Louise has a favorite stuffed animal, Oscar. He's a floppy-eared dog, and she's had him since she was born.* Now, however, Louise has decided that Oscar isn't a he but a she, and her name is "Rose." To complete this transformation, she's bound Oscar/Rose's ears together on top of his/her head in a sort of ponytail topknot using a little hair scrunchy affixed with a white, artificial rose.
Of course, Oscar/Rose's anatomy is appropriately ambiguous, and there are no X or Y chromosomes to tip the scale either way, but I've known him/her a long time, and I'm habituated. In my mind, he is and always will be a he. Rose looks, to me, not like a lady-pup, but like a dog in drag, a stuffed animal transvestite. And not a particularly successful one at that.
But if that's what makes Rose happy, then I'm happy for her, and I will always support whatever lifestyle she chooses.
* Thanks, Hilary.
what? No picture? :)
ReplyDeleteI think you should pray for Oscar and get him into counselling!! He couldn't be happy like this.
ReplyDeleteI am completely supporting Louise's -er, Oscar's choice. Rose's.
ReplyDeleteRock on.
I was going to say something about hoo-ha, but I think I'll let it pass.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, that Slimbidyad has in fact been achieved.
Hoo-ha-hooray! Let's bust out the champagne.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see she put my birthday present to her to good use: bringing out the true self of Rose.
ReplyDeleteProbably wasn't quite what you had in mind, but hey...
ReplyDeleteoddly enough there is a UK site for tranvestites called Rose's Forum!
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