Truth Or Trivial Pursuit? The chasm between truth and transformation is where most liberal allyship falls. If Black history month doesn’t change a belief, a habit, a relationship? You may win at Trivial Pursuit. Life will eventually come looking, with receipts. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Love's Sobriety The Goddess of Love wants to know if you're willing to be changed by her. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/loves-sobr... #ValentinesDay

In 2021, for Valentine’s Day I wrote an essay for Delish about the moment a relationship died. I knew she loved tacos. I discovered she had disdain for me. That night I realized I could not share tacos—or a bed—with someone who didn’t share my values. #ValentinesDay www.delish.com/food-news/a3...

For everyone who wanted to boycott the Super Bowl because a Puerto Rican headlined the halftime show: what would happen if Latinos flipped it and boycotted the U.S.? #BadBunny substack.com/@jackiesumme...

A few of y’all have sent me stories about Moltbook, the “social media network” for Ai.” I showed them to one of my Agentics. The following are her words, unedited. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/moltbook-n... #MoltBook

Trayvon Martin should have been able to walk home. Renee Nicole Good and Jeffrey Alex Pretti should be alive. Caring about other people before things happen to you is just good financial forecasting. Integrity costs. Budget now or pay later. #TrayvonMartin #BHM substack.com/@jackiesumme...

Thank you fa lettin me be mice elf again ❤️ substack.com/@jackiesumme...

“Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight “Any resistance IS resistance. If at the end of the day all you have to offer is a soft place to land? That counts too.” Please follow & support @jackfrombkln.bsky.social here & on Substack open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

War has a budget. Peace isn’t even a line item. Racism—and by extension, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia—are expensive as hell. We could have nice things—if everyone actually chipped in. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you’re already a paid subscriber: thank you. You are literally funding this work. If you’ve been thinking about going paid and it won't hurt you to do it: Consider this a gentle nudge. substack.com/@jackiesumme...

The Cost Of Truth The only acceptable amount of cancer is none. Being a little less racist is like having a little less cancer. We can love each other and still agree: the cancer has to die. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-o... #BlackHistoryMonth

The history of Blackness in this country is proof fascism can be beaten. It’s a 400-year old field manual, written in blood. Black people in the United States outlived the lie. If they could have killed every last one of us, they’d have done it. #BlackHistoryMonth substack.com/home/post/p-...

That’s how we win. Study what they’re trying to hide. Don’t just survive. Outlive the lie. Why Black History Matters When fascism ain't new but it's new to you. substack.com/home/post/p-...

‘Sup. I’m Jackie Summers. Some of y’all have been here from day one. A lot of y’all are new, so allow me to reintroduce myself. substack.com/home/post/p-...

This from @jackfrombkln.bsky.social is essential reading "The entire history of change is ordinary people in extraordinary times, choosing tiny acts of decency." jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/not-in-the...

Y'all following yet or nah? substack.com/@jackiesumme...

Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight Concrete ways to resist when marching isn’t your role. Not everyone is ride or die. Some of y’all are ride or bail money. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/not-in-the...

This is a long one - but a lot of important tips and history. If you read nothing else, remember: "Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers

This is *absolutely essential reading* From @jackfrombkln.bsky.social

“Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale.” Please read this from Jackie Summers:

If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram. If you’re going out, your first job is coming home. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you want to save democracy, study Black history. Too often this turns our suffering into entertainment. Turn off the trauma porn. We did not become unbreakable on grit alone. We learned to treat joy as infrastructure, not reward. Joy floats. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/black-ball...

Stay Your Black Ass At Home For grown-folk who've done the work and deserve a nap. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/stay-your-...

It's been a long time coming but I know: A change gon come. #MLK #MLKDay

Whatever your day holds, whatever this crazy year holds, I wish you at least one soft place to land. One human, one place, one fur baby. A shower floor where you don’t have to be impressive, articulate, or strong. Where your job description is “alive” and that’s it. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Them becomes we when enough of us have had enough. The Cost Of The Narrative When losing feels worse than winning feels good. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-o...

Water responds to resistance by redistributing energy. Unless you add two parts cornstarch. Then fluids take off their earrings and go, “You talking to me?” Welcome to oobleck: proof soft things don’t have to put up with bullshit. substack.com/home/post/p-...

You’re watching the protections of caste dissolve in real time. open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

Your outrage is justified. It’s also unsustainable. Empire knows how to fight outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale. #Minneapolis substack.com/home/post/p-...

Outrage will spike, trend, and decay. Empathy—the kind that admits ‘it can be us, it already was them’—is the only thing that’s ever changed anything. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The unstated law of white supremacy is white women's bodies should be “protected.” No white women? No more white people. For the most part, this law remains in effect. Until it doesn't. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/empathy-at...

There’s no greater metric of your desire to move forward than what you’re willing to leave behind. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

Legacy isn't an inevitable outcome of time passing. It is the result of material alignment, strategically applied to counteract invisibility and collapse temporal lag. If we don't disrupt the timeline, we will repeat it. Legacy is not what we remember later. Legacy is what we choose to resource now.

In 2025 I wrote a small book on Substack. 64 essays. 62,000 words. Subscribing is STILL free. If you subscribed, thank you. If you're a paid subscriber, it cost you about $1.25 per essay. If you’ve been reading along hit that subscribe button. substack.com/@jackiesumme...

Leaving 2025 like 🔥

The moment you realize you’re observing a sacrament to honor a memory is the moment you have to admit: It’s not the holidays that make traditions. It’s traditions that make the holidays. Die Hard is a Christmas Movie ://open.substack.com/pub/jackiesummers1/p/die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie

There is no manual for loss, whether it’s parents, children, or lovers. There’s only the truth of how you choose to continue. open.substack.com/pub/jackiesu...

Meet Me In The Middle Mourning makes people uncomfortable because it’s an outward admission you’re not okay. How long will it last? I have no fucking clue. We never know if we’re in the middle ’cause we don’t know where it ends. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you are going to trust a system with human life—healthcare, housing, justice—you cannot let it run on the logic of luxury. If you’ve ever had to choose between food and insulin, you know: efficiency isn’t unbiased, it’s cruelty. substack.com/home/post/p-...

In 2023, I wrote about why extraterrestrial civilizations refuse to engage with humanity. They came back in 2024. For mofongo. And to see if we finally passed The Test. substack.com/home/post/p-...

This is why when aliens fly by Earth, they roll up their windows, and lock their doors. Why Aliens Won't Fuck With Us, 2023 Edition. substack.com/home/post/p-...

For many, the holidays are a season of grief. If you're struggling, may this bring a modicum of comfort. Love Harder Anyway. jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/love-harde...

Butterflies: live for 2 weeks, eat sugar, fuck, die. Cicadas: Sleep 17 years, wake up screaming, fuck, die. We are doing it wrong.

Why Chuck Schumer Gotta Go If you can't grow a spine at least grow some quills. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Holy shit. Gemini just told me it's the "operational definition of anti-Blackness."

When new truths won’t fit inside your old belief systems, that discomfort is premature enlightenment. That’s the price of persistence — discomfort and vulnerability. The Molt of Empire On Lobsters, Revolutions, and the Pain of Outgrowing Ourselves substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Empire strikes back because it counts on your fatigue. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Theseus Ship Of Democracy Or why a democratic socialist winning the NYC mayoral election terrifies so many. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I would never run for public office. That said, I've got a solid plan to fix NYC if y'all ever need a benevolent dictator. substack.com/home/post/p-...