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Everything may have been halted because of COVID, but one that couldn’t be stifled is the creativity that is so close to Atlanta’s core.

The High Museum – Atlanta’s main art center – has reopened with a timed ticketing system and strictly enforced rules for face coverings and social distancing, and they are kicking off the ‘season’ with a Julie Mehretu’s survey exhibition.

If you’re not comfortable with being in an enclosed space for your dose of art, Atlanta’s street art scene is bustling, and just about everywhere you go, there is art to behold in the safest way possible right now.

And that is, of course, not all, so feast your eyes on Peach’s artful issue!

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Midtown may be the heart of the more official art scene in Atlanta, but different neighborhoods have proven that their creative vibe is strong as well.

Street art is an innate part of the Atlanta at scene, and whether you want colorful murals, sculpture, or graffiti-inspired art, it is literally everywhere you go. Here are some of the prime examples from our artful city.

Grafi� mural near Edgewood Avenue.

The Art on the Beltline project has made the trail an important venue for ar�s�c expression for local ar�sts.

The Beltline offers ar�s�c excellence in all shapes and sizes. Here a massive mural under the bridge by the Piedmont Park dog park.

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The six-story mural created by Sean Schwab in 2012 sits at the corner of Jessie Hill Jr. Drive and Auburn Avenue

The Brandon Sadler mural is beneath the bridge at 587 Virginia Ave NE.

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UNAPOLOGETiCALLY LATiNX

by Revry Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Christopher J. Rodriguez, Esq.

This Hispanic Heritage month, I’m taking the opportunity to consider the role that my heritage has played in my life. Specifically, what aspects of my unique experience as a Mexican/Colombian American helped shape my career and my overall identity. Growing up as a “white presenting Latino,” there were times when I didn’t feel like a real Latino. I didn’t speak Spanish. I’m lightskinned. I didn’t have the same interests as some of the other Hispanic kids in my classes. I’m gay. However, as I got older, I started to realize that my heritage and culture inextricably formed who I was and who I continue to be to this day.

I remember family parties on my mother’s side scored by the familiar music curated by Art Leboe— that tastemaker for the most beloved “cholo” jams.

I remember the food. Not just the typical Mexican cuisine but also those specialties favored by my family: potato tacos, my grandmother’s famous “air” enchiladas I also remember the stories! Funny stories.

Tragic stories. Tall tales. Urban legends. Many took place in the neighborhood that my mother and her 5 siblings lived for the greater part of their childhood: Echo Park, Los Angeles. I found myself settling into this very same neighborhood. By then of course, much had changed since my mother explored the streets. Many of the corner carnicerias had been replaced with organic wine and vegan pizza shops; old Victorian houses, once occupied by multiple low-income families, had been replaced with upscale (and expensive) Airbnbs; roving gangs of street toughs had been replaced with hipster moms pushing thousand dollar strollers. Luckily for me, the “Elote Lady” is still there. Looking back, it’s a beautiful type of irony that in some ways my mother’s past has become my own present.

This was, however, just one side of my Hispanic heritage.

While my mother was second generation Mexican–her grandmother having migrated from Chihuahua to Texas and later to Los Angeles–my father was born and spent much of his formative years in Colombia. His experience was dramatically different from that of my mother. His family was well educated and well off in South America.

When his family finally emigrated to the States, they had the advantage of money, but not necessarily, connections. It wasn’t until I was much older that I discovered the immense value in having deep roots in the country in which you are trying to build a life. The likelihood of success in the US is not just dictated by access to money but also access to privilege. And while my immediate family was solidly middle class in my childhood, this provided no meaningful advantages in my education or career. I went to public schools and neither myself nor my brothers could afford to transition directly to a good university following graduation. We also found ourselves in the frustrating position of having a household income too high for public assistance but too low to afford to go to college on our own dime. Like many in my position, I spent 2 years at community college–where, for the record, I received an excellent education–before transferring to UCLA to complete my degree in Political Science. Upon graduation, I knew I wanted to go to law school but also knew that I had no money to do so. Fortunately, I obtained a half-ride scholarship to a great law school which helped alleviate the debt.

Law was a novel industry for my family.

Where we were lucky to have careers, they tended to be in the fields of engineering, healthcare, and law enforcement.

