Jamila ReddyJanuary 24, 2017

Jamila ReddyJanuary 2, 2017

The current state of affairs in the United States and all across the world compels to me reflect on my role in shaping the future.

Jamila ReddyNovember 14, 2016

Election Day Reflections

This election has renewed my investment in using my life as a site of resistance — making the way I exist in the world a radical response to systemic oppression.

Jamila ReddyNovember 8, 2016

No Matter Who Wins

No matter who wins, this much is clear: We have work to do.

Jamila ReddyNovember 7, 2016

I Don't Want To Work Anymore

I don't want to work a job I don't like — to afford things I don't actually need — just because I convinced myself that I had no other choice.

Jamila ReddyOctober 12, 2016

Am I a Freelance Writer, or Am I Unemployed?

Am I officially a freelance writer with no boss but my damn self— the thing I want more than anything in the world— or does that mean I’m just …. unemployed?

Jamila ReddyOctober 5, 2016

How to Support This Work

I wouldn't rather be doing anything else but writing. And that's exactly what I'm asking you to help me do.

Jamila ReddySeptember 27, 2016

After Korryn Gaines: We're Worried About the Wrong Things

Instead of talking about what Korryn could have done not to get shot, we should be talking about what police can do to not shoot people.

Jamila ReddyAugust 4, 2016

I’m Not Impressed

I tried to make my relationships work by pretending that nothing was wrong with them.

Jamila ReddyJune 10, 2016

When We Aren't Dancing

I wish more white people showed the same enthusiasm for Black music, Black fashion, Black language, and Black dances towards Black people as human beings whose lives are worthy of being protected.

Jamila ReddyMay 29, 2016Comment

All of Us in the Room

What would it be like to reclaim the performance of our own complex identities? To step all the way into it, and to do so on our own terms?

Jamila ReddyMay 20, 2016

If I am not cautious with my own life —

If you ask yourself: If I die tomorrow, would I be happy with my life? and the answer is anything other than an enthusiastic yes, it's time to make some changes.

Jamila ReddyMay 9, 2016Comment

On Staying Woke & Self-Sabotage

Ego will show up dressed like fear, looking like jealously, sounding like procrastination, acting like self-sabotage.

Jamila ReddyApril 27, 2016

What Would Prince Do? or: When death is an opportunity to step your fucking game up

When someone who offers a gift to the world is no longer here to give it, it's simply an opportunity for us fill up the space that they left.

Jamila ReddyApril 23, 2016

A Tour of My Brain

melissa harris perry makes me want to work on myself. beyonce makes me want to work on myself. rihanna, dear god rihanna.

Jamila ReddyApril 19, 2016

on writing, or struggling, & both

There's a whole world out there that tells you that your voice isn't necessary. That what you're doing is extraneous. That it's some kind of luxury. Part of the work, then, becomes convincing yourself that what you're doing is powerful and necessary.

Jamila ReddyApril 18, 2016