I liked reading the piece by Kapadia about MIA and queer cartographies. The idea of queer cartographies is very productive in the way it can allow consideration of other ways to be in the world, a reclamation of historical tropes and the rethinking of possibilities when looking through the opacity of globalized economy. The chapter in Hip Hop Desis was something I had read several quarters ago in another class. Something to note is that D’Lo is a trans comedian/actor now and was very recently in a Cheryl Dunye film. That chapter discusses gendered stereotypes and misogyny within hip hop communities. She discusses how these gendered stereotypes get mapped on to bodies differently, and that these unequal gendered relations can be worked out within and across race lines. And that ultimately they should be because hip hop has been a source of empowerment and space of politicization for many (Sharma, 189). I think something similar is happening in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, so much anxiety is generated from both Demetrius and Meena’s families and communities over their relationship.