Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
Meet Strawberry.
He’s our 2-year old, Lilieith’s imaginary daddy.
Homophobic crusaders against queer family structures rejoice now. Study that says lesbians are actually better parents than you guys be damned. Our kid wants a daddy so bad, she’s made one up of her own.
It all started so innocently. Of course it would, Lileith is two.
One morning our Lileith was playing with her sister’s backpack. She put it on. The thing’s almost as big as she is, but she manages. She tootled over to us, “Goodbye, I’m going to school,” she said, waving. Meanwhile, us moms were going through the “why can’t I find two socks that match” chaos that is our every morning.
“Bye,” we said.
“I’m going to school in the other room,” she said.
