Photo: Launa Penza
A mother of three who claims to have invented the “gender reveal” party is looking back on the trend through a new lens over a decade later.
On Thursday,High Gloss and Sauceblogger Jenna Myers Karvunidis shareda photo of her family— her husband, three daughters and dog — with the two younger girls sporting matching blue dresses and long blonde hair and her older daughter in a sky-blue suit with a short haircut.
“A weird thing came up on Twitter, so I figured I’d share here. Someone remembered it was me who ‘invented’the gender reveal party,” she began. “I had written about my party on my blog and a parenting forum in July 2008. It was picked up and an interview with me was published inThe Bumpmagazine and the idea kinda spread from there. I’ve got the article framed!”
Myers Karvunidis went on to admit that since the article was published more than 10 years ago, she has “felt a lot of mixed feelings about” her “random contribution to the culture” that “just exploded into crazy after that.”
“Gender reveal” box.Getty
Despite where and when exactly the “gender reveal party” originated, over recent years, the trend has grown to show parents-to-be using everything from balloons to cakes to lasagna, shooting targetsand even alligators to learnthe sex of their unborn children on the way.
Jenna Myers Karvunidis’ daughter Bianca.Jenna Karvundis
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While many social-media users defended their own choices to have “gender reveal” parties for their own kids, others applauded Myers Karvunidis for reflecting on the trend and helping parents to understand something deeper when it comes to children’s futures and gender identities.
“Thank you for exemplifying what it means to learn and grow and adapt so that our community can hold and see everyone!” one Facebook user wrote while another lauded, “Absolutely love this. I love theevolution of thought and feelings related to gender. My heart is full.”
source: people.com
