by Jessica Dunston | Nov 3, 2018 | Blackness, Race
In a recent opinion piece in the Daily News, Alexis Grenell attempts to blame white supremacy and racist violence on Minister Louis Farrakhan….. Ya know… I’m just a little over it when it comes to ways in which some Jewish people overstep a very...
by Jessica Dunston | Jul 4, 2018 | Gender, Healing, Love, Reflection, Womanisms
One of my closest male friends, honestly more like my brother, just got married. He wants me to finally cut the crap and settle down. I know we hear a lot of women nowadays, say that they are single by choice. I don’t want to use that language in particular, but...
by Jessica Dunston | Jun 25, 2018 | Blackness, Healing, Newark
Things you need to stop saying: The Black family is broken. XYZ is a threat to the Black family. The Black community is broken. Black love is broken. What you need to say instead, because it’s what’s actually true: My family is jacked...
by Jessica Dunston | Jun 19, 2018 | Blackness, Love, Race
Black lives matter. The Black lives you terrorize and threaten while you’re walking around and breathing are counted among them. Somebody’s got to care about those Black lives. If you can be made famous for not caring about those Black lives, I guess that...
by Jessica Dunston | Jun 9, 2018 | Blackness, Gender, Reflection, Womanisms
Smile, mah…. For what lmao People don’t just smile to be smiling. What is the logic behind this? Have any of you actually thought about that? Why do you do that? What are we smiling at or about? What were we going to smile at or about before you said...
