so-soIt was okay. There were no big revelations or really rememberable stories. I think when you read a memoir or book of personal essays you come out feeling like you‘ve spent time with the author. Except for the moments where Hitchins talks about his family, I didn‘t feel that here.
pickThank you Shelagh Rogers (of CBC‘s The Next Chapter) for alerting me to this funny and poignant collection of autobiographical essays by gay comedian Shawn Hitchins. I love it! “One Ginger‘s Anthology of Humiliation” is a gain for the rest of us.
#Canadianauthor #LGBTQ
This premonition was accompanied by an omnipotent voice that declared: “You will lose everything!”
I acknowledged the voice. It was Thor. (When I start hearing the voice of an omnipotent force, as an atheist, I get to select a ginger pagan option.)
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Even as a gay man, it‘s very difficult to have a heart-to-heart moment while someone is nuzzling at their own anus. (From the essay ‘Holy Catrimony.‘)
Holding a baby comes as natural to me as holding a nuclear fuel rod.
Imagine a haunted city built into a dead volcano infested with tens of thousands of needy jugglers, actors, singers, comedians, stilt walkers, buskers, university glee clubs, and Australians—all who are subsisting on a diet of meat pies, whisky, Red Bull, and zero sleep, all who are desperately seeking your attention. On average, each act or show will have four punters in the audience.
My parents gave birth to a nuclear plant of homosexuality, and they stared at me in absolute fear, not knowing how to remedy the situation.
#20factsaboutme
Hard to pass up a chance to overshare! 😉
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Looking forward to some humor after so much serious.
A Brief History of Oversharing: One Gingeras Anthology of Humiliation | 