Following my admission to the California Bar, I spent the next several years trying to make my own opportunities. I immediately gravitated toward entertainment law but quickly discovered that this field was almost as competitive as the entertainment industry proper.

Thankfully, I had unknowingly inherited the indomitable spirit that characterized my family and which was embodied by my maternal grandmother. I found clients who were willing to be represented by a fledgling attorney in exchange for a gratis fee and slowly, but surely, I built my solo entertainment law practice. My later experience in the industry at subsequent jobs was less encouraging. The negativity and nepotism permeating this field, which usually favored non-POC people, was palpable and contributed to the toxicity in many of these work environments. This, in

turn, led to my disillusionment with a field that I had spent years fighting to get into.

The extent to which prejudices against my race, ethnicity, and sexuality played in my struggles is not clear but, nonetheless, I’m thankful for everything I endured as it pushed me even further in forging my own future. This drive toward career independence culminated in 2015 with the founding of my own business along with three other amazing, likeminded people. Revry was born of a desire to create a space by and for the marginalized and the ignored. Rather than cynically taking advantage of a growing minority demographic (i.e. LGBTQ+, POC, multicultural), our network was created by these communities and–I’m proud to say–it shows. In addition, our network is embedded with the unwavering persistence and resilience of my heritage and that of my co-founders. I never let my lack of access or resources hold me back and neither do we. Luck favors the bold, and being bold is one of our company’s greatest assets as well as my own. We take risks in everything from technology to content and we’re not afraid to be unapologetically...us. I like to believe that the struggles of my ancestors in this country and their refusal to give up has played a small yet meaningful role in our success. I know it has in mine.

Christopher J Rodriguez, Esq is the 37-year-old LatinX co-founder and Chief Business Officer of Revry, the global Queer streaming network. An entertainment attorney, cancer-survivor, and out and proud gay man, Christopher has used his diverse range of skills as an artist, lawyer, and writer to help bring Revry’s message of inclusivity and entertainment to 250+ million households and devices worldwide.

The Q Agenda

Queer Virtual TV Network, Revry, will kick off this Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 - Oct 15) with a lineup of fresh and fabulous LatinX content, including the Revry premiere of Latino Alternative TV’s (LATV) fan favorite THE Q AGENDA–a talk show hosted by a passionate community of Latinx LGBTQ+ personalities and influencers featuring special guests from celebrities to activists for candid and genuine conversations about issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community. THE Q AGENDA is hosted by executive producer, actor and tv personality Enrique Sapene; comedian Lianna Carrera; beauty influencer, Victor Ramos; and actress and trans activist, Juliana Joel.

Monumental Mehretu Edited by Mikkel Hyldebrandt

This fall, the High Museum will present “Julie Mehretu”, a major traveling exhibition of work by Julie Mehretu (born 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) co-organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Whitney Museum of American Art. This is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s career, covering more than two decades of her work, from 1996 to the present, and uniting nearly 40 drawings and prints and 35 paintings predominantly monumental in size and scale.

After being closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the High Museum is open again to the public with a times ticket system and face covering requirements, so that visitors can enjoy the museum while adhering to CDC safety guidelines. The High Museum opens its doors with a major comprehensive exhibition of Julie Mehretu’s work covering more than two decades of the artist’s monumental art.

Mehretu’s involves compiling a vast and diverse archive of sources, including diagrams and maps, cave markings, Chinese calligraphy, architectural renderings, graffiti, photojournalism and texts. The exhibition also reveals the centrality of drawing in Mehretu’s artistic practice, from her diminutive drawings made in the 1990s to her monumental paintings of the 2000s, and explores the abiding influences of indexing, diagramming, and mapping as well as their techniques, aesthetics, and ideologies.

Mehretu’s work of the past decade draws from presentday images of natural disasters, human rights atrocities and global conflicts. Her most recent work in the exhibition refers to the detention camps holding migrant children along the southern border of the United States and is often scaled to the size and reach of her body.

This correspondence between the artist’s body and her distinctly physical application of paint (and erasure of objective imagery), in combination with fragmented images produced in drawing, printmaking and stenciling techniques, lend the recent work a palpable sense of urgency and poignancy.

