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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Mira pretends

It started with Elmo. She began making her Elmo doll blow kisses to her about 2 or 3 weeks ago. She would take Elmo's hand, press it to Elmo's mouth, make a "kissing" sound, and then move Elmo's hand away from Elmo's face and toward her.

After that, she started putting her baby doll into the high chair. She'd then go get some of her fake plastic food and hold it up to the doll's mouth and say "Mmmm".

Next came putting Mr. Bear (her teddy bear) to bed. (See the video.)

In the video, I'm talking to her to keep her on track for the purpose of making the video shorter than an hour, but actually the origin of all of these activities was MiraRap mogul and Hollywood producer Jay-Z and his wife, pop megastar Beyonce, will be honored by gay rights group GLAAD this month for their role in “accelerating LGBTQ acceptance.”

GLAAD said Beyonce, who has a large gay fanbase, is being recognized for speaking out about marriage equality nationwide; for including members of the LBGTQ community in her music videos; and for dedicating one of her performances to the victims and survivors of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting.

Jay-Z received the GLAAD Special Recognition Award last year for his song and video for “Smile,” which featured his mother Gloria Carter, who is a lesbian. GLAAD said the rap icon is being honored because of his inclusion of LGBTQ artists in his work, from Janet Mock to James Baldwin, and for his