12:21 AM
I said it last year, and I'll say it this year, since the world hasn't gotten the message just yet and it's irritating as all Hell. If I'm to stay in a place where Halloween exists, I'd appreciate not seeing "G*psy costumes" being marketed or played to stereotypes.
I could not talk about her much at home, although Maman was wonderful and talented and loving and absolutely beautiful, because of what society was like, and my acceptance as a doctor was already somewhat challenged, but she certainly was NOT a costume, did not tell fortunes or dance, and was certainly no...
My maman was no costume. I am not a costume. And I continue to be offended by the implications otherwise. Perhaps I can do nothing about this, but how I wish that I could, all the same.
I could not talk about her much at home, although Maman was wonderful and talented and loving and absolutely beautiful, because of what society was like, and my acceptance as a doctor was already somewhat challenged, but she certainly was NOT a costume, did not tell fortunes or dance, and was certainly no...
My maman was no costume. I am not a costume. And I continue to be offended by the implications otherwise. Perhaps I can do nothing about this, but how I wish that I could, all the same.