Tim Zuck, Taj, 1985, oil on canvas, 32½ x 48 inches. Courtesy of Sable-Castelli.
“How does it feel to be a problem? they say, I know an excellent colored man in my town; or, I fought at Mechanicsville; or, Do not these Southern outrages make your blood boil? To the real question, How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.
Originally published in
Paul Auster by Joseph Mallia, Black Eyed Susan, Jean Pierre Gorin, April Gornik, Freya Hansell & Susan Rothenberg.
Testosterone is the hormone that is the basis of patriarchy. So if you wanna get really deep, it’s like, Do I want to participate in that? I am totally a feminist and, as much as men might not feel empowered, they are in a more powerful position than someone with a vagina, or someone who is feminine or a woman. So what does that mean for me?
Becca Blackwell
