marine biology
Apr. 7th, 2002 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianBackground: In my family, we have a tradition of making cooperative quilts for new babies. Sometimes, they don't get done for a while. (Hey, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
snout, I did finally get that one square. It's sparkly, though. Fabric paint should not be used for evil.) So, a cousin of my mom's is having twins real soon now, and I got the squares for it last week. They know that one's a boy and one's a girl, and their names are all picked out. (The girl will be Thyra, which is kinda cool, and they're calling the boy... Gorm. I think of them as being from Barsoom now. I just hope there's a good source of bejeweled diapers in St. Paul.)
Being the family freak, I consider it my duty to corrupt the little ones as much as possible. I am therefore trying to come up with gender-role-subverting things to put on the baby squares. I don't want to actually embroider a little Gay Pride Parade or anything, so something more subtle is in order. I've mostly decided that one of them will be a sea horse (male carry the young from egg to miniature-adult stage), but I don't want to do them both the same kind of animal. On the other hand, the blankets are being done as a pair, and I want a theme of some sort. So, does anyone know of some other aquatic creature with strange reproductive habits? I know there are some tropical fish that reproduce by parthenogenesis, but they're just black or gray or something and I'd like pretty ones. Aquarium livebearers are a possibility, since there are rumors of trangendered females. Dolphins are promiscuous, so that could work.
I want something really good, though. Are there stories of lesbian octopus? Sex-changing lobsters? Polyamorous clownfish?
snout, I did finally get that one square. It's sparkly, though. Fabric paint should not be used for evil.) So, a cousin of my mom's is having twins real soon now, and I got the squares for it last week. They know that one's a boy and one's a girl, and their names are all picked out. (The girl will be Thyra, which is kinda cool, and they're calling the boy... Gorm. I think of them as being from Barsoom now. I just hope there's a good source of bejeweled diapers in St. Paul.)Being the family freak, I consider it my duty to corrupt the little ones as much as possible. I am therefore trying to come up with gender-role-subverting things to put on the baby squares. I don't want to actually embroider a little Gay Pride Parade or anything, so something more subtle is in order. I've mostly decided that one of them will be a sea horse (male carry the young from egg to miniature-adult stage), but I don't want to do them both the same kind of animal. On the other hand, the blankets are being done as a pair, and I want a theme of some sort. So, does anyone know of some other aquatic creature with strange reproductive habits? I know there are some tropical fish that reproduce by parthenogenesis, but they're just black or gray or something and I'd like pretty ones. Aquarium livebearers are a possibility, since there are rumors of trangendered females. Dolphins are promiscuous, so that could work.
I want something really good, though. Are there stories of lesbian octopus? Sex-changing lobsters? Polyamorous clownfish?
