# Stop Performing Manhood & Start Living It

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Podcast: [Uploaded and Unfiltered: Real Talk on Healing, Creativity, and Mindset for Black Creators](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uploaded-and-unfiltered-real-talk-on-healing-creativity-and-mindset-for-black-creators-6518545)
Published: 2026-06-09T12:00:00+00:00
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Send me a text! Be part of the show! This month I had to speak on something that’s been on my mind for a minute. It started with a TikTok stitch I made about a brother who wanted to buy his homies birthday cakes — and most of them shut it down out of fear of being perceived as gay. That reaction is a symptom of something much deeper: a stranglehold that outside opinions have over how Black men live, move, and feel. I break down the real definition of manhood versus the one society handed us...

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