Jaelyn

An Instagram post from Ebony Magazine: black women can’t deposit applause. run the check.

Ebony has owed me $350 since 2013.

My Bluesky deserves love too! 🥰✨
Greetings I am DirectHER Shayla Racquel ✨

You would think that Texas being plastered all over the album would have signaled more love during the tour, but them only getting two days vs. Paris/Chicago (3), Atlanta (4), LA/NYC/NJ (5), and London (6) threw everybody off.

As for Chicago, as a Renaissance N1 attendee, we always get crumbs. 🫠

Take Atlanta's privileges, multiply them by 6, and distribute them between Houston and Chicago.

Target would really rather tank their whole business than take any sort of corrective action or accountability. It's miraculous to witness such unfettered foolishness particularly when it hampers corporate greed- their preferred activity.

The outlining process for this feature film script I've been working on has probably been the hardest hurdle to get over, but I finally have a detailed document to work with, including my working title, logline, synopsis, and themes I'll be covering.

A whole lot of progress. ✨

four screenshots from the show spongebob squarepants. in the first image, spongebob is at his desk looking dertermined and fired up, as he clutches hold of a pencil, and is ready to write something. the next image, spongebob is at a desk, with wide nervous eyes, profusely sweating as he's writing but looks unsure the next image is spongebob grabbing a pillow, biting it, hugging it and crying the next image is spongebob holding up a piece of paper that only has the word "the" written on it in very fancy font

me: big day of writing ahead

the big day of writing:

Assimilation, Connection, and Cunnilingus: How Oral Sex Unlocks the Thematic Messaging of Sinners This week I'm wrong about the prevalence of men pleasuring women in Ryan Coogler's new vampire movie, plus my friend's new TV show

@clarkishakent.bsky.social
This was such a great read. Thought you’d like it since you’ve been so good breaking down sinners for us! 🥰

forrestbrown.substack.com/p/assimilati...

The old adage about not shopping where they won't hire people who look like you is real. All of the tools of the civil rights era being necessary again less than a generation later because Republicans voted for white nationalism is nothing short of vile.

One very easy way that graduates of complicit universities could show their dissent would be to withdraw donations from the university and make very public and vocal donations to HBCUs and community colleges. Donate, and then tell the university why you’re doing it on socials or by email.

Meanwhile, a Black boycott is tanking Target stock while plenty of y'all are still up and through there. But hope y'all had fun on that Target run!*

We ARE taking action, just not with those who only want us as shields. No thanks.

* - doesn't apply to those who have no other shopping alternatives.

600 Oscar voters criticize lack of Academy support for Palestinian filmmaker detained by Israel Some Academy members condemned the organization's apparent lack of support for Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal after being assaulted and detained by Israeli authorities.

Over 600 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sign an open letter criticizing the Academy for its lack of public support for Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, co-director of Oscar-winning 'No Other Land,' following his recent detainment by Israeli authorities.

The devil couldn't reach me, so he somehow made me an aspiring screenwriter and filmmaker from a low-income community with two college degrees that I haven't made much use of just yet because the job market is so trash.

Academy Nicholl Fellowships | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Have to say - not a fan of this at all.
www.oscars.org/nicholl

#scriptsky #filmsky

And of course the National Museum of African American History is under attack and our foundations, federations etc will do a lot of nothing after rushing to release reports and be public bullies about how much they were doing

Finding a job in general has been discouraging on my end for the past 4 years as it is, but all of these affordable screenwriting platforms shutting down isn't making it easier on me, either. I'm grateful for what I have so far, but things are getting very grim.

I'll admit that I've been out of the loop with the news as a result of real life circumstances...but finding out that ScreenCraft is shutting down, having taken one of their free courses last year, is incredibly disappointing. #scriptsky

Tyla, for British Vogue (March, 2025) #fashionsky

photographed by Rafael Pavarotti

GNX is still excellent, btw.

Here’s a funny video for yall since yall seem to need it

If you have a Black Owned Business you’d like to put out there, use #BlackOwnedBlue and if you’re looking to patronize any of these businesses, pin this feed bsky.app/profile/did:...

a man says " that 's what i call " in a hulu ad ALT: a man says " that 's what i call " in a hulu ad

Can we get a list of Black-owned products we can purchase at Black-owned establishments that’ll ship to us since we’re boycotting the big box stores that don’t want our money? Black business owners this is your time to shine!!

If you're boycotting t*rg*t note that they will probably increase ad spend to African American communities to rope you back in. Peep the manipulation and reject it, or block their social accounts in advance!!

Some website builders to help you get started (always do your research!)

Weebly
Shopify
Squarespace
Wix
Neocities
Carrd
a dedicated Tumblr (tho that's still on a sm platform)
WordPress

And I'm sure there's plenty more.

🚨BOYCOTT ALERT 🚨

STARTING FEBRUARY 1st, MY ORGANIZATION WE ARE SOMEBODY IS CALLING ON A MASS BOYCOTT OF ALL TARGET STORES.

Yesterday, Target announced that they are rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI

Amazon
Boeing
Brown-Forman
Caterpillar
Ford
Harley-Davidson
John Deere
Lowe’s
Molson Coors
McDonald’s
Meta
Nissan
Stanley Black & Decker
Target
Tractor Supply
Toyota
Walmart

Support who supports you ✨✊

Makeup lovers, let’s give e.l.f. some $$$$!

Exactly -

The reason why they use "DEI" instead of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is because if they spelled it out, people would know going against it is pro-segregation

"Pulling back on DEI" - letting us know that this is going to be a segregated shopping experience.

We need to get far better at messaging and counterargument.

This was definitely a sign from them and from God telling me they were no good news, and just for that, I'm actually grateful for it all not working out.