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Kamala Harris may win the presidency, but the media’s portrayal of her won’t challenge the expectations of those who see Black women as their mammies.
Jenn M. Jackson | Oct 10, 2024
Faced with escalating misogynoir, Black women and femmes deserve to claim personal and professional boundaries that allow us to be our best selves.
Jenn M. Jackson | Aug 20, 2024
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous—and almost always those who are most marginalized—who dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.
Jenn M. Jackson | Jul 23, 2024
We can no longer accept Pride events that only make room for one type of queer person—or that cater primarily to corporations more invested in rainbow capitalism than collective liberation.
Jenn M. Jackson | Jun 18, 2024
There’s power in a viral clapback. But what of the already-marginalized people whose identities again become a public punchline?
Jenn M. Jackson | May 30, 2024
The stolen souls aboard the Clotilda slave ship’s final, illegal voyage remained suspended across space and time.
Jenn M. Jackson | Mar 4, 2024
Expanding our kinship networks can enrich our lives.
Jenn M. Jackson | Feb 27, 2023