Hostile Wit
Confronting inequality, stigma & culture
HOSTILE TOPICS
ACCOMPLICE
Resistance & Activism
AFTERBIRTH
Parenting & Partnering
DISCOVERY
Health & Stigma
CONVICTION
RELEVANCE
Culture, Lifestyle & Relationships
HOSTILE WIT
Womanist Killjoy
Why hostile wit?
Hostile = nonconformist, skeptical, exposing, scrappy, defiant, saucy, offbeat. “Hostile” like that pair of “hostile underwear” that attacks your crotch. Not “hostile” meaning unkind, bitter or malicious.
Witness = to be present, to affirm the truth, advocate, corroborate.
Wit = insight, common sense, and humor. The stuff worth living for.
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% of white people who deny race gives them an advantage
My Pandemic parenting pandemonium
Pandemic fun with a menopausal mom, a middle-aged Public Defender who can’t be in public and three moody teenagers
Why you need honest valentines this year
I find no escapist joy in scratchy lingerie, and more importantly, I shouldn’t have to pretend otherwise.
Years after Ferguson, bonding out mass arrests still same hot mess in St. Louis City
The St. Louis City bond system ups the already stressful task to locate and bail loved ones in custody. This either intentionally onerous &/or negligently oppressive process adds another layer of injustice.
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About Jen
A parent, recovering lawyer, and writer. I never envisioned my midlife aspirations to include emulating Pussy Riot, but standing up for humanity has a way of changing a person. I’m a former corporate attorney set adrift following the 2008 economic downturn. I turned anti-racist activist, baptized by fire in the streets of Ferguson. Read More