PinnedMartin X·Oct 22HBO’s Lanterns Understands Something About MenHBO’s Lanterns chooses themes uncommon to cinematic representations of the heroes journey: Paternal Suicidality, Familial Alienation, and…A response icon1A response icon1
PinnedMartin X·May 28Dominic’s Death, Mackenzie’s CrimeCulture informs society that someone has to break before violence is considered the cause. When a young man dies from an intentional…
PinnedMartin X·Jan 12Beyond the Alt-Right: The Cultural Evolution of Divestment Against Black MenDivestors won the war. The battle for acceptable dialogue about Black men was driven by the promise of progress. If defined by the shield…A response icon3A response icon3
PinnedMartin X·Aug 27, 2025Why Everyone Is Quiet About the End of the BLM MovementWhen the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement ended, the slogans were the first to wave the white flag of concession: Black Lives Matter. I…A response icon8A response icon8
PinnedMartin X·Apr 21, 2025Sinners Review (Spoilers): A Black Man’s PerspectiveA dirt road drive through southern cotton fields marked an early introduction to the Sinners cinematic landscape, a memento so visceral to…A response icon16A response icon16
Martin X·Oct 13, 202511 Essay Writing Templates Every Writer Should HaveI love writing, all of it, the crafting, the restlessness, and finally, what becomes the finished product. Drafting sessions would dominate…
Martin X·Jun 29, 2025The Curious Case of “The Booty Warrior”: Fleece Johnson and the Making of a Celebrity Rapist“Booty Warrior” is the last nickname anyone would expect a 60 year old man to go by, but Fleece Johnson is beyond conventional thinking. My…A response icon1A response icon1
Martin X·May 25, 2025Magnolia Children: What Cassie Ventura’s Testimony Teaches Us About Generational TraumaCassie Ventura testifies; her voice steady as she faces the canopy of bodies seated in the oak pews before her. On one side sits the…A response icon1A response icon1
Martin X·May 13, 2025Why I became a WriterI’ve thought about how to write this a few different times, a few different ways. How do I explain who I am as a writer?
Martin X·Apr 3, 2025Where the Black Men in College? An Honest ConversationWhite nationalism leered in the corner of my mind, teasing a connection to the cultural dialogue surrounding Black men in higher education…A response icon1A response icon1
