DelaCruz:QuestionsthatIwouldlovetoanswer,butIcan’t.You’regonnahavetotuneinandfindout.Ijustpromiseyouthat...everyoneontheteamhasbeenreallysupportiveaboutmebeingmeandbeingcomfortableinwhatI’mwearing.Asfarasdrawing,Stevehadthehandydandynotebookontheshowandmylittlesister…wantedahandydandynotebookandofcourseshehadit,andIstoleitandkeptdrawinginit.Mostofmylife,IthoughtIwantedtobeanillustrator,andnowthatthat’ssofarremovedfromme,I’mlike,youdon’twantmedrawing.It’snotmyministry.ButIlovedrawing,andIremember“Blue’sClues”encapsulatedeverythingthatIlove:curiosity,theadventureofgoingtonewplaces,skiddooingintoapicture,exercisingyourimagination,beingabletosinganddanceandbesilly,andthentodrawontopofthat,itwasmagicforsomebodythatwasn’tsupposedtobewatchingtheshow.

    SeasonOne,itwasmorenewsybecauseithadtobe,becausewewereinthemiddleofapandemic.Imean,evenmakingthething,itwassixofus,andIwastheonlypersonwithoutamaskon,andIwasn’tevenallowedtotakepublictransportatthetime.Itwassoseparate,andeverythingwasoverZoom,anditwasaverychallengingshowlogisticallytomake.

    Refusaltorecognizeaperson'sgenderidentitythrougherectingobstaclesthatinterferewithanindividual'sprivacyandphysicalintegrityisnotjustadenialoftheirrights.Itisalsoadenialofwhotheyare.

    "Weseethe[genderbending]aspartofthedisorderbecauseitissoconnectedtohismother,"Ehrinclarified."Whateverpermutationsthereareasidefromthatarevalid,butitwasn’tthedriveofthestorytelling.Itreallyisabouthisobsessionandneedingliterallytoabsorbher."

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    RememberingthatthisisaTVshow,whichisfirstandforemostgearedatentertainingaudiences,somethingfishycouldbegoingonwith“MadameShrink.”SchwehmbelievestheshiftinheretiquettefromSeason1toSeason2justdoesn’tmakesenselogically,unlesstheshowisplanningoninvolvingherintheinvestigationsurroundingPerry’sdeath.Fornow,DetectiveAdrienneQuinlan(MerrinDungey)stronglysuspectstheMontereyFivehavesomethingtodowithit,soitwouldn’tbeunwisetoinvolveDr.ReismanassheknowspersonaldetailsaboutPerryandCeleste’smarriage,aswellasMadeline’s.

    Andithelpsdispelthemyththatwomensomehowhaveabetterhandleontheirmentalhealthsimplybecausetheycanaccuratelyidentifyanemotion.(Thebarisapparentlyreallythatlowifwe’retalkingaboutgenderedreflectionsofemotionalwell-being.)