“I used to be utilizing that to tee up the query, and I used to be a little bit thrown off by [Cynthia’s] response as a result of it was so honest and actual,” she went on. “I used to be a little bit flustered. I may have stated: ‘I’ve all these buddies, and that is our dialog.’ However as a substitute, I stated: ‘I’m in queer media.’”
Tracy additionally outlined precisely what she meant by “holding house,” telling the publication: “‘Holding house’ is being bodily, emotionally and mentally current with somebody or one thing. For me, it means being within the second, not being distracted and feeling one thing on a mobile stage.”
“I feel you possibly can maintain house with lyrics of a track — one you’ve heard tons of of instances — and it could all of a sudden tackle new that means if you’re a queer particular person,” she defined. “When Cynthia sings: ‘I’m via accepting limits,’ there’s energy in that. She performs a personality who’s othered. One who involves her full energy when she is exiled by a charlatan, by a merciless chief.”
“There’s a variety of resonance there proper now for anybody who’s marginalized. For me, holding house is listening to these lyrics anew and discovering solace or inspiration,” Tracy concluded.