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 Dunston | Aug 2, 2017 | Blackness, Education, Healing, Race, Womanisms
Featured Image:Â 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 | 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 | 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,...
