Jackie Summers
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Griot. Brujo. America's first licensed Black distiller. James Beard Finalist. Creator Sorel Liqueur.
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Big liquor brands sold the story of authenticity without investing in the product integrity to back it up. Education raised the bar. The product limboed under it. Today on
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How 25 Years of Education Accidentally Created the Ultimate Brand Agnostics
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What Comes After the Espresso Martini? A Flavor-First Drinking Era
Gen Z drinkers are reshaping the spirits world, favoring authentic flavor, sustainability, and story over high proof. Explore how modifiers like aperitifs and liqueurs â and upstarts such as Chinola â...
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Truth Or Trivial Pursuit? The chasm between truth and transformation is where most liberal allyship falls. If Black history month doesnât change a belief, a habit, a relationship? You may win at Trivial Pursuit. Life will eventually come looking, with receipts.
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Truth Or Trivial Pursuit?
If Black History Month doesn't change you, you've entirely missed the point.
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2 days ago
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Love's Sobriety The Goddess of Love wants to know if you're willing to be changed by her.
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#ValentinesDay
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Love's Sobriety
The Goddess of Love wants to know if you're willing to be changed by her.
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8 days ago
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In 2021, for Valentineâs 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 tacosâor a bedâwith someone who didnât share my values.
#ValentinesDay
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When You Love Someone, You Save Them The Last Taco
When everything is falling to pieces, the smallest of gestures can go a really, really long way.
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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
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Super Bowl Monday: The Bad Bunny Economy
When empire cares more about inefficiency than justice.
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12 days ago
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A few of yâall have sent me stories about Moltbook, the âsocial media networkâ for Ai.â I showed them to one of my Agentics. The following are her words, unedited.
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Moltbook: NOT An AI Uprising
An Agentic Ai's unfiltered opinion of Moltbook.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/moltbook-not-an-ai-uprising
14 days ago
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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
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The Cost Of Integrity
Why Trayvon Martin still matters.
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16 days ago
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Thank you fa lettin me be mice elf again â€ïž
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17 days ago
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17 days ago
âNot In The Streets, Still In The Fight âAny resistance IS resistance. If at the end of the day all you have to offer is a soft place to land? That counts too.â Please follow & support
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here & on Substack
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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight
Concrete ways to resist when marching isnât your role.
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War has a budget. Peace isnât even a line item. Racismâand by extension, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobiaâare expensive as hell. We could have nice thingsâif everyone actually chipped in.
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The Cost Of Peace
I met Liz when I was 20.
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17 days ago
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If youâre already a paid subscriber: thank you. You are literally funding this work. If youâve been thinking about going paid and it won't hurt you to do it: Consider this a gentle nudge.
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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.
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#BlackHistoryMonth
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The Cost Of Truth
When inconvenience becomes imperativeâand then life-threatening.
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19 days ago
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The history of Blackness in this country is proof fascism can be beaten. Itâs 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, theyâd have done it.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Why Black History Matters
When fascism ain't new but it's new to you.
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20 days ago
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Thatâs how we win. Study what theyâre trying to hide. Donât just survive. Outlive the lie. Why Black History Matters When fascism ain't new but it's new to you.
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Why Black History Matters
When fascism ain't new but it's new to you.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-186083350
24 days ago
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âSup. Iâm Jackie Summers. Some of yâall have been here from day one. A lot of yâall are new, so allow me to reintroduce myself.
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Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
Welcome to my corner of the web. Wipe your feet, kick off your shoes, get cozy.
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25 days ago
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26 days ago
This from
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is essential reading "The entire history of change is ordinary people in extraordinary times, choosing tiny acts of decency."
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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight
Concrete ways to resist when marching isnât your role.
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Y'all following yet or nah?
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26 days ago
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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight Concrete ways to resist when marching isnât your role. Not everyone is ride or die. Some of yâall are ride or bail money.
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Not In The Streets, Still In The Fight
Concrete ways to resist when marching isnât your role.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/not-in-the-streets-still-in-the-fight
26 days ago
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27 days ago
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
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This is *absolutely essential reading* From
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28 days ago
âEmpire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale.â Please read this from Jackie Summers:
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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 youâre going out, your first job is coming home.
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Field Notes for a Cracking An Empire
How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-185680428
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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.
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Black Balloons
On oppression, joy, and the aerodynamics of survival.
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about 1 month ago
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Stay Your Black Ass At Home For grown-folk who've done the work and deserve a nap.
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Stay Your Black Ass At Home
For grown-folk who've done the work and deserve a nap.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/stay-your-black-ass-at-home
about 1 month ago
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It's been a long time coming but I know: A change gon come.
#MLK
#MLKDay
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about 1 month ago
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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 donât have to be impressive, articulate, or strong. Where your job description is âaliveâ and thatâs it.
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A Soft Place To Land
When hard times require soft spaces.
