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June 1st
Never liked Pride much.
Never had much use, I guess,
for angel wings and body paint,
and my coordination wasn’t right
for dancing on a float.
Never had much use, I guess,
for angel wings and body paint,
and my coordination wasn’t right
for dancing on a float.
Published 1st Jun 2022
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1st Jun 2022 10:20am
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- Edited 1st Jun 2022 1:35pm
1st Jun 2022 1:00pm
I understand this poem. I do, very much so, deeply.
Not to rain on your parade (lol) but Imagine a world without it. Not so long ago by cultural standards. (And in much of the world, it is not even possible yet, upon pain of risking incarceration or violent death.)
Behind all the (sometimes desperate) fun are a few *simple* needs
"We belong. Please let us be seen. Please allow us to love ourselves. Please stop killing us. And today I'd like to forget about all that and just have fun."
That's what it's about.
(Unlike a mardi gras though, I find the trick to enjoying the Pride festivities is not to drink, LOL, personally.)
Not to rain on your parade (lol) but Imagine a world without it. Not so long ago by cultural standards. (And in much of the world, it is not even possible yet, upon pain of risking incarceration or violent death.)
Behind all the (sometimes desperate) fun are a few *simple* needs
"We belong. Please let us be seen. Please allow us to love ourselves. Please stop killing us. And today I'd like to forget about all that and just have fun."
That's what it's about.
(Unlike a mardi gras though, I find the trick to enjoying the Pride festivities is not to drink, LOL, personally.)
1st Jun 2022 7:33pm
Thank you for your kind and perceptive comment, it’s very compassionate and has given me a new way of looking at Pride. I still don’t care for it, and to be honest I find it in its present incarnation corporate, skin-deep, and fetishised, reductive of the queer experience to surfaces. But it certainly had power once, before it was commercialised just as everything is in this world.
You’ve convinced me to at least think about engaging with it more, though.
You’ve convinced me to at least think about engaging with it more, though.
Anonymous
- Edited 1st Jun 2022 9:35pm
1st Jun 2022 9:34pm
Honestly? I never go🤷♀️ (It's a very male space. But that's just me). Don't worry, you are definitely, most certainly not obliged. Are you a bar person? Do you LIKE big, boisterous, crowds of happy people persons?
I LOVE humanity. But the crush of the crowd is not necessarily something my inclinations drive me to seek out. It need be no more than that. Don't worry, and honor your own inclinations. That's the most important thing. YOU are the most important part of "yourself." LOL LOVE!!! AmIrite?
I LOVE humanity. But the crush of the crowd is not necessarily something my inclinations drive me to seek out. It need be no more than that. Don't worry, and honor your own inclinations. That's the most important thing. YOU are the most important part of "yourself." LOL LOVE!!! AmIrite?
