360 Degrees of Love
Feature » Bob Davis
Mickey and Sylvia told us back in 1956 with their hit record, that “Love Is Strange”. Not only is it strange, it’s also predictable.
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GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME: Big Chief Donald Harrison
Feature » Kalamu ya Salaam
It was a summer day in December. The sky was high, powder blue with cotton clouds. The scorching sun bounced off the white of the church building facade. Coming around the corner, brother man pulled (and sometimes pushed) a blue shopping cart that held a yellow fifty gallon trash can with an ice pick stuck on the top perimeter of the plastic container. Dude had a fist full of dollar bills in his left hand. I knew what he was doing. He was selling beer.
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Her Wired Black Body
Feature » Kamela Heyward-Rotimi
Whether looking up a site, checking my email, or visiting some of my favorite African American online haunts I cautiously keep an eye out for language and images that threaten my definition as an African American woman.
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Imagining a Gender Neutral Black Male/Female Relationship
Feature » Lynne D. Johnson
Not too long ago, many lauded the great equalizing affects of the Internet. In these praises proponents pointed to the anonymous nature of the virtual identity, in which a non-ethnic specific or non-gender specific cybername enables an Internet user to mask his or her color, and therefore ethnicity, or gender. And while on many levels, cyberspace does democratize communication it truly depends on the context. Because of this, cyberspace enables a new paradigm for exploring the social construct of black male/female relationships. Instead of destructive and non-communicative relationships, cyberspace enables black men and women to forge relationships via new pathways.
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The Gender Warriors
Feature » Leonard Johnson
In every mail list or usenet group on the internet, there are people who see relationships as a War. Battles for Equality and/or Respect that must be waged if the state of Black relationships is to remain honest. It is the purpose of these self-appointed warriors to insure that members of their gender “Keep It Real.”
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Summer 2003: Plain Brown Wrapper
Gender Issues in Sepia Space

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