IS THAT STRAIGHT CULTURE, BEARING DOWN UPON US, AS IT WILL DO IN BOSTON ON AUG. 31? Behind the music comes a battalion of women with matching haircuts demanding that a manager, somewhere, turn the music down. People along the parade route shout at these women to smile, and they smile, because this is what the gaze demands! And the parade goes on and on, out and out, past the city and into the suburbs, which are also marching in the parade. On the sidewalk, it is watched by couples holding hands who always get to hold hands, who never even think about getting to hold hands, to whom the media and the world hold up an enormous mirror at all times.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2019 21:22 UTC