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Friday, February 3, 2012

Sex The Male as Object of Desire

Posted by on Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:26 PM

Here is a real man...


Mainstream rappers are not real men. They fear being the object of desire. Yes, D'Angelo is singing to a woman, but desire is not something you can force, manage, control. Once you are open to desire, you are open to all forms and sources of desire. D'Angelo fearlessly enters the zone of sexual ambiguity. We are free to desire him in any way, from any direction. It is this ambiguity, this openness that the mainstream rapper fears most, and attempts to check by positing himself not as the object of desire but as the one who has access to objects of desire. The mainstream rapper wants your envy, not your desire. But envy is cheap, safe, dull. To be real, you must be open, you must be fearless.

 

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I wonder if he sang to this hooker, I mean cop?
http://www.missxpose.com/2011/03/dangelo…
Posted by Kelly O on February 3, 2012 at 5:18 PM
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What you get is what you seek:

http://youtu.be/ayu2XZ-mFGw
Posted by POH on February 3, 2012 at 5:44 PM
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heterosexual male who has been listening to voodoo more than usual lately, particularly this song, and who is unabashedly 3000% attracted to d'angelo. great post, great song.
Posted by captain underpants on February 3, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Katie B 4
Damn, Charles.
Posted by Katie B on February 3, 2012 at 9:03 PM
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Whenever I see someone with that particular abdominal defintion, I'm always like, "Daaaaammnn ... look at those D'Angelo penis muscles!"

Great post.
Posted by Amanda on February 4, 2012 at 11:43 AM
blip 6
This made me think of DMX's video for "Ruff Ryders Anthem." It features a bunch of glistening, shirtless thugs cavorting and jostling about in a prisonyard. Are the blatant homoerotic overtones intentional or are the people who made it completely clueless?

http://youtu.be/ThlhSnRk21E
Posted by blip on February 6, 2012 at 3:01 PM

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