Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessLast ResortThere is something particular to the experience of being a Black woman. To be both everything and nothing at all. The whole world declared…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessKarenAt some point in high school, I wrote an essay for my history class where I argued that America had its own version of apartheid. It did…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessJacob BlackLast time, I wrote about Twilight I wrote about gender, romance, and power in the series, but it is impossible to talk about romance…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessIce AgeWe always talk about 2050 as the year where the Earth officially goes to shit. The argument for climate change is always: what about your…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessHow To Be A Radical ThinkerAbandon the term radicalAug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessGraduationI think I was about 11 when I got one of those silicone wristbands that said Class of 2020. From then, my college graduation transformed…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessFeminist Reading of TwilightStephanie Meyers has just announced the release of another Twilight book. In honor of that, I have decided to deconstruct gender and power…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessEvery DeathJames Baldwin said, “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” Today, I am…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessThere must have been a day where I decided that I did not want to be called Ewuraabena.In the age of afrobeats dance studios, the gwara gwara in music videos, and dashikis at music festivals, I think little of how I felt…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Jessica AinoosoninJess Say LessClasses & ThingsThis past Monday, I turned in my senior essay for my degree in History of Science and Medicine. The thing is that it doesn’t really matter…Aug 7, 2020Aug 7, 2020