Posts Tagged “identity”
Let’s start with what you know, Nik. When you were a child, you wanted to be a priest. Well, sure. You also wanted to be an astronaut, a rockstar, president, and a superhero. Somewhere along the line, you realized or were told that you couldn’t be a priest, and thought that nun maybe sounded nice, [...]
Inevitably, someone will ask about the word “gay”. Or queer. Or dyke or fag. I tag on the words lame, tranny, spaz, retard, gypped, and so on. They ask “Why is it not okay to say these words?” I respond that they are hurtful, because they are almost always used in a denigrating context: “That’s [...]
Boxes/labels/words – things which separate us, highlight our differences, create barriers. One or the other: yes or no; male or female; straight or gay; kinky or vanilla; monogamous or slut – the black and white dichotomies go on and on and on, a fact which I find both amusing and scary as I muddle through [...]
my middle name is not butchie but when i moved to arizona i could have .sworn. someone slipped those letters in on my birth certificate when i wasn’t looking because suddenly i was “butchie from seattle” “butch nik”, expected to wear flannel and fleece vests (of which i have more than a few) double americano [...]
Saving it up a bit at a time! Many thanks to those folks who contribute to making this possible.