Try to be kind of different

A phrase I often use is “Don’t be a shit.” Specifically, it’s a phrase I use within a WhatsApp group with three of my best friends who happen, like me, to be gay men. “Don’t be a shit,” and the expression’s more deadpan cousin: “You shit bag,” make regular appearances in our chats. It’s a faux rebuke but most often used as a kind of high-five for a comment that is inventive in its scorn, sharp in its delivery, or maybe just deliciously daring in pointing out someone’s shortcomings. “Don’t be a shit” translates as: “You’re so hilarious,” or “You’re so nasty, I want to hug you!” Gay culture is steeped in this kind of irreverence. Throwing shade and the ability to “read to filth” are gay cultural exports that permeate…

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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2018

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