EPISODE · Mar 13, 2023 · 19 MIN
66. The Tale of Two Magazine Covers: Discussing Black Men in Popular Media
from Real Ballers Read
So in the last couple of weeks there was a small controversy on Twitter about two magazine covers, one with Jonathan Majors and another with ASAP Rocky and Rihanna. The controversy was over whether or not there is an agenda to effeminize Black men in popular media. In this episode, I wanted to talk about to two writers who had a similar debate before—Frances Cress Welsing and Essex Hemphill. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support
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So in the last couple of weeks there was a small controversy on Twitter about two magazine covers, one with Jonathan Majors and another with ASAP Rocky and Rihanna. The controversy was over whether or not there is an agenda to effeminize Black men in popular media. In this episode, I wanted to talk about to two writers who had a similar debate before—Frances Cress Welsing and Essex Hemphill. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support
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