2023.02.19
Ron Swanson, my character from 'Parks and Rec,' was considered very masculine. I'm often accused of masculinity. And, you know, I was born looking like this and I sound like this. You know, I did not cultivate [this]. I don't go to the gym. I'm not chasing masculinity. And so it's always seemed a little strange to me as a mincing theater artist to be accused of being manly. I am pretty handy at splitting firewood or changing a tire, but so are the women in my family. And so I use it as an opportunity to encourage people to try and loosen their ideas about genderizing everything. I know ladies that are great woodworkers and I know men that make an amazing quiche and everything across every spectrum in between.
I think a big reason why "children are an oppressed group" gets (wrongly!) read as a "pedophile talking point" is that everyone treats children so terribly that actual child molesters can speedrun winning a kid's trust by like, actually respecting their needs and perspective, at least at first. Which means that the only way out of this mess is for all of us adults to treat children with respect, so that abusers can't use the rareness of that respect as a weapon.I probably give myself too much credit for my instinct to treat kids as peers... I've since realized that there's a somewhat deep psychologial/philosophical reason why I do that but you know, they seem to like it. Sometimes I have to lay down the law and be a grown up but mostly I just enjoy their fresh perspectives.
The most important thing about any relationship, romantic or platonic or familiar, is that you gotta be in cahoots
Bite-sized Sir George and the Dragon Sexy Fan Fic