'And our sons must become men- such men as we hope our daughters, born and unborn, will be pleased to live among'. ~ Audre Lorde (From “Man Child…”) Jo begins with'I love Black men'. I love Black men. I think my adoration comes from dancing with my father, my feet on his, to Otis Redding records. Or possibly from my big brother always allowing me to ride shotgun, regardless of what friend of girlfriend was also riding, in his candied Monte Carlo with the booming system. It is the men in … [Read more...]
‘Patriarchy damages men too… no really’, Jo Nubian
November 24, 2012 by Team Celebration
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