What They Didn't Teach Yo Ass in School

By Lee Gray

An earnest collection of musings regarding love and life -- and everything they didn't bother teaching your ass in school.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lee Gray
• Release date: Jan 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386207948

Lee Gray

Lee is a lesbian who lives in California.

Book preview

I'm Sorry

How do you apologize to a star?

Sometimes

there are

moonless nights.

Facts

I don't identify as black.

I don't identify as gay.

I don't identify as a woman.

These are biological states of existence.

I don't choose to make my hair nappy.

I don't choose to be aroused by women.

I don't choose to have a vagina.

The shit is just there.

These are not feelings.

They are facts.

If I identify

as a Fucking Rainbow Pony,

a man is not going to respect my identity

while he's raping me.

If I identify

as a Fucking Rainbow Pony,

a racist is not going to respect my identity

while they're beating me during an arrest—

If I identify

as a Fucking Rainbow Pony,

homophobes are not going to respect my identity

while they're raping me, while they're beating me, and while they're calling me a dyke—

This is not who I am.

This is what I am.

It's not a costume.

It's not a feeling.

It's just . . . facts.

Welcome to reality,

where no one gives a good shit

about how you feel.

So Much Fiya

Mother.

You wanted a Virgo child.

A child that was polite,

quiet,

well-behaved.

And you got one.

But you didn't count

on all the fire—

all my fire

baffled you.

Mother.

You forgot the Chinese