riled up over something. If not this, then something else. It's all just noise.

[customerserviceguy]

21. Not sure which I'm more disturbed by

The pink toenails, or the nerdy glasses. Those specs look what I wore in the 4th grade...

[CatWoman]

22. ROFL!!

:)

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. uh oh! bet THAT turned you into something Fox pay-rolled shrinks would like to analyze!

;)


:rofl:

[JoeyT]

23. I'm outraged by this ad.

That shade of pink is entirely wrong for his skin tone and the clothes he's wearing. It could just be how bright the image is on my monitor, though.

Other than that? Meh. My mother taught me how to apply makeup in case I had kids that wanted to wear makeup one day. At least you can't almost poke your eye out with toenail polish.

[Skidmore]

24. Shoot, no. My little grandsons have had their

toenails painted at their request and play in costumes all the time, including tiaras, plastic high heels, tutus, and boas. My favorite picture of my now 10 yr old laddie is one of him at about age 3 all duded up in a pink tutu with matching boa, a pair of fairy wings, and a tiara over his musclebound Batman costume with a magic wand in one hand and a pirate sword in the other. He's doing fine for whatever fine is for him and we love him because he is who he is--a bright 10 yr old kid exploring the world around him and learning.

[blueamy66]

25. Who gives a shit?

Let the boys and girls do what they want.

Wait, my niece let my great nephew wear fireman boots to breakfast last Sunday. Is that gonna eff him up too?

Ablow is a dipshit.

[xchrom]

27. it is kind of the perfect thing for those assholes to blow a gasket over.

oy. :eyes:

[rosesaylavee]

28. My son played with 'pink' colored toys and had an assortment of dolls

growing up... he appears to be quite hetero in his early 20s. My inlaws were stunned that I would buy him Polly Pockets and other 'girl' toys along with anything else he expressed interest in... to a point that is. Didin't buy him a Barbie as he requested as I wouldn't have bought a daughter one either.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. OK, which other color would the rightwing approve?

Khaki?

[CatWoman]

31. yikes!!

:scared:

[Javaman]

36. All of the above...

camo.

[noel711]

30. #paintyourtoenailspink trending on twitter- retweet

Friday is paint your toenails pink-
solidarity with bold little boys.

Everyone should show up for work with pink toenails.

I love this- sweet little boys, and old grumpy guys
with pink toenails. Nail those bigots to the wall..

[Initech]

32. Groups like the Media Research Center are blatant propaganda.

[Beam Me Up]

33. I'm gay. No one painted my toenails pink when I was a kid. n/t

[Javaman]

35. Stop bringing rational thinking into this. What did I tell you about that? nt

[Politicalboi]

37. If that boy is gay

He may already know it. There's no amount of G.I. Joe gonna change that. But I'm glad this is just another piss off moment for the Faux assholes.

[Johonny]

38. Life is so great right now for them

they can be concerned about shit that can't possibly matter to you ever.