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 Dunston | Apr 23, 2018 | Healing, Reflection, Womanisms
I want to take a moment. To be grateful for the new space that I call home. Out loud. My first apartment was a space that I basically threw myself into. I wasn’t sure of where I was going. I just knew I had to move. I was still living with Nana at the time. I...
by Jessica Dunston | Apr 11, 2018 | Healing, Love, Reflection
I try not to live in absolutes or give much energy to them. The universe is balance. African traditional culture and spirituality is balance. Multiplicity. Both/And. There come times when we find ourselves at crossroads. Even if not that drastic, we find ourselves at...
by Jessica Dunston | Feb 21, 2018 | Healing, Reflection, Uncategorized, Womanisms
On this day, February 18th in 2017, my Facebook status read: Sometimes, all I want to do with my life is research. About people and eras and culture. And write about what I research. Dassit. At the same time I wanna help people on a road toward better mental health...
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 Dunston | Aug 2, 2017 | Blackness, Education, Healing, Race, Womanisms
Featured Image: Bria Graham, 22, AP Photo/The Ann Arbor News, Patrick Record “If you are silent about your pain, They will kill you and say you enjoyed it.” Zora Neale Hurston So Bill Cosby wants to go on a town hall tour to discuss how to...
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...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on January 5, 2016. So… I’ve been going through a sort of quarter life crisis. Many things have come to light for me and many of those things have been forced, very harsh lessons. Some have simply evolved on their own...
