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Emily Ratajkowski named her child Sylvester Apollo. Their last name is Bear. She also plans on raising them genderfluid until they turn 18.
Sylvester, I kinda hate ngl. It's like not something someone irl is called? Sylvester Stallone can use the name or a book character but thinking of a person named Sylvester is kinda hard to me. Apollo is cool. Sylvester Bear also sounds like some character. Apollo is amazing though.
"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.” – Marie Curie
Sylvester, I kinda hate ngl. It's like not something someone irl is called? Sylvester Stallone can use the name or a book character but thinking of a person named Sylvester is kinda hard to me. Apollo is cool. Sylvester Bear also sounds like some character. Apollo is amazing though.
"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.” – Marie Curie
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Ugh. Sylvester is uptight teddy bear, Apollo is wayward pet dog.
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Oh, how I love Sylvester! I hope it doesn’t take off because of this.
The name as a whole is okay but not my vibe.
The name as a whole is okay but not my vibe.
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I'm not familiar with Emily Ratajkowski. By announcing the birth of Sylvester Apollo, I think she has already signalled that her child is a boy or at least she wants the child to be thought of as a boy when the name Sylvester Apollo is read off on the first day of class. There were some ambiguous mythological characters, but Apollo was always clearly a male god. There really isn't anything genderfluid about the name.
Sylvester is okay. It makes me think of the cat, the book "Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle," and various men throughout history including a pope and the Graham cracker fellow.
Apollo seems over the top to me, but, if I wanted a name that shrieked this is a boy, Apollo or Samson or Dwayne Rock would probably get the message across.
Sylvester is okay. It makes me think of the cat, the book "Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle," and various men throughout history including a pope and the Graham cracker fellow.
Apollo seems over the top to me, but, if I wanted a name that shrieked this is a boy, Apollo or Samson or Dwayne Rock would probably get the message across.
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And as others have said, Sylvester Bear sounds like a kids' lit character. Like Paddington Bear.
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Love!
Sylvester is so cool, and it's definitely an IRL name.
Sylvester is so cool, and it's definitely an IRL name.
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Gender fluid? Interesting.
I have no idea who Emily Ratajkowski is but she sounds familiar.
Sylvester I think sounds nice but I would never actually use it. Apollo is cool. Apollo 11 is a cool association. Either how I don’t see how the name is in the slightest unisex.
I have no idea who Emily Ratajkowski is but she sounds familiar.
Sylvester I think sounds nice but I would never actually use it. Apollo is cool. Apollo 11 is a cool association. Either how I don’t see how the name is in the slightest unisex.
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Oh I like Sylvester. Honestly I should put it on a shorter list. I like pretty much everything about it. It’s just as namey as Apollo, if not more?
I like both names separately but I don’t like them together. They both have strong flavors, and it feels thrown together.
I like both names separately but I don’t like them together. They both have strong flavors, and it feels thrown together.
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I'm a Rocky fan too, but this is ridiculous.
Gender-fluid my eyeball; she gave him two of the most masculine names going.
Gender-fluid my eyeball; she gave him two of the most masculine names going.
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I have no idea who that is.
Sylvester Apollo Bear. Sylvester Bear. Okay. I can't even really comment on this. I get the instant image of a bear wearing a party head celebrating New Year's Eve.
If they want to raise him genderfluid why did he get such a hyper-masculine name? They basically failed in this from day one. I don't think anyone should force gender stereotypes upon children.
However, I feel like it would be much easier for most kids to just be raised as the sex they had from birth (without the girls play with dolls and boys with car stereotypes, just let them play with and wear what they want) and being assured that if they didn't feel like that sex they could change it than raising someone gender fluid. I feel like the constant comments and questions and confusions caused by that would be way more stressful than being raised as one gender (in terms of using "he" or "she" and not "they") and switching at a certain point.
Sylvester Apollo Bear. Sylvester Bear. Okay. I can't even really comment on this. I get the instant image of a bear wearing a party head celebrating New Year's Eve.
If they want to raise him genderfluid why did he get such a hyper-masculine name? They basically failed in this from day one. I don't think anyone should force gender stereotypes upon children.
However, I feel like it would be much easier for most kids to just be raised as the sex they had from birth (without the girls play with dolls and boys with car stereotypes, just let them play with and wear what they want) and being assured that if they didn't feel like that sex they could change it than raising someone gender fluid. I feel like the constant comments and questions and confusions caused by that would be way more stressful than being raised as one gender (in terms of using "he" or "she" and not "they") and switching at a certain point.
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"However, I feel like it would be much easier for most kids to just be raised as the sex they had from birth (without the girls play with dolls and boys with car stereotypes, just let them play with and wear what they want) and being assured that if they didn't feel like that sex they could change it than raising someone gender fluid. I feel like the constant comments and questions and confusions caused by that would be way more stressful than being raised as one gender (in terms of using "he" or "she" and not "they") and switching at a certain point."
Agreed. And claiming that she will raise her son as genderfluid until the age of 18 is unlikely to work out because he is going to have an opinion on how he wants to dress and what he likes to play with way before 18. An a gender-fluid person is someone who might identify as a girl one day and a boy the next. Is she going to force him to wear dresses every now and then until he is 18, so she can say she is raising him genderfluid? It makes more sense for parents to say that they aren't going to raise a child according to strict gender roles and then let them gravitate towards their interests rather than to try and make them live as genderfluid for 18 years.
Agreed. And claiming that she will raise her son as genderfluid until the age of 18 is unlikely to work out because he is going to have an opinion on how he wants to dress and what he likes to play with way before 18. An a gender-fluid person is someone who might identify as a girl one day and a boy the next. Is she going to force him to wear dresses every now and then until he is 18, so she can say she is raising him genderfluid? It makes more sense for parents to say that they aren't going to raise a child according to strict gender roles and then let them gravitate towards their interests rather than to try and make them live as genderfluid for 18 years.
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yes ...
It's much more to do with the parents than it is about the kids; their insecurities about their own ability to just let a child be a child, and their being more hung up on stereotypes than the people they are supposedly trying not to be like.
It's much more to do with the parents than it is about the kids; their insecurities about their own ability to just let a child be a child, and their being more hung up on stereotypes than the people they are supposedly trying not to be like.
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That's very interesting.... choosing such a masculine name but then raising them genderfluid. Interesting choice. Sylvester Apollo Bear is a neat name, very celebrity-appropriate.
I don't quite understand your logic about Sylvester being "not something someone irl is called"....Sylvester is legitimate. It's a saint's name. There were 3 popes named Sylvester. It's pretty old-fashioned, but plenty of people are called Sylvester in real life.
I don't quite understand your logic about Sylvester being "not something someone irl is called"....Sylvester is legitimate. It's a saint's name. There were 3 popes named Sylvester. It's pretty old-fashioned, but plenty of people are called Sylvester in real life.
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Well, there's popes who chose the names Formosus and Sixtus, and those sure aren't the kind of names we picture on real ordinary people.
Sylvester has been used on real people, sure, but not all that often. And the few Sylvesters I can think of (Stallone, Sly of the Family Stone, and the cartoon cat) are two celebs and a made-up critter.
Sylvester has been used on real people, sure, but not all that often. And the few Sylvesters I can think of (Stallone, Sly of the Family Stone, and the cartoon cat) are two celebs and a made-up critter.
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