Single? Check.

I'm lonely. I mean really lonely. As I sit here on the couch doing my homework at 6:30 in the morning (typical Jess move ladies and gentlemen) I am overwhelmed by this feeling washing over me of being spent. I can't place the source of my sorrow and it is actually starting to make me...

#Charlottesville

I think it is safe to say that we all are reeling from the events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia during the rally on Saturday. If some are not familiar with what I am referring to, it was the horrifying and hatred events that transpired this weekened at the white nationalists rally where protestors...

Oblique.

Have you ever felt like the wind was being knocked out of you as you continuously fought for air? Was there ever a moment your brain just said "fuck this" and shut down into full on darkness? Where survival was more a wishful thought then a reality, and you could never truly see how the...

skin like me

Since I was a little girl, I had always noticed that the color of my skin did matter in society and it really made a lasting imprint on my path in life. As I am thinking of what to say and how to say them, my mother walks in and sits next to me staring...

shakey beginnings

             What comes to mind when you see that image above there? What was the first thing that popped into your head? Was it a pleasant thought or was it pretty nasty? When I look at that drawing, it is a constant reminder to myself that I am beautifully and...