Skewed Lesbian Expectations

Craig's List is like people-watching, if you are lazy... or better yet, have other things to do. I can be at home, or at work, or at a coffee shop--and looking for something, anything. There is always a post on CL that will make me wonder about the person that posted it. To wit:

SEEKING UNDERSTANDING LESBIAN GHOSTWRITER/EDITOR/AGENT

I knew almost right away that this post did not apply to me. But I couldn't help but think that this person's stringent criteria was so, so... elitist. There are ghostwriters out there--but how many of them are also editors and agents? Okay, maybe they meant that a person could be any or all of these. Fair enough.

But this person also needs to be a lesbian. Not JUST a lesbian--an understanding one. So, if you happen to be gruff, or you are set in your ways, or you just happen to be a woman who likes women but does not necessarily like people--you are not good enough for this guy.

And I like to think of that one girl, the girl that jumps from her seat when she reads this ad. She's a sensitive girl from a small town, friendly... maybe to a fault. She also happens to be a talented ghostwriter, editor and a budding agent. And this small town girl just happens to have grown up on the isle of Lesbos in the Mediterranean. What are the chances, she thinks in her starry-eyed Greek way. Little does she know her attraction to men will disqualify her.

Being a Lesbian doesn't always mean being a Lesbian, guy. That's what I would tell the dude that posted that. The world doesn't fit neatly into your little lesbians-are-gay universe. Maybe you should work on being a little more understanding yourself.

To you I say: take a long look in the mirror. To her I say: Dream on, straight little Lesbian princess.