"it could have been any one of us"
A poignant, heartfelt response to the recent devastating fire in Oakland
And yet for many of us, these spaces are what have kept us alive. In a world that demands its inhabitants to be a certain way, think a certain way, or live a certain way, we gravitate to the spaces that say: Welcome. Be yourself. For the tormented queer, the bullied punk, the beaten trans, the spat-upon white trash, the disenfranchised immigrants and young people of color, these spaces are a haven of understanding in a world that doesn’t understand - or can’t, or doesn’t seem to want to try.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/04/it-could-have-been-any-one-of-us/
And yet for many of us, these spaces are what have kept us alive. In a world that demands its inhabitants to be a certain way, think a certain way, or live a certain way, we gravitate to the spaces that say: Welcome. Be yourself. For the tormented queer, the bullied punk, the beaten trans, the spat-upon white trash, the disenfranchised immigrants and young people of color, these spaces are a haven of understanding in a world that doesn’t understand - or can’t, or doesn’t seem to want to try.
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/04/it-could-have-been-any-one-of-us/