The American Minervan

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  • Black Family Issues, Beguiling Conservatism, and Homophobia

    Black Family Issues, Beguiling Conservatism, and Homophobia

    Opinion: Solutions through Homophobia? While we could agree the landscape of dating and marriage is difficult for Black men to contend with, and that having fathers in the household and stable families are vital, you must then get into behavior, duties and roles. Alot of Black men are part of their “household,” but what do…

  • A Queer Icon and the Power and Eloquence of Effeminacy

    A Queer Icon and the Power and Eloquence of Effeminacy

    POWER AND THE ELOQUENCE OF EFFEMINACY Jin Yong’s wuxia novel The Smiling and Proud Wanderer antagonist was given the name, Dongfang Bubai, meaning Invincible East, Asia the East, or Asia the Invincible. In the novel and film, Bubai heads the “Sun-Moon Holy Sect” (Rì Yuè Shén Jiào), an unorthodox martial arts sect. Bubai wanted to…