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Marsha Ambrosius’ “Far Away” + Black Masculinity + Violence

Friday, January 7th, 2011

There are three videos circulating that have me thinking about Black men and masculinity and violence. The first is the new Marsha Ambrosius video, Far Away, we see a story where a young man, who interacts with Marsha, is gay (desires men sexually) or queer (operates outside of the heteronormative ideas of sexual desire). He [...]

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Posted in Black Homophobia, Race Class Gender, Sexism, Uncategorized | 9 Comments »

“Niggers, Fags and John Mayer, Oh My”

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The reason why Black women’s sexuality and pop culture is one of my research interests is because I know that when you dominate someone sexually, you dominate them physically and spiritually as well. No one was put on this earth to be dominated, all humans are intrinsically valuable, so I/we resist. Before I get into [...]

Posted in For Colored Girls Who Considered Homicide, John Mayer, Race Class Gender, Sexism, Whiteness and Blackness | 12 Comments »