MICAELA CAMACHO-TENREIRO

Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro is a Venezuelan-American poet, dancer, and translator. Her work appears in the American Poetry Review and has been featured by Brooklyn Poets. She received a 2023 Finalist award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and holds a B.A. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University.

Am I the asshole 

for hating straight women 

who wish that they were gay? Or

a hypocrite who secretly knows 

queerness is convenient, too. 

When Roe v. Wade was overturned, I felt very privileged to be bisexual and in a same-sex partnership — I got to have as much sex as I wanted without the fear of a non-consensual pregnancy. In this way, I feel like my queerness safeguarded my pleasure and autonomy, and I wanted to be as honest about that as I was about my resentment towards the straight women who were talking about converting to lesbianism or whatever. Which is to say, I think it’s cheap to challenge others if you’re not also challenging yourself.

April 7, 2024

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March 31, 2024