P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Growing up in California, for me, Michael Jackson was a distant yet ever present father like figure. I figured out that Michael was twenty-two years old when I was born. He technically is old enough to be my father. I'm going to call him Michael because at this point, I feel like I know him on some level even though in this life, we have never met. Growing up in the decade of the eighties, there were so many cultural moments that I didn't fully understand. I was too little to fully understand what moments were occurring or the significance of what these moments meant to American society. I didn't understand the full weight of Michael's celebrity. Maybe, one of the reasons why Michael was everywhere in the 90's was because of cultural saturation. This past year, at forty, I am starting to understand how famous Michael was. The past year, I have never cried so much in my life, forgiven so much, or thought about the monu...