Happy Holigays: On Unbelievable Gay Futures and Confronting Luck and Privilege
With the false veil of oppression starkly lifted by our parents’ easy love and acceptance, I am forced to confront my perceived identity as a marginalized person.
With the false veil of oppression starkly lifted by our parents’ easy love and acceptance, I am forced to confront my perceived identity as a marginalized person.
What if your parents want to talk about The Wall? Or The NHS? What if they offer their unsolicited opinions on Elizabeth Warren or AOC? It’s too late to turn back, so enjoy these tunes as you drive towards an inevitable argument.
I’m still trying to absorb it. It felt so odd, intrusive, illusionary to see this (beautiful, though wrongly and overly beautified in many ways) image of these people — I’ve spent so many hours considering them, thinking of them, imagining, evoking.
You Must Remember This started as a passion project in April 2014. “I heard what it would sound like, and I was not really happy with my professional situation at the time. And so, I just thought “I can hear what this podcast sounds like in my head. Why don’t I try to make it?” So, I did.”
Millennials are burnt out, in shitty underpaid jobs and many of us still trying to crawl out of generational poverty. Here are some straight-up useful resources for those who are short on cash.