by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on April 26, 2016. Feeling the compulsion to reprise and complete a piece I started last week in response to the comments on girls’ school outfit choices, made by Erykah Badu. It has become even more clear to me in the...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on January 21, 2017. Let me begin by stating very clearly that I love my individual sisters who’ve chosen to march in DC today and admire their convictions. I am here for what them and what they feel and what they support...
by Jessica | Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on March 7, 2017. You and only you are solely responsible for your ability to empathize with other human beings, especially when some of those human beings are part of your own nation or ethnic group. Granted, there are instances...
by Jessica Dunston | Jun 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Originally posted to Kinesis Blog on June 23, 2015 There’s this strange yet warm and inviting peace that comes at daybreak after trying times. It’s a peace I revel but exist in. The simple joy of BEing. Of not worrying or even caring about what dreams came through the...
by Jessica Dunston | Apr 25, 2017 | Healing, Reflection
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on April 25, 2017 The world does not stop for your triggers. There are populations for whom triggers are responded to with swifter justice in general public response, and populations for whom triggers are de-legitimized, but...
by Jessica Dunston | Apr 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
What is we gon do? An essential question that we all, internally or externally, ask ourselves when we run into a point at which some game changer has occurred, or, we simply need to make an important decision. Coping skills are defined as methods that a person uses to...
by Jessica Dunston | Jan 31, 2017 | Blackness, Healing, Reflection
So, family… this 2016 election season has been intense, to say the very least. We have finally come to the “first 100 days” of President Donald J. Trump. Barely past the first 10 days, actually. Not to mention the racism, sexism, ableism,...
by Jessica Dunston | Jan 26, 2017 | Blackness, Education
Yesterday, I put the call out to my social network – Facebook family, to be precise – on written resources that speak to theories and best practices in teaching Black youth. The results blew my mind, as my social network tends to. You can find the list...
by Jessica | Jan 20, 2017 | Womanisms
Originally posted on the Kinesis blog on January 9, 2016. Exactly when are we gonna get over our fascination that there happens to be an attractive Black woman who can say smart words with good timing, so that we can remain focused on the fact that Bill Cosby been...
by Jessica | Jan 19, 2017 | Womanisms
As it should be obvious by now, I get most of my writing inspiration from Facebook posts… This time one of my good sista friends posed the question, “What is toxic femininity? Does it exist?” First and foremost let it be understood – and I’ll bounce back and forth...
