#blackautistic

https://comfyprincessjo.substack.com/p/the-prop-the-object-and-the-sacrifice

The relentless misery of mistaken identity and of being a useful but unmemorable object is a pain that haunts me wherever I go in the world.

“Hi, it’s so nice to meet you!”—despite having encountered me over three times—is something I hear weekly. Coupled with another weekly case of someone thinking I’m another Black woman they met or saw 30 minutes ago, I can’t help but allow a thought to enter my mind: “I am nothing more than a background object whose essence is meant to be sacrificed for entertainment or comfort.” It’s an insidious thought, and it opens the floodgates to even more thoughts that delight in the prospect of eroding my soul. The one buoy that keeps me from being swept away is the knowledge that there are other humans burdened by this systemic burial of their identity. I might not know anyone personally, but I know I can’t be the only one, because the oppression I feel is not targeted directly at me. It is indirectly targeted at humans who check the same boxes on the census as I do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to AUTISM ACCEPTANCE EP.

For those not in the know, I go by mynameisblueskye. One word, no cap. Don't forget the last E! Don't do that! I am an openly autistic musician who is also a part of the LGBT spectrum. Since taking my songwriting skills seriously in 2014, I have created multiple albums, EPs and so forth and so on tackling the worldview of a man who has had autism.

One day in 2020, I released my arguable landmark album, No Ordinary Summer, and since then, decided to write songs that tackle a very black, LGBT and #actuallyautistic viewpoint. In 2021, it occured to me that Apr 2nd (autism acceptance day in a similarly named month) landed on Bandcamp Fridays (an event that happens every first Friday of the month since the pandemic). I took this opportunity to introduce songs that we're out of my wheelhouse musically and wound up putting out music that wound be a new detour in an already interesting career trail.