The Hug
Watching the DNC last night1 and seeing the Obama/Biden hug lifted my heart so high it hasn't fully landed.
I looked everywhere for this image this morning and could only find it in B&W in the paper version of my L.A. Times. What a shame. This is a landmark hug.
I mean . . . forget the black/white issue . . .
Forget that it's politics . . . (yes I saw a Bush/McCain hug but it totally squicked me out--it was so Hollywood.)
There was something very special about this hug. You can feel, just by looking at it, that it is totally heartfelt. It was real. And it took place in front of all of America--in front of all of the world.
Two MEN hugged. OMG. When I was growing up, men were only allowed to show emotion with each other with a handshake or maybe a pat on the back. At some point that graduated to the arm-around-the-shoulder. But this is so much more.
Long ago, at the heart of the womens' liberation movement, I knew that women would never be liberated as long as men weren't liberated too.
I believe this means that we are getting close.
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1. I wouldn't even be watching the DNC but I've been back at work freelancing during the live coverage. So I actually got paid to see this hug. Life is good.
posted by Gina Black at 10:46 AM
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4 Comments:
That hug just makes me want to cry and jump for joy at the same time. Thanks for posting the image.
Hey, any idea how I can get my hands on an Obama sign for my window? I desperately need one!
Enjoy work :-)
Gabrielle--I'm going to have to find you one. And one for me too. :)
Gina, that's a good gig!
That's a great image! And I love that it was a real hug, not that faux-macho back-slapping thing guys think they have to do.
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