I am not a strong black woman

Nate Lippens offers “Advice for Recent Arrivals: Dos & Don’ts & More Don’ts for Gay Boy Refugees” in The Stranger‘s queer issue:

So you made it out of that backwater town in one piece. Now comes the hard part–acclimating to a new place and living an openly gay life. Soon enough you will discover which bars cater to your distorted physical ideals, that meth is very bad, and that a deep tan is ugly and pre-cancerous–but what about the other stuff? Here’s a cheat sheet to save you some time and trouble.

Note to self: I am not a strong black woman.

Aside: A few weeks ago, I started to tell Thom about an article I had read in The Stranger (you know, the Seattle weekly), and responding to my question about whether he was familiar with the paper, he said, “Oh, so you don’t mean the Camus novel?” I love this man.