I have always found it hard to gather the right words to describe the Balkan social mentality especially because it is so ingrained in masculinity and an odd, violent history that passively oozes out of people who seem almost oblivious to what it means. Buzarovska brought me to tears as she, in sharp yet gentle description, brought out things I have witnessed growing up as a queer Balkan woman in the states. From family dynamic, to Balkan male toxicity, the treatment of our elders, the rage in our fidelity and infidelity, the "southern -charm" like passive aggression in female friendships, and so on. These stories felt like they opened a file in my brain where I have stored all these little mental notes on my people. It just made me feel less alone as a woman in a hypermasculine world outside of my own country.