3 Responses to “He is Such a Gemini.”

1. moi says:

   February 4, 2011 at 7:48 pm

   Tru dat.
   And I have an ignorant question, not to be offensive, so bear with me – what would that accomplish?

   I should say, I am a Gemini and I do not consider myself that such. At least, it’s a spectrum out here.
2. Renina says:

   February 7, 2011 at 4:59 pm

   Its not an ignorant question. Its a great question.

   So let me reveal some of the assumptions that I am working with.

   Black women have been property twice. More about that in this post here.

   Because Black women have been property twice, and because I care about Black womens
   ability to be human beings and not objects I am invested in two barometers of their freedom.

   The first is their ability to be whole people. People who teach, become mothers, don’t become mothers,
   that they are people with sexual lives, spiritual lives, artistic people, traveling people….etc.

   Does this clarify it a bit. If not let me know.

   ~R
3. moi says:

   February 10, 2011 at 4:10 pm

   Yes, this clarifies your position.

   Still, I am not sure that the explicit and unapologetic expression of sexuality by (Black) women is necessarily helpful to the liberation of (Black) women.

   At least, it depends on the context. On a societal level, with the order of patriarchy still prevalent all across America and Africa, such explicitness (in my view) only perpetuates the objectification of women. Simply because the root of the problem, which stems from the lenses with which most men view women is not subverted with such explicitness. If we were in a world where women were viewed in their complete humanity, then there would be no argument.

   Of course, one could say such explicitness would be threatening as the repression of sexuality is a power-base for many patriarchal societies in the world. Yet, if a woman were to say the same thing Kanye did – on twitter – she is considered a freak, a sex goddess, a nymph, “she-likes-it”, a slut, a sinner, etc.

   I guess all I am saying is that what really needs change is how men view women. And I am not sure that a woman being explicit, public, and unapologetic accomplishes that type of change.