A highlight of the exhibition is Mehretu’s cycle of four monumentally scaled paintings titled “Mogamma (A Painting in Four Parts)” (2012). Reunited for the first time since they were last shown together in 2013, “Mogamma” interrogates themes of migration, revolution, global capitalism and technology at the dawn of the Arab Spring. Each painting in the cycle belongs to four different museums across three continents. The High Museum of Art acquired “Mogamma (Part 2)” in 2013.

“We are grateful for the opportunity to present this sweeping examination of Mehretu’s dynamic, multifaceted career,” said Rand Suffolk, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr., director of the High. “The globally conscience themes in her work align strongly with our commitment to celebrating diverse perspectives through the High’s collection and exhibition program.

We look forward to offering our= audiences a chance to experience a broad spectrum of her creative genius.”

“Julie Mehretu” will be on view October 24, 2020 to January 31, 2021, in the Cousins Special Exhibition Galleries on the Second Level of the High’s Wieland Pavilion.

Go to high.org to book your timed tickets, and don’t forget to wear a face covering when visiting the museum.

Julie Mehretu, Stadia II, 2004, ink and acrylic on canvas, 108 × 144 inches, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, gift of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn and A. W. Mellon Acquisition

Julie Mehretu, Algorithms, Apparitions and Translations, 2013, etching with aquatint, spit bite, soft ground, hardground, drypoint, and engraving, 31 1⁄4 × 37 1⁄4 inches, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Allison and Larry Berg. © Julie Mehretu, photograph courtesy of Burnet Editions.

Julie Mehretu, Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson, 2016, ink and acrylic on canvas, 84 × 96 inches, The Broad Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California. © Julie Mehretu, photograph by Cathy Carver.

Julie Mehretu, Six Bardos: Transmigration, 2018, 31-color, 2-panel aquatint, 98 × 74 inches, courtesy of Gemini G.E.L., LLC. © Julie Mehretu and Gemini G.E.L., LLC, photograph © White Cube, Ollie Hammick.

Julie Mehretu, Migration Direction Map, 1996, ink on mylar, 18 × 12 inches, private collection. © Julie Mehretu, photograph

by Cathy Carver.

Currently on Display at the High After being closed to the public due to the ongoing pandemic, the High is open again, but tickets are issued according to a timing system and all visitors have to wear a face covering. That way, you can enjoy what’s on display right now at the High in safe and socially distant manner.

Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books August 15 – November 8, 2020 The exhibition is the first of its kind to delve into the events, people and themes of the civil rights movement, both celebrated and forgotten, through one of the most compelling forms of visual expression, the children’s picture book.

The more than 80 artworks on view, ranging from paintings and prints to collages and drawings, will evoke the power and continuing relevance of the era that shaped American history and continues to reverberate today.

Raúl Colón (American, born 1952), “So Mama and Daddy packed up their three little girls—,” from Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton (Schwartz & Wade Books, 2010), wash, colored pencil, lithograph pencil, and graphite on watercolor paper, courtesy of R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, Massachusetts. (c) 2010 Raúl Colón.

Murmuration July 17 through November 29, 2020 Murmuration is a soaring, stunning installation by the internationally renowned architecture and design firm SO – IL and partners Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg. Presented on The Woodruff Arts Center’s Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza, the installation continues a multiyear initiative to activate the High’s outdoor space with sitespecific commissions that engage visitors of all ages.

Image courtesy of SO – IL

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Beauty Is In the W

e have successfully and unequivocally been thrust out of our comfort zones.

The nice little lives we had of brunches, working from home on Friday’s, Sunday Funday, pool parties, bbq-ing on the deck, and traveling have literally been replaced by Zoom “book clubs,” having Sunday Funday at home, bingewatching NetFlix, and working from our home office 50 hours a week.

If we are all being honest, most of us were thinking surely by the time of the Peachtree Road Race; all will be back to kinda normal. Well, upon finding out the PRR was moved to Thanksgiving Day and subsequently labeled that word we now despise - “virtual,” we are now finding ourselves having to just get with the program and find a new routine. A new routine, yep...a new rhythm.

