Baopu #37: Turn Me Upside Down
I feel like I’m stuck being the ‘now me.’
I feel like I’m stuck being the ‘now me.’
“Wait! Don’t leave me all alone here with this white guilt!”
“This is fine. I don’t need to graduate school.”
“For me, there’s pretty much always been a clear line between sexual intimacy and emotional intimacy.”
“There is a point at which my body reaches maximum capacity for stress and responds to emotional stimuli, positive or negative, with tears.”
“You know they don’t like to be called white.”
“You got any snacks?”
“Now that I’m a grown-up (sike!), I find myself capable of doing just about anything! … Anything, of course, except asking for help when I’m going through a thing or something is hard for me.”
When I saw it, somehow I knew it was mine.
“Mommy, why are you lying on the floor like that?”
“Work is keeping you busy?” “No, I’ve been busy going on dates!”
“But tomorrow, I turn thirty! A near-twenty years beyond ever expected!”
“As a kid, I was always really confused about who my family was…”
Boy? Girl? BOY OR GIRL?
It’s where I keep my most precious treasures.
“When I was 20, I fell in love with my best friend.”
“It’s been three years since my mother told me that she’ll never accept my sexuality.”
You should watch [whitest show ever]! It’s so good!
“I thought downloading Tinder would be a good idea, but I’m WAY too shy to do anything on it.”
“Many presume they are entitled to the intimate quirks, details, and sorted history of my body…”