Category Archives: Culture
Telling Our Own Stories, Black People
Khalil Kain, late of the brilliant television show Girlfriends, has a fascinating interview on Ebony.com promoting his new role in the classic 1970s Negro Ensemble Company play, The Great MacDaddy. I was struck most by this exchange: EBONY: How do you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Film, Television
Tagged African-American culture, African-American film, African-American history, African-American plays, African-American theater, black culture, black history, black plays, Broadway, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Girlfriends, Khalil Kain, Nelson George, Nicole Ari Parker, Paul Carter Harrison, Tennessee Williams, Wood Harris
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I Spent the Week at Alyssa Rosenberg’s Crib on ThinkProgress
Sharing thoughts I put together for my guest blogging stint at Alyssa Rosenberg’s blog on ThinkProgress.
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Posted in Culture, Film, Sexuality, Television
Tagged Alyssa Rosenberg, BET, bisexuality, black film, black sitcom, black tv, Clair, Cliff, Cosby Show, Everybody Hates Chris, Family Matters, Finding Me: Truth, fluid sexuality, Greg, guest blog, Huxtables, independent film, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Morris Chestnut, My Wife and Kids, Nia Long, Reed Between The Lines, Roger S. Omeus, sexism, Taye Diggs, Terrance Howard, The Best Man, The Best Man 2, The Best Man sequel, The Parent'Hood, ThinkProgress, Tracee Elli Ross
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Beauty Unqualified
My thoughts on model Leonie Campbell’s open letter on racism in the fashion industry.
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Tribute to E. Lynn Harris
My tribute to E. Lynn Harris.
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Posted in Books, Culture, Self-reflection, Sexuality
Tagged Abide With Me, Another Country, Basil Henderson, Basketball Jones, bisexuality, black fiction, black male, black men, black writer, Boris Kodjoe, contemporary fiction, E. Lynn Harris, gay fiction, Giovanni's Room, Invisible Life, James Baldwin, Just As I Am, Nicole Springer, Quinn, Raymond Tyler, Rick Fox, Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone
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