From coffee dates to on-line dating. From carpooling the kiddos to ensuring the internet is working for them to log in to their classroom from the guest room. From fighting traffic to deciding if we will shower on any particular day. From yelling Roll Tide to yelling at our significant others for talking to us while we are on our weekly work Team call, with at the kitchen table.

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Life has surely changed. But that is not a bad thing. We have been forced to find renewed beauty in what lies directly in our faces. We have been told to suck it up and deal with it in so many words. If your favorite place to read the NY Times and have coffee on a Sunday morning is closed, what options do you actually have? Well, it’s up to us to create and explore and get settled into those options. No coffee shop, no problem. We can simply fix our coffee at home, and stop by Publix and pick up the AJC and walk back home to settle in on our sofa.

Look at the example and how we created several options which are pretty cool. We saved money by making our coffee at home. We supported the local newspaper. We even shopped locally to buy the paper. We got some exercise by walking to the store and then the biggy; we chilled at home.

In the comfort of our own home. Perhaps even threw our legs over our partner’s lap while they played video games or looked at porn; oops, I mean worked on a school project.

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Eye of the Beholder

By Jamie Kirk

We have been challenged to seek out information in areas we felt vulnerable and uninformed. There is such beauty in being smart. Smart people are confident. And everyone knows confidence is sexy. Had there been no pandemic, we could be ignoring all of this beauty surrounding us.

Beauty comes in so many different forms.

People are beautiful.

Souls are beautiful.

Kindness is beautiful.

Being loving is beautiful.

Empathy is beautiful.

Art is beautiful.

No one person can define beauty for another.

This definition comes from what you value and what you expect/see to be extraordinary. And most importantly, what your eyes see as unique, exceptional, and individually appealing to YOU. I happen to feel adaptable people, evolving people, and people that can create lemonade from a bag of lemons (e.g., 2020) are beautiful.

People that can look at their situation and focus on what they can control and what they can fix are beautiful in my eyes. Folks that are unwilling to grow refuse to change and use sentences like “that’s just how I am” will not get far with me.

I don’t respond to that energy; it’s defeatist, draining, and unproductive. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

Just as beauty is in the beholder’s eye, so it may be said that a burden is on the shoulders of the bearer. So make good choices, always make good choices.

SEPT 02 - 09

Due to the ongoing pandemic, please keep yourself updated on an event’s status as it may change last-minute. We believe in safety first, so this lineup features mainly virtual events or in-person events with limited capacity that enforce CDC guidelines.

Fernbank After Dark: Weird Science Explore the stranger side of science through a variety of fun activities and experiments. Live music by Fire & The Knife. The event is ticketed and limited capacity only.

Learn more at fernbankmuseum.org.

Friday, September 11, 7 -11 pm Fernbank Museum

Free COVID Testing CORE Response is setting up their free testing site in the Heretic parking lot. Only 500 tests will be available, result time only 24-48 hours, so get there early! No appointment needed, but you can pre-register by texting COVID to 678-802-9624. For more information about CORE, go to Coreresponse.org.

Saturday, Sep 12, 11 am – 5 pm The Heretic Parking Lot (Only!)

Meak Pro Media 10th Anniversary VIP & Awards Ceremony Meak Productions’ Media Division celebrates its 10th Anniversary in Media with a private celebration featuring an awards ceremony honoring the past and present recipients of its sponsorship and partnership program and its business partners.

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AV200 Amazing Race The scavenger hunt is designed for cyclists in Atlanta, grab a ride buddy, or go solo! A list of clues/riddles will be released late Friday evening on Facebook, and you need to snap a pic of the answer along your ride. Post your findings to social media (Facebook or Instagram) with hashtag #AV200AmazingRace. Stay tuned for more info at AV200’s Facebook page September 12 & 13 facebook.com/AV200

Sunday the 13th: Holy Terror Kick off BOOSCARE SEASON with a Sunday Dance Massacre! The event is VIRTUAL and In-Person (limited capacity, masks required, social distance mandatory).

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ways in which you can be an ally.

Although you may not share the experience of being a POC in today’s America, there are many ways in which you can be a non-optical ally.

Remember, it is your own responsibility to educate yourself on how to be non-racist; it is not your Black friends’ responsibility to teach you.

