Poem #3
Growing up I always had this fear of not being feminine enough for my Hispanic parents. I like monster trucks and playing in the dirt but my parents wanted me to play with dolls and to some extent I did. I eventually started to grow more feminine but at that point I grew an aversion to things that may make me seem more masculine. It took many years of acceptance but I have let myself be who...
Feminism for Men
I think that most of us can agree that we are rooting for an equal society. I personally don’t feel that most men around me are clinging to their privilege or are scared of what they might lose if we put an end to the systemic oppression of womxn. Yet that is not enough. The fact that you think of yourself as a supporter of feminism might be the very thing that prevents you from questioning you...
Gender/Ghost
The moon, the rabbit, the elixir, the lady, the beach, the mauveSouls are freakish purple pearls on thatplutonium shore,Standing like a vigil whilst you and your time ebb and flow,Mine is a hermaphrodite In a slip dressOr a lawn shirt,FluidAs the crashing wavesAnd hurtling windsDo make a mirage out of me.
I’m gay, so why can’t I talk to women?
There’s a lot going on here, but basically, I spent a decade unable to relax around women. Why? Well, all because I’m gay. You should really have got that from the title. I started university in 2012, which funnily enough was the same time I began taking a keen interest in hardcore gay porn. I was, like most 18-year-olds, self-conscious and desperate to fit in. So, it’s safe to say that I cou...