via ohrohin:
I am currently reading Eileen Myles’ Inferno. It’s a piece of literature that digs deep deep deep into this idea of being a perpetual outsider, even in a subculture populated by misfits who are secretly trying to fit in. This morning, I read Maura Johnston’s treatise on how being an outsider has made her a sharper critic, even if it means she’s had to work harder as a result. Yesterday, Allison Bland at The Awl wrote about how being an outsider has cost her jobs but how that’s made her a strong person overall.
I am a loud advocate of small presses like Birds of Lace and Dancing Girl Press. I am a huge fan of Amanda Palmer because she has helped push the RIAA to the brink of extinction. To this day, I still champion Jerri Blank as an icon for those of us who are/were too ______ for ______ scene; we were so _______ for those scenes that we went ahead and made our own scenes. So I’m going to go ahead and declare 2012 the year of the outsider.
We’re on repeats for the holidays, right? Feel free to enjoy this one I wrote not too long ago.
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ohrohin reblogged this from ohrohin and added:
holidays, right? Feel free
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