One of my friends said a funny thing about the pictures of Mark and me at Saturday's rally. You need to look angrier, she joked. And I totally agreed. I'd actually practiced making a livid face and giving the finger to some imaginary Focus on the Family member, but once Mark pointed the lens at me, well...
There's something difficult, actually, about keeping up the rage when you're talking about marriage. Sample chant: What do we want? GAY MARRIAGE! When do we want it? NOW! Say that three times and try not to smile. There was plenty of laughter and good spirit at both the New York and Houston protests last week, and I actually don't think any of that undermines the cause.
Maybe what I'm missing tonight is standing alongside my kind, not in some bar or at the gym, but out there on the street together. That kindness.
But just to prove I'm capable of looking mean when the need arises...
Run for your lives!
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I remain unconvinced...perhaps some method acting classes will help...you're still adorable!
you are so wonderful. i'm sorry i giggled at your mean, angry face.
I tried, damn it!
I still remember a fake fierce look you once put on at the Sofitel in LA, when for one moment I could see how your serious Slavic looks would appear, animated by a completely different soul. It was terrifying (and a little thrilling)!
But you and Mark did look lovable, not angry, shouldering your protest signs.
I have to agree with the others who've already commented. Your spirit is so pure it's just not possible to imagine your angry face as genuine. And that is such a good thing!
i had a tiny---and i mean tiny---bit of guilt for laughing and enjoying the protest on saturday. but it passed.
Snicker, guffaw, ha!
Having a sense of pure focused communal purpose is empowering.
I'm looking forward to the day when we can all stand together in the same space and feel we are with "our" kind. I know what you meant, but as a straight woman with many gay friends, it stings a little when a gay friend says, I've got a show tonight, but it's at the gay bar, and I don't think you want to go, or when a party is thrown and I'm not on the guest list because I'm not a lesbian.
As I said, I know that wasn't the spirit behind your comments, just an observation.
And good god, you are adorable—Mark too.
Scrumptious.
Lu, you are definitely my kind, our kind! Phooey to that kind of exclusion! It's time we put an end to that.
(And thank you for the sweet compliments. xx)
a friend just related a story from the philly protest on saturday. two friends of hers broke up-AT the protest. it was sort of funny, because she said "isn't that what they want you to do?" the broken-up friends recognized the humor, thankfully.
For myself, I'd like to see a world without labels. They're inadequate to describe the diversity of human beings; sexuality is just too complicated to be contained by "gay" "straight" etc. Besides, it doesn't necessarily align with who you love.
The protest I attended was pretty celebratory, with the emphasis on marriage as a representation of love(one hopes!). How can you not celebrate love? That's why Mark and Paul couldn't look angry...
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