This is my blog I will be keeping about my transition and subsequent life in South Side Chicago... So welcome to Sunny Side South, the south side of everywhere is always sunnier: that is why if you grow plants put them on a south facing window, if you install solar panels they face south, and if you are a cat that takes afternoon naps...well you get the idea.
I left Madison yesterday after it was my adopted home for 3.5 years. Madison is...well Madison has been all right to me. Madison is where I got my degree, Madison is where I discovered what it meant to be QPOC, Madison is where I fell in love, multiple times. So with all of its overt/structural racism, horrific politics, awful teaching staff Madison has been good to me. However I suppose I shouldn't speak in the past tense about it, once you live in a place for so long, and meet so many people, I guess it never really leaves you. I believe some dead white dude once said "The Past is never really over, it isn't even the Past" So that is my feeling right now, there have been many wonderful people who's paths have crossed with mine and the knowledge, experiences, and love we exchanged is priceless to me. So I guess this is my first post, short and sweet, full of memories. As I move to Chicago on Saturday I will try to keep frequently updating, though I suppose we will see if that really happens. Anyways now I sit in my parents house watching the snow pile up as I make last minute preparations for my new life. The south-side awaits and I heard its going to be sunny there.
-محمد
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