1. Understand what allyship is

Allyship can be merely optical and superficial, so be aware that allyship should help dismantle the systems that oppress marginalized people

2. Check in on your Black loved ones Black friends, families, coworkers are going through an emotional and even traumatic time right now, so offer your support attention and support

3. Be ready to do the work

Coming to terms with privilege can mean digging deep and going through some hard emotions like guilt, shame and anger

4. Start reading

Disliking racism is good but reading up on how to be antiracist is even better and will help to explain many nuances

5. Limit what you share

You may have good intentions of sharing graphic content, but the images of violence and abuse may be triggering for many Black people

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6. Consider donating

There are many platforms that support Black people and help further the message of anti-racism

7. This isn’t about you

It is great that you empathize but don’t insert your personal experiences into the narrative that is basically not about you

8. Outrage is good, support is better

Display of outrage is good and often a catalyst to offer support – but don’t let your support stop with outrage

9. Stop supporting hate

It’s time to take inventory of where you read your news and what organizations you support.

You may be inadvertently supporting hate.

10. Long-term change

How do you affect change in the long run? Do you become a mentor for someone? Become part of an organization that supports Black communities?

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AQUARIUS (JAN. 20 - FEB. 18) You’re in a fun-loving and jovial mood this week, and you should make time to enjoy it with friends as long as you are safe and socially distant. The one caveat is that your emotions may be a bit clouded. You may not have the most accurate impression of a situation. You might feel that people have the wrong impression of who you are. Try not to feel insecure. Have confidence in yourself and take the lead..

PISCES (FEB. 19 - MAR. 20) You may have a strange paranoia that people are out to get you, but don’t let this feeling paralyze you. Your emotions are more than likely getting the better of you. The reality of the situation is much different than your sensitive emotions perceive. Avoid the tendency to escape even further into this fantasy world by going out for the sake of going out.

VIRGO (AUG. 23 - SEP. 22)

ARIES (MAR. 21 - APR. 19)

These pandemic times are toying with your emotions, and you may feel like you’re running into a brick wall at every turn. The intensity of the week may have you feeling like you’re in a pressure cooker. Try not to blow things out of proportion. Realize that much of the drama is more a figment of your imagination than reality.

Clear away the clouds and get to the heart of the matter.

Your fantasy world is piqued, Aries. Your imagination is running wild. Maintain a certain amount of control over your emotions or they may get the better of you. You could find yourself in a cloud of confusion in the afternoons. Avoid this by making an effort to ground yourself throughout the day. Make sure your actions result from an equal balance between thought and emotion.

LIBRA (SEP. 23 - OCT. 22)

TAURUS (APR. 20 - MAY 20)

You have been feeling like you’re in status quo limbo for months now but now is the time to bask in the sunshine of change. Focus on the positive aspects of your life and work to expand these energies. The doors of opportunity are slowly prying open again. The key to taking advantage of this is to stay close to the things that truly bring you the most happiness. The details will work themselves out with almost no effort. Have faith that you will succeed, and you will.

You may get the feeling that you’re operating in an emotional crossfire this week, Taurus. On the one hand, you may have a “me first,” selfish feeling that demands attention from others. You may also sense the need to work to serve others and bring like-minded people together. Realize that both of these energies are valid and deserve your attention. Balance is the key. Work to soothe your fluctuating emotions.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23 - NOV. 21)

GEMINI (MAY 21 - JUN. 20)

Make sure you’re getting enough sleep this week – if you’re working from home still that may need to take a nap during the day too. You may seem groggy, and your head could be a bit cloudy but try not to let this stop you from getting your work done. Much of what you perceive may not exactly correlate with reality. Your emotions could be especially distorted. You may have a strong desire to escape into a fantasy world. Try to keep both feet on the ground – or take that nap!

You’ll enjoy a week or so of high spirits and friendly interactions that will take you out of your iso bubble. The energy is in your favor, although it may not seem like it. Your emotions may become cloudy and it might seem like people are working against you socially. Although this may be true to some extent, realize that much of this silly paranoia comes more from your emotional insecurity than another’s plot against you.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22 - DEC. 21)

CANCER (JUN. 21 - JUL. 22)

So many aspects of your life seem unreal right now – but we live in unreal times! The issues regarding it have become a bit hazy, and it is even hard to gauge the reality of the situation.

