#BringWynonnaHome

 I am late to the party but, what else is new? I mean, do we even need to go into how long it took me to figure out hashtags? But, as with most everything else in life, better late than never. 

Anyhow, can we talk about Wynonna Earp? 

I remember a few years ago, right after the first season came out, I watched the first episode and then life got crazy and I never stuck with the show. I was just getting out of a depression, preparing to apply for grad school, figuring how to live my life. Over the next few years, I saw it recommended here and there but by then I was a stressed and very busy grad student working a full-time job. I had no room for anything new in my life. 

Well, as I approach graduation, I finally watched it. I really should have started years ago. 

Wynonna Earp, the show, the character, has come at a time in my life when I needed it the most. A crossroads. A time when I am finishing with the past and finally facing my future. The end of school. The end of having my life determined by class schedules. The beginning of my professional self. Just as Wynonna stood in the crossroads of her life as the Earp Heir and her life of freedom and escape. 

Wynonna Earp also came to me at a different crossroads in my life: the crossroads of my sexuality. A time in my life where I finally feel comfortable saying and admitting that I am gay. That I am not flawed. That it wasn't some damage that made my relationships fall apart up until this point. I was just trying to be someone that I thought I was expected to be. To find a show like Wynonna Earp at this time in my life is nothing short of a miracle.

This show has also made me face some uncomfortable truths about my life and confront some uncomfortable memories. When I watch the characters on Wynonna Earp and see their comfort in their own skins, their complete awareness of themselves, their lack of shame of their love, their bodies, their lives... I am forced to confront the fact that I have never felt able to be comfortable in my own skin. After all, when you grow up judged for being female, are ogled by grown men at the age of 12, or are taught that sex is something to be ashamed of, it is hard to be comfortable in your own skin. I see the freedom and the certainty and the comfort of these characters as an expression of hope. Hope for my future but also for the future of my friends, my family, and society as a whole.

With so much happening in the world this last year, with so much change coming in the next several months, with so many more lives to touch, we need Wynonna Earp more than ever. 

So, although I may be late to the party, let's keep this show, this movement, this revolution alive. Let's #BringWynonnaHome.