{"id":24399,"date":"2019-09-21T13:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T17:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:34:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T14:34:28","slug":"tale-of-two-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/21\/tale-of-two-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale of two children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos from a recent visit to a friend&#8217;s house in suburban Massachusetts&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The daughter, an elementary school student, baked cookies from &#8220;women owned&#8221; dough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-1520x1140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24400\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24400\" class=\"wp-image-24400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3469-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-1520x1140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-1520x1140.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"24401\" data-link=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24401\" class=\"wp-image-24401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-1520x1140.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3470-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(But how can anyone be sure that the owners of this dough company continued to identify as &#8220;women&#8221; 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