Why do gay people love frogs
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I don’t believe it’s an overstatement to say that no children’s creator left a larger impression on my very young childhood than Arnold Lobel. Some of my most cherished soon memories of reading and being peruse to are bound up with Frog and Toad, Owl at Home, Uncle Elephant, and other creatures only Lobel’s peculiarly sweet genius could have birthed. What’s more, I never outgrew them. For the recover of my experience, my family and I could build passing references to favorite stories and know instantly what we were all referring to. Phrases like “tear-water tea” and “one very last cookie” became the stuff of canonical in-jokes, enjoy bits of favorite novels or movies. Except these were children’s picture books, deliberately pitched no higher than a very specific, very simple reading level. They were literally written for a series labeled “I Can Read.” Nevertheless, they endured. Even now, I can’t re-read Uncle Elephant
History
Children’s book author and illustrator Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) developed his natural ability for storytelling as a child while facing ill health, isolation, and bullying in his hometown of Schenectady, New York. He later moved to Brooklyn to pursue a nice arts degree at Pratt Institute, graduating in 1955. After working in advertising, his career in children’s literature began as an illustrator for Harper & Row in 1961. The first book that he both wrote and illustrated was A Zoo for Mister Muster (1962), which established his fondness for featuring animal characters in his stories.
Lobel’s most beloved, acclaimed, and enduring labor is the Frog and Toad picture book series, beginning with Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970; Caldecott Honor recipient) and Frog and Toad Together (1972; Newbery Honor recipient). The books were published as part of Harper & Row’s I Can Read series, designed to teach children to decipher . In 1973, Lobel and his wife, Anita Lobel – his Pratt classmate, fellow children’s book writer and illustrator, and sometimes collaborator – purchased the rowhouse at 603 3rd Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, as their family r
Frog and Toad Might Just Be Friends…and That’s Okay
“There are some books you just like to read over and over again. Frog and Toad is like that,” my eight-year-old daughter told me the other night before I tucked her into bed. “Yes, it is,” I responded, remembering reading and rereading these books with my own mother. For those who haven’t heard of Frog and Toad, it’s a four-book series of heartwarming tales published in the 1970s. Written by Arnold Lobel, the award-winning children’s books revolve around the endearing friendship between two anthropomorphic male amphibians as they navigate various small adventures and uncover life lessons. One of my favorite stories in book two of the series, Frog and Toad Together (the sequel to Frog and Toad are Friends), is called “The List.” In the opening chapter, Toad meticulously outlines his daily agenda, marking off completed tasks such as having breakfast and dressing up. However, during a walk with Frog, a gust of wind snatches Toad’s list away, leaving him flustered as he struggles to recall his plans. Once twilight approaches, Frog wisely suggests it’s time to retire for the bedtime. Toad suddenly brightens up, realizing that
Haha Steve pretends to vocalize like Kermit the frog (mimicking a love interest to a gay character). In the same season Mike sings like Kermit, and has rainbows trails him everywhere ( s1). In s3 when kissing el there's a drawing of a heart existence propelled by a rainbow with Mike's name on it-and after it zooms on the rainbow : he takes el's hands off him ,stops kissing her,and starts singing prefer Kermit the frog.
Kermit the frog (rainbow connection): " And rainbows possess nothing to hide. So we've been told and some Choose to consider it.But I know they're wrong wait and see.Someday we'll find it The Rainbow Connection.The lovers, the dreamers and me."
Kermit the frog : singing lovey-dovey song about rainbows. My son Mike being called "frog face" like Kermit the frog- by a homophobic bully. The authentic "frog prince " story being low key queer . me thinking of "they're making the frogs gay" meme (by he who should not be named) from like the 2010s XD
Frogs are gay culture- look it up ... 🙌
I'm low key trolling ...but its hilarious (that gay frogs are an inside jok
Nathan Nayor/Staff Writer
There is a rising trend in the gay community where owning a frog or representations of frogs is considered an indicator of queerness, and are sometimes even called the “choice pet” and “mascot” of the LGBTQIA+ community. There are grounds for this with a deeper look into the biology of frogs and their history in the media, along with other representations used in the past.
Many recall the jokes surrounding Alex Jones’ tirade on “the chemicals in the water that shift the frickin’ frogs gay,” and this may just be one of the most notable earlier connections between frogs and the LGBTQIA+ in popular media. His insistence for frogs being part of the alt-right aside, many in the queer group began to watch into frogs afterwards, and rushing into a niche society of frog owning. The chemicals that Jones referred to were pesticides and herbicides with lab-made estrogens that triggered a mechanism in male frogs to turn into female frogs, but further research has suggested that this is a natural phenomenon in the species. With this appealing to the transgender community, the purchases and adoptions of frogs increased heavily over the year