2025-12-23
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This story, like any good superhero, actually has an origin story.
So I've got four kids, my second,
her name's Magnolia, and one day she was wearing this butterfly skirt.
And she pointed to the different colors on it, and she said, mama, pink is a girl color,
and purple is a girl color, and yellow is a girl color, but not black.
And I was like, what?
Like, of course girls can wear black.
And she said, but mama, princesses don't wear black.
And for her, a princess wasn't about a royal title or being the child of a monarchy.
That didn't make sense to her.
A princess was, you know, a girl plus.
In fact, one time when she was even littler, she asked me,