The year is 2018, but for some reason I still feel as if I’m trapped in 1918. I am a woman working three jobs and pursuing my master’s degree on a track towards my Ph.D.; and yet for my family, somehow that still isn’t good enough. When I go home I am hit with a barrage of questions: “When are you going to stop and settle down? Men don’t like it if you are too smart, you know.” “You are not going to be able to have children forever you know, the clock is ticking!”
“Aren’t you dating? I know some really nice boys your age who would be perfect and could take care of you.” Regardless of intention, regardless of whether they believe these things are what is best for me, it makes it incredibly difficult to have a strong connection with my family when it feels as if they don’t understand me at all. These questions and ones like them go on and on, as if to say that the only way to be accepted as having any semblance of self worth is through finding a husband and having child and not due to my…
So stop fawning over him and look at his policies. Now, white, gay men aren’t leading with Pete Buttigieg’s sex appeal. But they don’t have to. Their actions, celebrating him like he’s the next cumming of Jesus Christ, read loud and clear. I’m not discounting the exciting proposition of an out, gay candidate for any office. I yearn for far more diversity among our elected officials, but not at the expense of policies that will help the LGBTQ population, and us all. Let me be clear. I, too, would sit on Mayor Pete’s face. But only to shut him the f**k up from saying all that racist shit. And that equivocation shit. And all that self-serving shit. For a few weeks now I’ve been seeing Pete Buttigieg mania everywhere, especially among white, gay men: social media, corporate media, conversations with white, gay male friends. And it’s gotten to the point where I felt it necessary to dispel some myths about the two-term Democratic mayor from South Bend, Indiana. Sure, Mayor Pete, as many call him…
Generations Everyone has different expectations and thoughts regarding the different generations. The most common generations are the Silent Generation (age 70-90), The Baby Boomers (age 51-69), Generation X (36-50), and the Millennials (age 21-35). Each generation has its own distinct characteristics based off of experiences and events during the era they were living in. Generational Names in the United States, ThoughtCo My grandparents were from the Silent Generation and grew up during segregation and the civil rights movement. As a Millennial, I grew up in an era where we are embracing so much cultural diversity and advance technology; despite the adversity that follows. Another thing about generations is that each group had to overcome their own struggles in their time. People continue to age throughout other generation time periods. However, this does not play a huge significance in their lives; only the era that people are born and raised in impact their lives. Nonetheless, due to…
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