tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29448815.post115213099301462116..comments2023-11-05T07:47:26.801-05:00Comments on Journey to enlightenment: The Good Black ManJourney_Wmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05529111696077054456noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29448815.post-1153833718104736812006-07-25T09:21:00.000-04:002006-07-25T09:21:00.000-04:00>As a child I looked for my own GBM not because I ...>As a child I looked for my own GBM not because I necessarily wanted one, but because he would make my life easier, as well as uplift the community. <BR/><BR/>I think that's pretty much what A. Rich meant by "compulsory heterosexuality." It doesn't matter what you want. It's what you need to survive and your obligation to others.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29448815.post-1152836002056802802006-07-13T20:13:00.000-04:002006-07-13T20:13:00.000-04:00This is a raw, honest, wonderful post. Followed t...This is a raw, honest, wonderful post. Followed the link on Skyscraper's blog and I'm so glad I did.<BR/><BR/>DidiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220811427425372509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29448815.post-1152212322691795492006-07-06T14:58:00.000-04:002006-07-06T14:58:00.000-04:00I understand the GBM syndrome. As a black woman I...I understand the GBM syndrome. As a black woman I have been lead down a path of wanting one for all the same reasons you listed. But those messages are all backwards and don't work. I just wrote about this very thing on my blog today. I ain't a hater on black men and know and believe GBM exist. <BR/><BR/><BR/>I love my man but I can't do it like other people tell me to do it. I work with my man and WE figure it out, issues and all. We write and authorize our own relationship...no one else. <BR/><BR/>Wishing you the best.DivineLavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633605215208279867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29448815.post-1152166516348401472006-07-06T02:15:00.000-04:002006-07-06T02:15:00.000-04:00I hear you, sister. The pianist, Thelonious Monk, ...I hear you, sister. <BR/><BR/>The pianist, Thelonious Monk, has this quote where he was talking about how he'd been overlooked through the years by many jazz heads. “I say, play your own way. Don’t play what the public want — you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing — even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.”<BR/><BR/>I love that. I'm not gonna be anybody but my own self.<BR/> <BR/>Good luck.Friday Dialoguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483318844754431393noreply@blogger.com