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Notes on Black Feminism, disability, publishing, polyamory, queerness, transness, and a freer future.
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Love Note #22: At 42 years old, I am home again. (opens the original)
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September is my birth month. But, because of my parents, I have always had a complicated relationship with my birthday. I only ever had two birthday parties growing up. The first, when I turned four years old, I can only remember from pictures. My mom and dad were still married then. It looked like a joyous, very Black, Oakland event. The second, when I was eleven years old, was combined with my cousin’s baby shower. Only one of my friends from school came and when they realized that we lived in
What to read if you want to become an anti-racist activist and thinker (opens the original)
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Register Now! Black Feminist (Insurgent) Politics with Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (opens the original)
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Greetings beloveds!I am writing to you all today with a break from our regular cadence with a new course announcement. This Fall, I will be teaching Black Feminist (Insurgent) Politics, the intro course for my new writing and learning institute, Invisible Ink, building on my debut book Black Women Taught Us. <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YoIr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.a
Why ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ is not the book we need right now. (opens the original)
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Later-life mental health diagnoses with Dr. Jenn Jackson and Dr. Devika Bhushan (opens the original)
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