Dad, I am forgiving you because I now realize that you could not be there—not because you didn’t want to, but because you didn’t know how to. He’s not dead, but since his presence was consistently minimal, I usually pretended he was. It made days and nights much easier. Instead of asking “Where’s daddy?” I knew […]
Tyler Perry’s films propagate capitalism, greed, colorism, abuse, patriarchy, and the perpetuation of stereotypes. So why exactly was the director chosen to headline a women’s empowerment luncheon this weekend? Many words reverberate when I find the strength to watch a Tyler Perry film: violence, misogyny, HIV/AIDS, stigma, stereotypes, dependency, greed, classism, and others. The one […]
