What flavor are you?
I get nasty (and mostly idiotic) troll comments on social media all the time. A recent one said:
Sorry there are only two flavors in nature male and female. All those other flavors are mental conditions.
I created a response reel of myself eating ice cream with a caption saying that if you’re one of “all those other flavors,” you don’t have a mental condition. You’re evolved enough to know who you are, which is a frickin’ rockstar.
Before my kids came out to me as nonbinary, I definitely believed there were only two genders: female and male. But I knew I needed to educate myself and be open to other possibilities in order to support my kids.
I learned that everyone has the right to define their gender. And that there are as many possible definitions as there are people in the world!
Who are we to limit nature’s diversity? There is miraculous and beautiful variety in humanity. It’s what makes life interesting and worth living.
Some of my community members jumped on this concept with their own comments:
Clown fish and banana slugs are other flavors of nature, my ill informed dude troll. Read a book about nature, go outside and feel the grass, enjoy the rainbows.
My flavors are diverse, and that is wonderful 😊
"only two flavors in nature" 😂 Somebody get them a book on seahorses ASAP!
It’s tragic that mental illness is the only alternative in some people’s minds to explain beautiful diversity than to admit the reality that they have been wrong all along about there only being two “flavors.”
How can people not marvel at the tremendous diversity of humans?
31 flavors and counting! So many others get rotated in and out monthly sooooo…yeah there are unlimited flavors beyond that moron’s itty bitty teeny weeny mindset. Not to mention ice cream, froyo, gelato! Ah the joy of abundance in diversity!
Take some time today to marvel at the world’s beautiful diversity in nature and in humans. That’s a big part of becoming a more understanding and empathetic person.