2017 was fire. Among the Dagara (Burkina Faso/Ghana), the last digit of the calendar year determines the element that governs that year. Dagara elder, Dr. Malidoma Some, has said, “Fire is the rising force that makes us do, see, feel, love, and hate. Fire has great power, both outside of us and within us. OnContinueContinue reading “CCSS 2017 Year in Review”
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Giving Tuesday – Help Make Our Documentary Film A Reality
Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 is Giving Tuesday, a national day of giving to causes in which you believe. This year, the Center for Culture, Sexuality, and Spirituality, has a great opportunity for your giving. Our documentary film project, No Homo | No Hetero: Sexual Fluidity and Manhood in Black America is running a crowdfunding campaignContinueContinue reading “Giving Tuesday – Help Make Our Documentary Film A Reality”
The Kemet Journals – Part 1: First Impressions of Egypt
By Dr. Herukhuti Crouching over to fit within the narrow passageway, I climbed the steps to the “King’s Chamber” while chanting. In the chamber, I prayed as I had prayed many times before that moment. The hem ntchr tepi (high priest) of Kera neith Amen Ra (Shrine of Amen-Ra) initiated me into the priesthood whenContinueContinue reading “The Kemet Journals – Part 1: First Impressions of Egypt”
On the harms of white supremacy to white people, part one.
From Annie Banks: “In this essay, I seek to find answers to the question, how does white supremacy harm white people? I feel that this line of inquiry is important to the struggle towards the destruction of white supremacy and the possibility of different worlds. Scholar Elizabeth “Betita” Martinez defines white supremacy as: […] anContinueContinue reading “On the harms of white supremacy to white people, part one.”
Believing Is Seeing: Moonlight, Asexuality, and Bisexuality
by Dr. Herukhuti Editorial Note: The phrase “gaywashing the film,” which the author used in an earlier draft of this article has been changed. After considering the fact that the screenplay from which the stage play was adapted was written by a Black gay man, the concept of gaywashing the film is imprecise. It is theContinueContinue reading “Believing Is Seeing: Moonlight, Asexuality, and Bisexuality”
Patriarchy: An Historical-Spiritual Analysis of Why It Exists and Persists
By Dr. Herukhuti Today seems like a good day to talk about patriarchy. Most general definitions of the word define it as a society or system in which males, masculinity, and manhood are privileged and centered over females, femininity, and womanhood. This privileging and centering marginalizes non-males from power and only affords them access toContinueContinue reading “Patriarchy: An Historical-Spiritual Analysis of Why It Exists and Persists”
Love in the Time of Suppression
By Dr. Herukhuti This is a dangerous time for love. Pleasure and desire are at risk. Ecstasy and the erotic are in need of sanctuary. Over the last several months, I’ve felt these things to be more true than ever before. It’s why I haven’t written an article here in some time. The urgency ofContinueContinue reading “Love in the Time of Suppression”
The Necessary Rise of The Feminine: A Letter to My Sisters
I am so in Love with her. She plugs into people for fun, just to watch them light up with gratitude. She is useful far beyond Her sex, but understand, She is no less of a Goddess in sex. She is undeniable. She converts the atheist.
The Personal is Political in 2016 Presidential Election: The Sexual Politics of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
By Dr. Herukhuti I started writing this article on July 31. Looking at the histories of the Democrat and Republican nominees at the time, I knew that sex was an important lens through which profound evaluations of the nominees would come into focus. I wrote the following lines and then prematurely stopped to attend to otherContinueContinue reading “The Personal is Political in 2016 Presidential Election: The Sexual Politics of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump”
“My Brother’s a Keeper” – Dr. Herukhuti’s New Play at The Bronx Academy for Arts and Dance Coming November 12
My Brother’s a Keeper, a play by Dr. Herukhuti, will have two workshop production performances November 12 (3pm and 8pm shows) at The Bronx Academy for Arts and Dance, located at 2474 Westchester Ave in the Bronx, New York, as part of the 2016 Blaktinx Festival. CAST (Alphabetically) CECIL – David J. Cork Training: New York UniversityContinueContinue reading ““My Brother’s a Keeper” – Dr. Herukhuti’s New Play at The Bronx Academy for Arts and Dance Coming November 12″