Evolving Man Project
by Lornett B. Vestal
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Aya and the Alphas: A Novel
When a young girl, Aya Wright, develops extraordinary abilities and becomes a target of the world’s most powerful fader, Eve must protect her. But at what price? In the twenty-five years since she exposed the existence of faders, Eve Cooper has survived the collapse of her country and the loss of her closest friends. Now […]
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My Top Five Anti-Capitalist Hip-Hop Songs
Hip-hop has a long and storied history, from its humble beginnings in the hood to its current stronghold on global mainstream culture today. These days hip-hop is so mainstream that the Mighty Mighty Roots Crew is the Tonight Show’s house band with Jimmy Fallon. Who knew a music genre created by working-class black and brown […]
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Eve and the Faders: A Novel
Greetings, readers of the Evolving Man Project. The purpose of this site is to explore what it means to be an evolved man. An evolved man is a man who has flaws but learns from his mistakes. A man that picks himself up after he falls down. A man that supports his partner, family, friends, […]
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Slave Play, Hell No!
Revisionist Trash Rave reviews are all in for Jeremy O. Harris. The young playwright and upstart’s first off-broadway hit, Slave Play, has become the darling of the New York theater world. Slave Play is the Fifty Shades of Grey theater version, but a hundred times worse. It’s as if the playwright went down the deepest and […]
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The Rise of the White Savior Complex and Our Failure in Diversity
What do movies like Dangerous Minds, Hardball, and The Freedom Writers all have in common? They’re all movies detailing a well-meaning white person coming into the ‘hood’ to save all of the little black and brown children from themselves and the wayward people in the community. The White Savior Complex is a modern spin on […]
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