Today in advisory, the kids were in one of the very interesting life discussions that I have learned is a trademark of the high school aged person. They are constantly defining and redefining the world around them -- which kids of all ages do, sort of, but for the first time, these guys are sometimes talking about ME. i.e. the pink lesbian in the room.
Today, there was some comment as three girls clustered around the computer, and the Divine Miss M. turns around and says,
"You can't say what lesbians look like, they could look like anything. You never know who could be a lesbian. You can't say just cause someone looks like something they a lesbian. Anyway, if they is, there's nothing wrong with it. My cousin is a lesbian so I know."
Lecture done, she turns back to the computer and her girls.
Another comment I don't hear from the table of boys, and the Divine Miss M turns around again and says calmly, "I ain't calling her out. She don't care who know. And I don't have a problem with my cousin, she don't have a problem and I don't have a problem." She turns around again.
One of the boys tries to tell some joke about it, but no one takes the bait. The conversation turns to the PhD student from Columbia who wants to study teens and video games, and if she'll give them free ones.
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