Bergamot essential oil painful erythema and bullae on exposed areas of the skin. In one case, six (6) drops of bergamot aromatherapy oil in a bath followed by 20–30 minutes exposure of ultraviolet light from a tanning bed caused a severe burn-like reaction. Bergamot essential oil contains a significant amount of bergapten, a phototoxic substance that gets its name from the bergamot orange. Bergapten, a linear furanocoumarin derived from psoralen, is often found in plants associated with phytophotodermatitis. Note that bergamot essential oil has a higher concentration of bergapten (3000–3600 mg/kg) than any other citrus-based essential oil. When bergamot essential oil is applied
Strange Fruit: A Dutch Queer Collective 128). Strange Fruit embraced, what normative society considered, "non canonical bodies" (Tayeb: 128). Brown and Black bodies were marginalized and othered because they were see as "unable to fit" they did not fit the western cultural ideal so therefore they were not acceptable. Ethnic queers were seen as unable to attain a true gay identity because they did not fall under the conceptualized "white standard" of being queer (Tayeb: 129). Brown bodies were considered bodies that could not "properly be gay." Most importantly Strange Fruit recognized the ridicule ethnic queers faced within the parameters of their own culture. It is