Nils Pickert
Writer
Around The World in a Dress and a Skirt
Posted: 09/25/2012 10:32 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nils-pickert/skirt-dad_b_1911444.htmlLet me introduce myself: I'm the dad who wears a skirt.
Maybe you've heard or read about me. To my astonishment, I read about me recently. That was peculiar, since I'm used to reading my own writing -- not stories about how I behaved or dressed up. So let's clarify what happened.
I am a writer. I write poetry, prose, advertising copy and articles for newspapers and magazines. Some of these articles are about my life: how to raise kids, how to have an emancipated relationship and how to act as a father and a man in these times. Not long ago, I wrote an article for Germany's most famous feminist magazine, EMMA, about getting all skirted up to support my son, who likes to wear dresses and skirts in public. The magazine asked for a photo, so I sent them a few shots. On the day the story came out online, I happened to be on vacation.
