by Jessica | Jun 6, 2018 | Art, Blackness, Newark, Race
Marcus B&P’s chicken and waffles has become my newest treat for myself. It is honestly one of the best meals I have ever had downtown Newark, as an adult. I worded that the way I have for a very purposeful reason to be revealed later on… Anywho… Knowing the...
by Jessica | Jan 10, 2018 | Blackness, Race
On the heels of what I am told is one of the most powerful awards acceptance speeches in memory, delivered by Oprah Winfrey for the Cecil B. Demille Award this past weekend at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the internet was set ablaze with talk of how...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on November 23, 2015. Anyone who knows me would agree that I am an extremely big advocate of speaking one’s truth. This is especially necessary for marginalized peoples and otherwise suppressed voices. Anyone who knows me would...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on December 5, 2015. With all of these acts of terrorism popping up globally for the last several years – and I’m not sure if we are simply getting more reports now, or if they are actually more numerous – I...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on December 19, 2015. A jewel was dropped on me this morning at the crack of dawn, via my Facebook timeline. In “Connecting the Disconnected: When South Asians Accuse East Africans of Cultural Appropriation”, S. Varatharajah makes...