by Jenn M. Jackson · Published January 23, 2017 · Last modified January 30, 2017
Growing up, one of the most consistent messages I got about women, specifically Black women, was that we were golddiggers. Concerns about women “always wanting something from a man,” and...
Let’s be honest, most of y’all couldn’t get with Serena or Ciara (or any level-headed woman) on your best day. And, yet, you stay pressed about who these women date,...
I never thought I would put the words “Oprah” and “straddle” in the same sentence ever, yet here we are in this glorious and unprecedented moment. At Monday’s premiere of...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Reflections
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published May 23, 2016 · Last modified May 30, 2017
My life partner (husband) and I are coming up on our first decade of marriage this Friday. And, while it has been getting me all up in the feels over...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Reflections
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published March 18, 2016 · Last modified March 21, 2016
Poet and educator Gwendolyn Brooks once said, “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” I have always lived in this...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Videos
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published February 19, 2016 · Last modified February 20, 2016
Folks have been concerned about Meagan Good’s clothing choices for what feels like forever. A few years ago, she was in the news for wearing a revealing dress (that she looked...
Health and Fitness / Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Motivational
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published January 1, 2016 · Last modified December 16, 2016
Real life is sometimes the greatest deterrent to living. Bills, family obligations, career limitations, unexpected health emergencies, and a host of other issues can sometimes lead us to step away...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 30, 2015 · Last modified December 20, 2015
I am 31-years-old and I just found my people. They weren’t at my high school. They weren’t at my undergrad institution. They were all waiting for me in Chicago, at...
Love and Relationships / Motivational / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 17, 2015 · Last modified December 16, 2016
Alice Walker once said, “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” I couldn’t agree with her more. Over the years, I have...
Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published November 11, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2016
Last week, I thought I lost two of my dearest friends. They thought they lost me too. But, it turned out, we each were navigating a world hell bent on...
Hell Nawl Report / Love and Relationships
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published October 23, 2015 · Last modified December 23, 2015
First, yes. The title of this article has the word “vagina” in it. I’m going to say it a lot because that’s what this post is about. I’m also going...
Gender & Sexuality / Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published October 22, 2015 · Last modified December 17, 2016
Growing up, I was socialized to believe that other people, especially men, had a right to invade my personal space. Men were constantly commenting on my gender representation as if...
I am a cis-queer Black woman who has been in a heterosexual relationship with a cis-heterosexual man for the past twelve years. For almost ten of those years, we have...
Health and Fitness / Lifestyle / Love and Relationships / Motivational / Race
by Jenn M. Jackson · Published March 2, 2015 · Last modified December 16, 2016
Let me start by saying: Nene Leakes is incredibly problematic. She has said terrible things about LGBTQIA folks, she called a biracial woman a “half-breed”, and she may have distributed t-shirt designs...
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