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...
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 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 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,...