This week’s energies will bring these issues into focus. Your emotions are especially heightened, and they, too, will seem a bit clouded. Try to stay balanced and gain a new perspective on the situation.

Ask for help if you need it, crabby. Your nature is to serve others, but in order to maintain that energy, make sure that you’re taken care of as well. Offer extra hugs (or fist bumps) to the people you love and just spread the love the best way you can. In work-related issues, make sure that you aren’t biting off more than you can chew. Delegate tasks to others. Pamper yourself with a hot bath and a good meal.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22 - JAN. 19)

LEO (JUL. 23 - AUG. 22)

Your fantasy life is especially active this week, so enjoy this little break into your dream world.

Coming back to reality is so dreary these days.

Keep tabs on your emotions so they don’t get the better of you. The impressions you receive from the outside world may not be accurate today. Keep your wits about you and try not to get caught up in alcohol.

Keeping your emotions in balance is going to be the key to a successful day. Don’t get swept away by a fanciful situation that could send your mind spinning. Maintain self-control at all times. This might be easier said than done. Give yourself a break and avoid excess alcohol or any sort of drug use. It will be hard enough to keep your mind clear without them – that’s right, put the Xanax down.

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Fairly quickly into our relationship, my boyfriend and I decided that we would be open. It was a mutual decision, and it has worked out really great, and we have had some really wonderful and sexually fulfilling experiences together. At first, it was something we always did together, but over the years it morphed into us hooking up with guys on our own. Also worked out great for a while. But then, my boyfriend started becoming increasingly consumed by surfing the apps finding guys to sleep with to a point where I felt like he didn’t really have an interest in having sex with me. Then COVID hit, and we quarantined together, and it seemed to rekindle the spark. But now that things are opening up slightly, he is back on the apps and spends hours cruising guys. He doesn’t hook up with all of them – we’re still being very sensible – and he accuses me of being jealous when I mention that he is constantly on his phone, but I’m just really tired of always trying to get his attention and not feeling like he wants all the other guys and not me. What should I do?

Sincerely Openly Ignored Dear Openly Ignored That feeling of New Relationship Energy (NRE) is hard to beat, and that’s probably exactly what your boyfriend is chasing – and what you by definition can’t give him. Ideally, an open relationship provides you with the stability of a long-term relationship while also offering you the excitement of the unknown. When perfectly balanced, it’s magic, but when one partner has difficulties keeping up the stability of the main relationship, issues arise. If your boyfriend – and yourself – want to keep having the best of both worlds, he needs to do better! He owes it to you to take your concerns seriously, and he needs to be aware of the fact that he is neglecting your needs. You have made this work before, and you can get there again, but you need to have a compassionate talk about this so he understands what is going on. If you are suffering, it is his obligation to (over) compensate on his end, so you don’t end up feeling left out.

My straight roommate, who knows I’m gay, has always had a habit of walking around naked in the apartment, which has been fine and kind of fun because he’s a total hottie. He has disclosed to me that he is an exhibitionist, and I am pretty sure he gets a kick out of showing off his body for me. But now, during this pandemic, we have been isolated for months together now, and even though the naked straight roommate sounds like every gay man’s fantasy, it is starting to drive me crazy. He is naked in front of me a lot, and I end up finding myself in a horny daze by the end of the day. I also make sure I spend a lot of time in his presence, so I can look at all of him all the time. I realize it is starting to interfere with my work and studies, and when I’m not with him, I fantasize about him. How do I snap out of it?

Sincerely Fantasy in the Flesh Dear Fantasy in the Flesh It does sound like a wet dream! But there is also such a thing as too much of a good thing. You are definitely en route to turning your little daydream fantasy into a major obsession, and it needs to stop, and you know it. You need to tell your roommate that even though you appreciate him being so comfortable around you, it is starting to make you uncomfortable. Maybe ask him to limit his ‘nudie time’ to when you are not there? Or put some clothes on when you are together because clearly him being naked is also partly motivated by his exhibitionist desire. And then you need to get out of the house! Even though it isn’t easy right now, you can go for a walk and that way remove yourself from the situation. You don’t want to end up being that guy who is obsessed about his hot roommate and nothing else, do you?

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