The Pressure to Cover: Yoshino

Yoshino says that mainstream is only a myth. By saying this he means that mainstream is a myth because it does not truly exist. He says that it does not exist because mainstream means being normal and no one is completely normal. People can not be normal, not only because there is not a true definition as to what normal is, but because there will always be a characteristic about someone that does not fit into the "normal" category.

I think that Yoshino is persuasive with his argument. On page 605 he states, " Because Human Beings hold many identities, the mainstream is a shifting coalition, and none of us are entirely within it. It is not normal to be completely normal." I found this very persuasive because it says that because humans have so many characteristics the definition of normal changes. I found the final phrase, "it is not normal to be completely normal", very persuasive and powerful because it makes the reader believe in exactly what Yoshina is saying, that no one can become normal. 

I would define mainstream as a person who is average in all abilities and characteristics. In my opinion, it is impossible to be this definition because it is impossible to be exactly average in every characteristic.