Comments on: non-definition as a defined identity

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:18:10 +0000

“ow do you approach an identity that is defined not by gay or straight or even bisexual, but by its shared distaste for defining its new hybridity in those binary terms at all?”

’round here, we call it “queer.”

…a word that also means many other different things depending on where you are.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:19:05 +0000

you just don’t label them in front of them. if you label them they hate it, if you group together all the people who hate being labeled, then you’re labeling them again. so on and and so forth =P
i loved both the articles, the whole open mindedness as well as all the expectations of all the parents is something i grew up with (i’m actually starting hs at bronx science this sept, it’s kinda like stuyvesant) but i don’t really think they’re entirely opposites, i mean, rebellion usually does stem from overprotection, and i think the girls in the second article are just on the verge.

By: jenks

jenks — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:55:12 +0000

allison – everyone wants to feel they and their particular needs and mode of communication are being genuinely understood. those needs and modes differ for every group of “humans” out there, and demand being addressed individually.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:28:59 +0000

Um, seems obvious to me… start treating them like humans?