Woman Who Popularized Gender-Reveal Parties Says Her Views On Gender Have Changed

Woman Who Popularized Gender-Reveal Parties Says Her Views On Gender Have Changed

When I read this week that one of the big wildfires in California was apparently sparked by a gender-reveal party, I immediately remembered this story (maybe because I rolled my eyes so hard that I gazed directly into my brain). The woman who «invented» gender-reveal parties now has a genderqueer kid and urges others to stop. «Let’s just have a cake.»


From Weekly Filet #316, in September 2020.

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