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My grandmother woke up one night in terrible tooth pain. My grandparents did not have insurance, and a private-practice dentist was prohibitive so they went to a local dentistry school where students provided treatment under the supervision of faculty. It was sliding scale. It was like being a model for Bumble and Bumble and getting bangs.
Out of all the different ways there are to be white, being Italian is my favorite.
The problem with being an object of beauty, a beautiful object, is that you exist only when you’re looked at and thus to remain alive you must be constantly looked at, the way some sharks need to be in motion to breathe. It feels like soul death when their eyes are off you.
The rest of the world is plundered and bombed so rich white people can eat Caesar salad with each other and be inane.
Unless it is read, a book is just an object. There are no holy texts without believers to read them.
