jenn m. jackson
@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist and author. Researching Black politics, gender & sexuality, policing, and threat. They/them. Personal acct.
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jennmjacksonphd.substack.com
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jennmjacksonphd.substack.com
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Black Women Taught Us by Jenn M. Jackson: 9780593243336 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
The paperback for my debut book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US will be out in a few months, nearly two years after its release. I'm so grateful folks have been supporting it even as I'm here recovering from heart surgery. Updates on the way. Stay tuned 💜
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673883...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673883...
My #BlackFeministBookClub picks for 2026 have been selected. Some of them are new reads. Some are rereads. All of them are beautiful and critical texts for this moment.
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
December 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My #BlackFeministBookClub picks for 2026 have been selected. Some of them are new reads. Some are rereads. All of them are beautiful and critical texts for this moment.
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
Learn more on my Substack at jennmjacksonphd.substack.com. #BlackFeminism #Blackbooks #BlackAuthors #BlackSky
WTF.
He bombed Nigeria? This is unreal.
He bombed Nigeria? This is unreal.
December 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
WTF.
He bombed Nigeria? This is unreal.
He bombed Nigeria? This is unreal.
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Xmas reading Black Women Taught Us by @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social 🎄
December 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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In this episode, Morgan Bassichis and I talk about giving and receiving feedback directly as a way to build relationships, and prevent conflict from escalating to destructive and disorganizing levels.
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In this episode, Morgan Bassichis and I talk about giving and receiving feedback directly as a way to build relationships, and prevent conflict from escalating to destructive and disorganizing levels.
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BREAKING: AOC has said: Reminder that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday and every political development that you see between now until then should be viewed with that in mind.
December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
BREAKING: AOC has said: Reminder that the Epstein Files are supposed to be released on Friday and every political development that you see between now until then should be viewed with that in mind.
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Your favorite young economist was on @nbcnews.com today. Big fro and all. Mama, we made it. #blacksky #news #booksky
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Your favorite young economist was on @nbcnews.com today. Big fro and all. Mama, we made it. #blacksky #news #booksky
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Very much worth reading.
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Very much worth reading.
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TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
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FINALLY
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
FINALLY
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"[Courage culture] is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
This is the problem with the Brene Brownification of "Courage." (Mel Robbins fits the bill here too)
This is the problem with the Brene Brownification of "Courage." (Mel Robbins fits the bill here too)
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"[Courage culture] is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
This is the problem with the Brene Brownification of "Courage." (Mel Robbins fits the bill here too)
This is the problem with the Brene Brownification of "Courage." (Mel Robbins fits the bill here too)
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“This is my issue: a lot of folks have poor citational ethics and Black women in online spaces are always collateral damage even when those people are Black and well-meaning.”
“Poor citational ethics” made me sit up and think! Good strong words from @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social.
“Poor citational ethics” made me sit up and think! Good strong words from @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social.
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“This is my issue: a lot of folks have poor citational ethics and Black women in online spaces are always collateral damage even when those people are Black and well-meaning.”
“Poor citational ethics” made me sit up and think! Good strong words from @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social.
“Poor citational ethics” made me sit up and think! Good strong words from @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social.
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Just finished reading Dr. Jenn’s piece about courage-culture.
“Having courage to finish that swim meet or ask for that big raise isn’t like having the courage to be Black in a country that wants us dead.”
“Having courage to finish that swim meet or ask for that big raise isn’t like having the courage to be Black in a country that wants us dead.”
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just finished reading Dr. Jenn’s piece about courage-culture.
“Having courage to finish that swim meet or ask for that big raise isn’t like having the courage to be Black in a country that wants us dead.”
“Having courage to finish that swim meet or ask for that big raise isn’t like having the courage to be Black in a country that wants us dead.”
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Courage culture "is the white-centric notion that courage (like bootstraps) will lift us up out of our present conditions without us first addressing the structural and systemic frameworks that put us there in the first place."
Excellent piece
Excellent piece
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Courage culture "is the white-centric notion that courage (like bootstraps) will lift us up out of our present conditions without us first addressing the structural and systemic frameworks that put us there in the first place."
Excellent piece
Excellent piece
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It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I wrote about Brené Brown and "Courage Culture" over on Substack. Tap in!
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
"Thus, 'courage culture'...is the white-coded myth-based belief that vulnerability is experienced homogeneously across racial, gender, sexual, class, and ability lines."
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com/p/brene-brow...
Um. Excuse me Maryland. WTF is this?
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Um. Excuse me Maryland. WTF is this?
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Went to a panel at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social at 14k tonight to see @karenattiah.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and the former EIC of Teen Vogue. I was on Mehdi's MSNBC show in 2023. I wrote for @teenvogue.com for 5 yrs.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Went to a panel at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social at 14k tonight to see @karenattiah.bsky.social, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and the former EIC of Teen Vogue. I was on Mehdi's MSNBC show in 2023. I wrote for @teenvogue.com for 5 yrs.
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Also, let’s not forget Covid’s impact on the heart, which, as with most such illnesses disproportionately affects Black ppl
Donald Glover.
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Also, let’s not forget Covid’s impact on the heart, which, as with most such illnesses disproportionately affects Black ppl
Donald Glover.
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Donald Glover.
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
Jamie Foxx.
John Singleton.
Cory Broadus.
Kid Cudi.
Sinbad.
We have to talk about blood clots and hypertension, stress and how it weathers us from the inside out, and how we push our bodies to their limits under capitalism despite the facts that we are not machines.
#BlackSky
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@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
My thoughts about your book today include gratitude for how many other books I now need 😉 to own & read to get the most out of Black Women Taught Us. 💜
My thoughts about your book today include gratitude for how many other books I now need 😉 to own & read to get the most out of Black Women Taught Us. 💜
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
I've been thinking a lot about hope and what it does for us. So I wrote a quick reflection on hope over on Substack. Read, like, and subscribe!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I've been thinking a lot about hope and what it does for us. So I wrote a quick reflection on hope over on Substack. Read, like, and subscribe!
🔗 Read the full piece at Jennmjacksonphd.substack.com.
⭐️ Subscribers get access to lecture notes, thought questions, and recommended readings each month.
🔗 Read the full piece at Jennmjacksonphd.substack.com.
⭐️ Subscribers get access to lecture notes, thought questions, and recommended readings each month.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
My experience at the National Women’s Studies Association conference this past weekend was AMAZING. It was refreshing to be in community with scholars, and organizers who take seriously the lives of women, gender expansive ppl, disabled folks, and other multiply marginalized ppl.
#NWSA2025
#NWSA2025
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
My experience at the National Women’s Studies Association conference this past weekend was AMAZING. It was refreshing to be in community with scholars, and organizers who take seriously the lives of women, gender expansive ppl, disabled folks, and other multiply marginalized ppl.
#NWSA2025
#NWSA2025