HeyJaredA Burst of Light: Black Feminist Musings
Writing through my Saturn return. Black feminist musings on life, art, literature, and music. Curious in form and content, a departure from stuffy academic writing, vulnerability in text.
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Book Review: The Opportunity by Tati (TM) Richardson (opens the original)
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“Ain’t never too early to learn, Deanie. Or in your case, too late.” (224)It’s a Why Choose? summer. For book club this month, we read Tati (TM) Richardson’s The Opportunity. Dare I say, I enjoyed the plot significantly more than I enjoyed the smut. Brief synopsis: Nadine (aka Deanie) is a 40-something-year-old Black woman who seemingly has it all together. She’s got the C-suite job, picture-perfect marriage to a retired ball player, 2 wonderful kids, the dream home, and best friends who are hap
Zora Neale Hurston & Respecting Our Black Feminist Ancestors' Life Work (opens the original)
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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.Zora Neale Hurston, How It Feels to Be Colored Me (1928)Friends,Last week, I witnessed a complete disregard for one of my favorite Black feminist ancestor’s life work. The disrespect was towards Zora Neale Hurston, no less. For a few days, folx had been responding directly to a Thread calling Zora a “sellout.” I’m not going to rep
I Took My Dream Birthday Trip (opens the original)
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Friends,I’m bringing in 31 in paradise. I am writing from a deck chair on my BnB Balcony in St. Thomas, “living my best life” as my mom has said. I’m so thankful to be here, to have the means to plan my first solo trip outside of the contingent United States, to feel rested and relatively safe while here, and to know that I’m here to enjoy and not trying to escape something back home. Because, to be completely dramatic, I almost did not make it here. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"
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