Tess, A poignant sketch of false bifurcation - why is it demanded of us to choose "between" two identities? With apologies to my Midwestern friends, I think that this binary obsession is particularly powerful here; the West Coast (I'm generalizing of course) if far less focused on are-you-this-or-that thinking. Ditto for New York, Europe, the East. That said, there are forces out there that are insisting - demanding - that people make those same faux choices. The West Side/East Side phenomenon has a lot more to it than just the time it takes to travel across that bridge. Love to read what you write. Jerry
Tess, A poignant sketch of false bifurcation - why is it demanded of us to choose "between" two identities? With apologies to my Midwestern friends, I think that this binary obsession is particularly powerful here; the West Coast (I'm generalizing of course) if far less focused on are-you-this-or-that thinking. Ditto for New York, Europe, the East. That said, there are forces out there that are insisting - demanding - that people make those same faux choices. The West Side/East Side phenomenon has a lot more to it than just the time it takes to travel across that bridge. Love to read what you write. Jerry