Conversation

"Jacky, how is that you 'make' everything political?"

I don't "make" something political. Politics isn't a box, the words someone speaks or just some whim. It's the relationship of power that controls the relationships between *everything*.

Like who can use a bathroom. Who has the right to have water or have a path to wealth. Who can enjoy "creature comforts". And who can participate in understanding politics and those who can complain about it "ruining" everything.

[This is one of the reasons why I do not understand the 'CW your political post' nor will I ever: it's effectively choosing to opt out of life. And if you have the luxury, I'm not the person you want to follow or see! I can't wash away my Blackness. Coming out completely would destroy a lot of existing relationships I have. And falling in line with the normative (read: conservative) nature of people will do nothing but repress myself in ways I fought not to over a decade.]