As author Erika López says, “There’s already enough meat covering the world many times over and it’s time to clear some space” (http://www.erikalopez.com). The following is part two of a two-part conversation (see part one in Meat 1.1)

"The Other White Meat": An E-Conversation with Erika López (Part 2) Ellen M. Gil-Gómez LÓPEZ: Humor, sense of humor is everything. And if you must envelope yourself in self-pity, do it with a lot of ice cream and then get over yourself because not only is life for living, life is for the taking. It’s the Serengeti out there and you don’t have a lot of time before you’re already limping on the outer edges of the herd just from sheer exhaustion.

But as for the little white boys in your class who think I’m a man-hater [because of showing the penises], I wonder about their own fear of seeing their penises up close without calling them skyscrapers, but turning them into Lincoln Logs. Everyone makes fun of tits and girls have a great sense of humor about it. They’ve gotta lighten up. I don’t hate penises at all. Sometimes I adore them, sometimes I’m like “ew” because they’re just so demanding of me me me attention and make messes. But I feel the same about any bodily functions when I’m n ot in the mood. When I’m in the mood I’ll munch on someone’s hindquarters as if it were a pint of Häagen-Dazs. But in the middle of the day when I’m working? No way. Keep your stuff to yourself and wash your hands after touching doorknobs. And if THAT isn’t “uptight white guy” of me, I don’t know what is.

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MEATJOURNAL.COM || ISSN 1549-4454 || VOL 1.2 (Winter 2005/2006)
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