You'll be waiting forever

They are going to tell you that you don't know what you want.   They're going to tell you that you want too much.  You're unreasonable for reserving your time only for those who support your progress and see the Read more

"I feel like you should know 'Not Without My Anus'!"

Would you like the context of that quote?  Would you like to put a voice behind the blog?  Then visit Cold Slither Podcast and listen to Part 1 of my guest podcast debut on the Classick Team-Up, with the Read more

Jason Whitlock Approves of Jason Whitlock

Jason Whitlock does not care for a great many things.  He doesn't like Serena Williams or LoLo Jones.  He doesn't like it when black people praise black quarterbacks.  He doesn't like Serena Williams.  He doesn't like Michael Vick.  He Read more

Quiet Spaces

I just want to sink into something lush, wild and green.  I'm a city girl to my core, but I feel most at home when I'm barefoot with my feet digging into grass so thick, the sun is hard Read more

Growing Up

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" - "If" by Rudyard Kipling Some Read more
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You’ll be waiting forever

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They are going to tell you that you don’t know what you want.   Read more

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Jewels, Uncategorized 1 Comment

“I feel like you should know ‘Not Without My Anus’!”

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Would you like the context of that quote?  Would you like to put a voice behind the blog?  Then visit Cold Slither Podcast and listen to Part 1 of my guest podcast debut on the Classick Team-Up, with the homie Classick Material.  We talk about everything from Popeye to parenting to The One Ring.

Let your psyche run free on the pop cultural playground and subscribe to Cold Slither!

 

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Bee Jack Does Media! 1 Comment

Jason Whitlock Approves of Jason Whitlock

Oh, you mischievous little scamp...

What’s not to like?

Jason Whitlock does not care for a great many things. Read more

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Uncategorized 2 Comments

Quiet Spaces

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I just want to sink into something lush, wild and green.   Read more

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Uncategorized 3 Comments

Growing Up

Hands Holding a Seedling and Soil

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!”

- “If” by Rudyard Kipling Read more

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Affirmation, Jewels 4 Comments

The Small Nothings

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Anxiety attacks are the worst.  When something big happens, even when I freak out, my generator kicks in and says “Okay, this sucks, but this, this and this are your options.”  There’s something in me that is totally capable of dealing with the  ”worst.”  I can totally roll with the punches when nuclear bombs are dropped on me. Read more

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Health & Wellness 1 Comment

State of Grace

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She emerged over Adam Ant’s shoulder with a British accent, convincing him that he needed a Honda scooter.   In the fair-skinned obsessed 80s which had little to no mainstream interest in expressions of black sexuality, this woman captivated me.  She was so discernibly black; so discernibly sensual and sleek.* Read more

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Balls 2 Comments

Happy New Year!!!

Beginneth thine year with a man in a chicken costume, and thine year shall be epic! - Confucius...or me. One of us.

Beginneth thine year with a man in a chicken costume, and thine year shall be epic!
- Confucius…or me. One of us.

2012.  There were times that were hard and days, even weeks where I was sad.   Read more

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Beauty Jackson in Golden 4 Comments

Hey. You there…

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Because you have no idea what you’re fucking talking about.

Warning:  I’m gonna say “fuck” a lot in this post.

While minding my business a couple of weeks ago,  the topic of black women, fitness and hair came up.  After I dug a bit, I found the following articles: Read more

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Beauty Jackson in Health & Wellness 2 Comments

“But to cry in front of you…”

"...that's the worst thing I could do."

“…that’s the worst thing I could do.”

Today there was almost a moment.  A moment where the ugliness I’d dealt with over the past year in my parenting struggles almost overtook me. Read more

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Beauty Jackson in Food for Thought, Jewels 1 Comment
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