Dedicated to Shiloh Jolie Pitt!!!

As a Jolie-Pitt fan, I am used to reading very nasty posts again this couple, the two as individuals, and their children. Actually, in recent years, a lot of the vitriol has been towards the Jolie-Pitt children. And given that the nasty posts are from women, their ire are usually directed at the girl children. Up until last week, Vivienne was rarely seen, therefore haters had little ammo towards her; unfortunately, Zahara and Shiloh don't have that as an advantage. I will get to Zahara in my next post, because haters' beef is an ongoing recurrent them. The rants against Shiloh, on the other hand, is a new one.

In recent weeks, haters have been in a tizzy about Shiloh's manner of dress; specifically, the fact that the 3 year old apparently likes dressing like a boy. Mind you, when Shiloh was wearing pants and a T-shirt, which is pretty unisex, but she also wears hats, cleats (on occasion), neckties, and on occasion, a toy sword. Based on little Shiloh's choice in accessories, some haters concluded that Shiloh will be the next Chastity Bono.

Really? The next Chastity Bono.

Because when I look at old footage of Chastity at age three, she was dressed really girly. Of course, that wouldn't be the point to haters, since they like to draw conclusions based on flimsy evidence.

Wearing pants don't make little girls gay.

Wearing pants don't make little girls little boys trapped in the wrong body.

Once upon a time, little girls could wear pants for a multitude of reasons without receiving GLT pamphlets in the mail. Once upon a time, little girls could wear pants, along with dresses. Once upon a time, little girls could be elaborate about playing dress up. The only difference for Shiloh is that she has a mother who allowed her to take her 'dressing up' out in public... actually, there are two differences... the second difference is that there is a contingent that willingly turns dummy whenever the Jolie-Pitts are involved.

For those who are my age, they know that they drooled whenever Denise Huxtable/Lisa Bonet rocked baggy men's suits and hats. Or when Madonna donned suits during her Express Yourself/Vogue period. Or, maybe they were fans of Punky Brewster, who wore denim vests, ripped jeans with brightly colored accessories. Or they remember Love and Basketball, when a baseball-capped Monica got into a two on two basketball game with Q and his boys before they realized she was a girl. Or any other instance when a girl 'dressed like a boy'. Despite the contrived, reality TV-born conventional wisdom, a girl/woman's life isn't made when she gets the inevitable 'makeover'.

Right now, Shiloh just like wearing pants, T-shirts, and toy swords. But a while back, she never went anywhere without her dollies or teddies. Hell, she probably still feel the same way about her dollies as she does about her swords. She probably like roughhousing with her older brothers and Zee, but appreciate doing girls-only things with Zee, along with baby things with the twins.

Why some want to pigeonhole a toddler is beyond me, but they really want to do it to Shiloh Jolie-Pitt. Why? Because she's not Shiloh Aniston-Pitt.

Nevertheless, this video is dedicated to Shiloh. From the same pics that resulted in haters' homophobia/ anti-toddler crossdressing, I gauge that this little girl is an imaginative, bold child who isn't afraid to be whomever or whatever her imagination dictates. This reminded me of 1953's From A to ZZZZ, a Looney Tunes cartoon which was about a daydreaming little boy named Ralph Phillips. Despite constant discouragement, he can't or won't abandon his compulsion to see himself in various fantasies. My hope is that Shiloh has that tip of tenacious spirit when it comes to her own inner life.



Rock on, Baby Girl!!!