Small But Significant
i ran across a heated debate online about reggie bush on the cover of Essence magazine. i really didn’t have a dog in that fight so i merely observed. as a result, when i ran across the magazine on someone’s table. i picked it up 2 c what all the hubbub was about. i never found out but did run across a page on relationships. and way down in the corner, is a blurb about same sex marriage and its troubles. it pictured to feminine happy womyn together with a quick quote. just a couple of sentences. that’s all.
so what’s the big deal u say? absolutely nothing. and everything. it was there as it should b. no big deal. gay a couple pictured right next to a str8 couple and an interracial couple equally. shiny, happy smiling faces. not controversial. not sensationalized or stereotyped. not sexualized or pornographic. just two womyn in love. yay! that’s all i ever wanted. just to be.
it was no big deal at all. there was no controversy. well, i’m speaking 2 soon. the issue just came out. who knows. essence might get letters. but i’m hopeful that they won’t. and as small as it is, i noticed and it mattered. it’s a small step. but it’s a step indeed.
now i don’t read Ebony and Essence cover 2 cover each and every month. so i can’t say with absolute authority that this isn’t a regular occurence. it’s just the one that i happened 2 catch. and i’m happier for it.
