What She Writes About

She’s writing about gay people

And it really--

I don’t know what to tell her

I really don’t

I don’t think she has the right

And that’s--

And I know she loves gay people

I know she--

I mean, the way she loves gay people

Is kind of--

Ugh, I don’t want to say

It’s problematic

But, it’s like, intensely problematic

Because she talks about us

Like, we’re her pets or something

I mean that

I really do

It’s that, sort of, diminutive

It’s very minimalizing or--

Probably wrong words here

But you get what I mean

So now she’s sitting there

At this dinner we’re at

Telling me how she’s writing this book

About gay people

And I shared this look

With Michael across the table like--

Are you hearing this?

Because it just seemed odd to us

I could tell

That it just seemed

Weird

To the both of us

Because--

Who is she?

You know?

Who is she

Who is--

Who are all these people

Who suddenly think--

I mean, suddenly

Everybody can write

About gay people

Michael had that spec script

That he couldn’t get anybody to look at

And he’s gay

But this girl

Can just sit down and write a--

Whatever the hell she wrote

And it’s fine?

It’s fine?

No, I’m sorry

It’s not fine

We’ve sort of had this--

Uh, uh

Feeling?

In society

Right now

That, that--

That certain people

Can’t tell certain stories

But we’ve, like, not gotten there--

I guess

--with gay people

And gay stories

And gay people

And gay, uh, characters

It’s just open field

With gay people I guess

Everybody gets a crack at it

I mean, who is she?

Who is she?

To just be like--

I’m writing about gay people

Like we’re some lost tribe

Of the Amazon

Or something

She can write about

Whatever she wants

But somebody ought to say something

I don’t know who

But somebody ought to say something about it

Because I really can’t

Because, uh, if I do?

If I say something

I mean, uh--

Yeah

Trust me

You don’t want me

Saying anything