Table of Contents
On the Island where I come from: women rule 11
On the Island where I grew up: when I was a boy … 12
Julio Vega 13
On the Island where I come from: the men earned seventy cents for every dollar the women made … 14
On the Island where I come from: the men look like African parrots … 15
On the Island where I come from: the women laugh when they talk of the men … 16
The Token Man 17
On the Island where I come from: numerous articles were written about men … 18
On the Island where I come from: problems occur when Island men are hired … 19
On the Island where I come from: parents worship their daughters 20
On the Island where I grew up: my sisters were natural performers … 21
On the Island where I come from: the law holds men responsible … 22
The House Husbands 23
On the Island where I grew up: no one believed me when I told them … 24
On the Island where I grew up: after the lights were turned out … 25
On the Island where I come from: the cooks were the most revered … 26
On the Island where I come from: bakers and chefs are featured in newspapers … 27
On the Island where I come from: the women are sexual aficionadas … 28
On the Island where I come from: all the women look like Angelina Jolie 29
On the Island where I grew up: the women sat on their porches at dusk … 30
On the Island where I come from: the men are so beautiful … 31
On the Island where I come from: the men are written up in tourist magazines … 32
On the Island where I come from: there are many stories about why … 33
On the Island where I come from: casinos are especially popular … 34
On the Island where I come from: no woman will make love to a man … 35
On the Island where I come from: it is said that God, Herself, pines … 36
On the Island where I come from: vagina envy is the most common … 37
On the Island where I come from: many Island men and boys suffer … 38
On the Island where I come from: a hardworking woman is most admired 39
On the Island where I come from: the hardworking woman is forever in search … 40
On the Island where I come from: only women hold political office 41
On the Island where I come from: Dolly Delita is a world-famous man-trainer 42
On the Island where I come from: St. Julio's Finishing School … 43
On the Island where I come from: Relinquishing Self was a standard lesson … 45
On the Island where I come from: the most popular toy for boys … 46
On the Island where I come from: both male and female children have mango-sized brains … 47
On the Island where I grew up: my favorite Boberto dolls slept on my pillow … 48
On the Island where I grew up: when I was a boy, I confided in Angelina … 49
On the Island where I come from: the most popular books among school boys … 50
On the Island where I come from: a man is defined by his wingspan 51
On the Island where I grew up: I still remember my first flying class 52
On the Island where I grew up: I tried to become the ideal boy … 53
On the Island where I grew up: only men with hairless bodies … 54
Depilation 55
On the Island where I come from: the first signs of puberty happen at night 56
On the Island where I come from: pubescent boys wear absorbent pads … 57
On the Island where I grew up: I was only a boy when I first saw God 58
On the Island where I come from: everyone falls in love with Angelina 59
After Angelina left me: my father comforted me … 60
After Angelina left me: I felt like an utter failure … 61
Loss 62
On the Island where I grew up: the past became a shadowy man … 63
A Bad Egg 64
My Secret 65
On the Island where I come from: sometimes an Angelina … 66
My Angelina 67
On the Island where I grew up: the therapist said, Stand in Angelina's shoes … 68
On the Island where I come from: psychotherapy begins with the traditional psychogram … 69
On the Island where I come from: the meaning of meaning … 70
On the Island where I come from: the buying and selling of souls … 71
On the Island where I grew up: a second-hand shop … 72
On the Island where I grew up: I once saw Frank Sinatra sipping tea … 73
On the Island where I come from: there is a door to the land of the dead 74
On the Island where I come from: thups arrive every June 75
The Woman with the Halo 77
On the Island where I come from: there is an ongoing debate among academics … 79
On the Island where I come from: death did not always exist 80
On the Island where I come from: everyone knows the truth about death 81
On the Island where I come from: according to the story of creation … 82
On the Island where I come from: a favorite legend is the tale of St. Angelina … 83
On the Island where I come from: everyone knows it was Adam who ate the apple … 84
Notes on the Man Lily 85
Why did you leave? 87
Why God Is a Woman 88
Acknowledgments 90
About the Author 91
Colophon 96
