𝖲𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂𝗌 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖥𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗈?" asks Katy with genuine curiosity.⁣
I reply,⁣
“𝖧𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇, 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂 𝖺𝗆, 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗌, 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀. 𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇.”⁣
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The Black Flamingo is about Michael and his path to embracing who he is being gay and mixed raced (half Jamaican, half Greek-Cyprian) growing up in the UK. ⁣
And eventually finds himself through poetry and drag performance.⁣
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While i listened to the audiobook version, which was narrated by the author, i loved every piece of it. The poetry in it was so good with amazing quotes. It’s a quick read, beautiful and light. ⁣
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There are topics for discussion: ⁣
𝖦𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗒 ⁣
𝖡𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄, ⁣
𝖡𝗂𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅, ⁣
𝖱𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗆,⁣
𝖧𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗉𝗁𝗈𝖻𝗂𝖺 (internalized) ,⁣
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖣𝗋𝖺𝗀.
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. A coming of age being both black and queer.