THE last time I visited Cat Island, I explored the exclusive peninsula on the north-west coast known as Pigeon Cay. Luxury homes dot the shoreline of Pigeon Cay, overlooking a beautiful inland creek and mangrove system as well as a stunning stretch of white sand beach. #Some of the views from Pigeon Cay are indeed enviable. Unsurprisingly, when you ask …
My vagina is not my private part
IN conversation with my grand aunt last week, I was pleasantly surprised when she said we should teach our young boys that a woman’s vagina is not her private part, but her holy part; that to enter the vagina is to enter the womb of the Virgin Mary. Coming from a woman with more than 80 years of experience, I …
Slaying the Dragon: An Immodest Proposal
A review of the inaugural Keva M. Bethel Distinguished Lecture LAST week I attended the inaugural Keva M. Bethel Distinguished Lecture at the College of the Bahamas at which Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, one of my favourite thinkers and writers, delivered a fiery presentation she called A Modest Proposal towards a Truer Emancipation and a Truer Independence. Knowing Mrs Glinton-Meicholas, I am not surprised …
The Crisis Of The Invisible Black Man
BECAUSE we have passed through periods of emancipation, decolonization, desegregation and independence, there are many who assume that race – once the primary basis of prejudice against black people – is no longer a relevant topic for discussion. #Our silence is a subtle poison, particularly because the primary racial battleground is now an internal minefield. In other words, racial experience …
The Art Of Negotiating Condom Use
In observing the efforts of the Ministry of Health, through its “Don’t Get Caught Unpeeled” condom promotion, I was reminded of an aspect of promoting condom use that has nagged me for some time. It is an issue not usually discussed in public campaigns, if discussed any at all. It is an issue I call negotiating condom use, and I …