Interestingly enough his gender performance seems to not be read as completely hegemonic so there are moments where he seems conscious of the communities toxic relationship to masculinity but he is never able to make the connection between this and the femmephobic comments the narrative voice makes. The narrator, Mitchell has a critical and one might even say fetishistic love for 'B-Boys' an archetype of Black male masculinity. However, in as much as it tries to push against ideological prison bars of the community, it often finds itself repopulating some of the most harmful ideas: We are so fortunate to have Black queer literature that encapsulates the zeitgeist the book will take you into bubbling club scenes, New York streets etc. B-Boy Blues is a glimpse into its time that, occasionally and unfortunately, renders the not so great aspects of its politics.
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