Pig Candy, city life

[nifwitch]

Today the author of the memoir that's been disturbing me came into the store. She begged me to put her book in the window. I told her it was a brilliant idea (she's a neighbor and about to have a book signing) and implemented it right away. I also said that I was 3/4 of the way through her book, and that because her father was just a little bit

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[oracne]

This is a very moving post. Thanks.

I linked to it; hope that's okay.

[nifwitch]

I saw the link and was very touched. You made me cry too!

Thank you.

Also, you helped ericaceous find me, which is cool.

[oracne]

You know ericaceous!

[nifwitch]

I know! And thanks to Google, I also now understand where her LJ name comes from. Very clever.

[chitinous]

Do you know about this community? light_not_white

chreebomb maintains it. I am in it, too. Last year was my big year of identity crisis, trying to make sense of a) the ethnicity-specific anti-semitism and cognitive dissonance I experience around being Jewish, and b) doing a lot of genealogical research to find out why my mother is just a little too brown to be white, which nobody in my family talks about. (There just isn't much documentation about my roots, period.) I can't remember if you have met my mother or not. At any rate, the community has been a great support for me personally and also a great tool in forming alliances with others living ethnically/racially ambiguous lives.

[nifwitch]

You've mentioned it. I sent you email with more thoughts, but I will check it out.