file under: are you fucking kidding me?

[veronica_rich]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/04/j-crew-and-jenna-lyons-pink-toenail-controversy.html

I saw this on "The Daily Show" so I had to go look it up to make sure Jon wasn't having me on. Basically, it's a J. Crew ad where a woman is playing with her young son and in one photo, is painting his toenails neon pink. AND IT HAS CAUSED CONTROVERSY. About gender identity.

And you only get one guess as to what "news" network is making the most hay with this.

Further proof we are apparently far too affluent in this country with not enough adversity in our lives. Or, you know, some people are. How else would they have time to worry about such bullshit?

Comments

[beckyblack]

I'm obviously a weirdo, since my only thought was "childrens's skin can be too sensitive to be in contact with cosmetics", but I'm guessing that's not what people are getting in a froth about.

Would it have been okay if she'd painted them blue?

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

I used to insist on wearing nailpolish when I was about 6 or 7. Never did a bad thing to my skin. All children are different, of course, but most better quality cosmetics are pretty okay.

Another added benefit is that now, having gotten it out of my system, I have not worn any nailpolish since about age 14.

[beckyblack]

I go through phases with nail polish. I wear it all the time for a couple of weeks, then forget about it again for a few months.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Nah, I used to wear nail polish when I was a kid, and I didn't have any problems with reactions. I suppose some children could, but likely in the same way adults could, too.

I painted my nails blue once when I was a teenager. My grandma asked me if I'd slammed my fingers in a door too hard. LOL

[beckyblack]

I suppose nail polish isn't so bad as it has pretty minimal skin contact (unless you're as rubbish as putting it on as me that is, in which case it's more like painted fingers than fingernails.