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Salvific Manhood: A New Book about Male Intimacy in James Baldwin’s Novels

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 J. T. Roane 0 Comments
black intellectual history, Black Queer Identity, Gender, James Baldwin, literature, masculinity, sexuality

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey 1 Comment
Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

Unilever’s Ads and the History of Sexual Abuse Under Slavery

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Thomas A. Foster 1 Comment
art, Gender, race, Racial Violence, racism, sexuality, slavery

In a typical US advertisement for Magnum ice cream, a young, attractive white woman devours an ice-cream treat coated in chocolate. The

‘A Gateway to Self-Discovery’: An Interview with Elegance Bratton

August 2, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley 0 Comments
#TonguesUntied30, Black cinema, Black film, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. Keelyn Bradley:

Radical Hospitality and the Beauty of Black Queer Kinship

August 1, 2019July 28, 2019 Emerald Rutledge 0 Comments
#TonguesUntied30, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. It was

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