Reposted by Disco Barrington 🏳️⚧️ Author
Book 2 is coming!
THIS IS HOW WE STAY ALIVE will be published next autumn by @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social. It’s an interconnected standalone novella, set in the same world as THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS.
I am so proud of this book. It’s mega queer, super diverse & angry as hell. 📚💙📚🏳️🌈 #writingsky
![[Macklemore:]
When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before Pre-K, trippin'"
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league"
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those that like the same sex
Had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don't know
And "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago
I don't know
[Mary Lambert:]
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqfdzmexov3ox6t6bs74hszd/bafkreiehcy6y2nltfm4cne47rss64og7yeqgkakfopzlmbnczazdoldwti)
