'Box Business'

First, many thanks to my mother's friend John for the title of this blog entry.


Secondly, let's take this time to really think on 'boxes'. They can be very useful things when used correctly. This entry ISN'T about those folks that are using them correctly.


Third, again borrowing from my mother's friend John, I find I have a certain 'righteous anger' towards those who misuse the box.


Now, we all know the people that misuse the boxes. They are surrounded by boxes themselves, inside and out and they long to place the rest of us in boxes as well. The boxes themselves would be harmless if they didn't carry THE LABELS!!! You know! . . . There's the race label, the sexuality label, the gender label, the weight label, the list goes on and on, the nation label, the religious label. This is what makes the boxes TRULY HEAVY!


For myself, I look at this 'box business' as deeply personal. I fit in so many boxes. I will 'choose a box' to live in when I can wake up in the morning and choose to be either black, female, lesbian, heavy, compassionate, or any one of the many things that I am each and every day, not by choice, but by design.