Hired to sell very expensive, real-looking (and feeling) baby dolls for the holiday season at downtown NYC’s FAO Schwartz, Elna is stunned to observe how seriously the wealthy shoppers take these doll “adoptions,” and how their status and privilege comes … Continue reading
Hallie adores her grandmother; they’ve been close all Hallie’s life, and the way Hallie’s witnessed her grandmother’s extroversion, generosity and kindness has shaped Hallie into who she is. But Hallie is also aware that her grandmother has some very ingrained, … Continue reading
Growing up an albino black person with a lazy eye, Victor doesn’t consider himself very successful with the ladies – until he learns to dance. At 21, he starts hitting the dance nights at Prince’s Minneapolis club Glam Slam, and … Continue reading
In 2001, Gregory has just been kicked out of the navy for substance abuse issues (he’d been doing various drugs since adolescence), and his life has hit a rut; he’s renting sleeping space on a couch in Virginia, has no … Continue reading