I often get asked about code switching.
African Diasporan
Black
Southern
Jewish
Gay, Kinsey 6
Big, Stocky, Meaty, Heavy, Bear
Slightly Gender Fluid
Male, cis male
American
DMVer
Empathic
Generation X
It's like a ton of gears you have to play
But it's an amazing tool box
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African Diasporan
Black
Southern
Jewish
Gay, Kinsey 6
Big, Stocky, Meaty, Heavy, Bear
Slightly Gender Fluid
Male, cis male
American
DMVer
Empathic
Generation X
It's like a ton of gears you have to play
But it's an amazing tool box
Thread
African Diasporan I've always felt tuned into the international soul of Black Africans everywhere. I'm not "just Black," I've always felt myself part of the global family with all its nooks&crannies. I can't imagine a life where spirit, sound&savor aren't ever present.
Black.
More complicated.
Many layers. Being mixed heritage. But still being one drop Black for generations on both sides. But church Black. My nigga Black. Must dance it out Black. "Must" die at the hands of cops Black. Must fight back Black. Black joy&Black art&Black sex Black.
More complicated.
Many layers. Being mixed heritage. But still being one drop Black for generations on both sides. But church Black. My nigga Black. Must dance it out Black. "Must" die at the hands of cops Black. Must fight back Black. Black joy&Black art&Black sex Black.
Southern. Before American. It is my point of reference. The address of my exile. There are rules, understandings. Crepe myrtle. Iced tea everyday. Red black and white. It's a responsibility. A feeling that I have something to uphold. It is transethnic.
Jewish. Mishpocheh. Peoplehood. A calling to be together. Robes of responsibility. Something 4k years old that is as new as today. Model Ani. House smells like bread chicken soup. Jewish is looking out for each other. Feeling isolated in December. Its feeling every burning light
Gay. Turning fear into love. All the time. It's the fact I have to live with compassion&snark in the same body. Its joyful homoeroticism. Losing shame over controlled sluttiness. I said it. It's the way hugs from other gay men feel. Knowing something abt them born in a rainbow.
Big.
Having to prove myself all the time...as healthy or aware of my body and body space. Having people's surprise abt my intelligence or sex drive or self control. Fear. Hurt. Rejection... feeling beneath when I was supposed to be on top. Feeling kinship with others like me.
Having to prove myself all the time...as healthy or aware of my body and body space. Having people's surprise abt my intelligence or sex drive or self control. Fear. Hurt. Rejection... feeling beneath when I was supposed to be on top. Feeling kinship with others like me.
Slightly gender fluid. I've just learned this term in the past few years. Expression. Fear of being labeled queer but only being queer. Empathy. Not giving a fuck. You only live once. You realize u arent the only outlier&u wont be the last. Sissy that walk, keep calm, tights on.
Male. Everything frm military gear to trucks to boys w/beards&chest hair to preaching to intellectual sparing to lone wolf&hormones to male bonding that was platonic to protecting sisters to stepping back. EMPATHY for women, awareness, fear of being too male too Blk in America.
American. Self aware. Apparent. A confederate identity (I feel like we are all loosely unified but not quite there.) Felt it most with Obama, less now. Love and revulsion. Bewilderment. Ideals, hope. Contextual power. Dreams. Am I an American dream or their American nightmare?
DMV. marble. Battlefields. Plantations. Go go. Half smokes and crab on the steps and Chocolate City striving. Howard U. MD burns. NOVA. metro. Politics is life. Diplomacy. Embassies. The world is here. Pupusas. Jollof rice. Rock Creek Park. Dupont.
Empathic....look it up...I'm tired
Generation X. We weren't slackers. We found out halfway through adulthood we were just weren't going to inherit shit. Joy of 70s and 80s originality. We were gods of youth. They got rich off of us but now we are the disconnected elders. Times change.
