Jenna Karvunidis served a simple pink cake in 2008 to celebrate her child's birth and expected gender — a child who now subverts typical gender roles.
As the gender reveal trend grew, Karvunidis began seeing the reveal parties as less than innocent. Karvunidis, now a mom of three, is wary of the parties not only because many now include pyrotechnics and have sparked wildfires and caused injuries and death, but because of how they box in children and place unnecessary emphasis on gender at birth.Now, after a gender reveal party caused a destructive wildfire in southern California this weekend, Karvunidis elaborated on her feelings. "Stop it.