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Conflating ‘Gay’ and ‘the DL’: Omari Hardwick on Playing Carl in ‘For Colored Girls’

Posted on August 29, 2012 by tlewisisdope

My thoughts on Omari Hardwick’s comments on playing Carl in “For Colored Girls.”
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Posted in Film, Sexuality | Tagged black actors, black gay men, black men, black sexuality, Black SGL men, black women, Brokeback Mountain, Carl, DL, For Colored Girls, gay, gay actors, Heath Ledger, J.L. King, Jake Gyllenhaal, Omari Hardwick, playing gay, same gender loving, SGL, Shadow and Act, Tyler Perry | 1 Comment

Flashback: Black Men United, ‘U Will Know’

Posted on August 11, 2012 by tlewisisdope

My thoughts on Black Men United’s “U Will Know.”
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Posted in Hot Videos, Music | Tagged Aaron Hall, After 7, Al B. Sure!, black men, Black Men United, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Christopher Williams, couplet, D'Angelo, Damion Hall, DRS, Dwayne Wiggins, El DeBarge, Gerald Levert, H-Town, Intro, Jason's Lyric, Joe, Keith Sweat, Lenny Kravitz, Lil' Joe, Portrait, R. Kelly, Raphael Saadiq, Silk, Sovory, Stokley, Tevin Campbell, Tony Toni Toné, U Will Know, Usher, vulnerability | Leave a comment

Lupe Fiasco and the Radical Messiness of Black Male Feeling

Posted on July 28, 2012 by tlewisisdope

My thoughts on Lupe Fiasco’s MTV interview where he breaks down into tears.
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Posted in Culture, Music, Self-reflection | Tagged 2pac, 90s hip hop, black men, crying, Drake, emotional, emotions, feelings, Frank Ocean, J. Cole, Kanye West, keepin it real, Lupe Fiasco, millennials, MTV, Sway, Tupac Shakur | Leave a comment

Tribute to E. Lynn Harris

Posted on July 25, 2009 by tlewisisdope

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 | 2 Comments

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