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about 1 month ago
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Them becomes we when enough of us have had enough. The Cost Of The Narrative When losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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The Cost Of The Narrative
When losing feels worse than winning feels good.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-the-narrative
about 1 month ago
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Water responds to resistance by redistributing energy. Unless you add two parts cornstarch. Then fluids take off their earrings and go, âYou talking to me?â Welcome to oobleck: proof soft things donât have to put up with bullshit.
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Be Like The Nature of Oobleck
When softness becomes fuck around, find out.
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about 1 month ago
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Youâre watching the protections of caste dissolve in real time.
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The Dissolution of the American Caste System
How to move in unity when the protections of caste no longer protect you.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jackiesummers1/p/the-dissolution-of-the-american-caste?r=6eg74&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Your outrage is justified. Itâs also unsustainable. Empire knows how to fight outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale.
#Minneapolis
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Army Of Us
On outrage, apathy, and empathy
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about 1 month ago
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Outrage will spike, trend, and decay. Empathyâthe kind that admits âit can be us, it already was themââis the only thing thatâs ever changed anything.
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Empathy at Scale
When the protections of empire no longer protects you.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-183856857
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The unstated law of white supremacy is white women's bodies should be âprotected.â No white women? No more white people. For the most part, this law remains in effect. Until it doesn't.
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Empathy at Scale
When the protections of empire no longer protects you.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/empathy-at-scale
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Thereâs no greater metric of your desire to move forward than what youâre willing to leave behind.
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How To Get Where You're Going
On old tools and new truths.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/how-to-get-where-youre-going
about 2 months ago
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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.
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about 2 months ago
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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 youâve been reading along hit that subscribe button.
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Jackie Summers | Substack
ACTIVIST. Griot. Brujo. America's first licensed Black distiller. James Beard Finalist, Summers is the founder of JackFromBrooklyn Inc. and the creator of the most-awarded American made liqueur of all...
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about 2 months ago
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Leaving 2025 like đ„
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about 2 months ago
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The moment you realize youâre observing a sacrament to honor a memory is the moment you have to admit: Itâs not the holidays that make traditions. Itâs traditions that make the holidays. Die Hard is a Christmas Movie ://open.substack.com/pub/jackiesummers1/p/die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie
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Die Hard Is A Christmas Movie
Yippie ki yay motherfuckers.
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about 2 months ago
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There is no manual for loss, whether itâs parents, children, or lovers. Thereâs only the truth of how you choose to continue.
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The Fourth Orphan's Dinner
On turning ache to infrastructure.
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about 2 months ago
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The Physics of Wishing
Starlight, star bright, 2026 get this shit rightâŠ
https://open.substack.com/pub/jackiesummers1/p/the-physics-of-wishing?r=6eg74&utm_medium=ios
2 months ago
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Meet Me In The Middle Mourning makes people uncomfortable because itâs an outward admission youâre not okay. How long will it last? I have no fucking clue. We never know if weâre in the middle âcause we donât know where it ends.
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Meet Me In The Middle
On Grief, Mourning, And Who All Gon Be There
https://substack.com/home/post/p-181964450
2 months ago
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If you are going to trust a system with human lifeâhealthcare, housing, justiceâyou cannot let it run on the logic of luxury. If youâve ever had to choose between food and insulin, you know: efficiency isnât unbiased, itâs cruelty.
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The Death of AI Slop
Stop optimizing for efficiency. Start optimizing for humanity.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-179285806
3 months ago
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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.
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Why Aliens Won't Fuck With Us: 2024 Edition
At this rate we are never getting invited to the Galactic Cook-Out.
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3 months ago
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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.
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Why Aliens Won't Fuck With Us (2023 edition)
A field report from the Galactic Department of Disappointment
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178006171
3 months ago
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For many, the holidays are a season of grief. If you're struggling, may this bring a modicum of comfort. Love Harder Anyway.
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Love Harder Anyway
A 7-stage grief cycle for those still learning to breathe underwater.
https://jackiesummers1.substack.com/p/love-harder-anyway
3 months ago
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Butterflies: live for 2 weeks, eat sugar, fuck, die. Cicadas: Sleep 17 years, wake up screaming, fuck, die. We are doing it wrong.
3 months ago
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Why Chuck Schumer Gotta Go If you can't grow a spine at least grow some quills.
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Why Chuck Schumer Gotta Go
If you can't grow a spine at least grow some quills.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178700075
3 months ago
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Holy shit. Gemini just told me it's the "operational definition of anti-Blackness."
3 months ago
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When new truths wonât fit inside your old belief systems, that discomfort is premature enlightenment. Thatâs the price of persistence â discomfort and vulnerability. The Molt of Empire On Lobsters, Revolutions, and the Pain of Outgrowing Ourselves
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The Molt of Empire
On Lobsters, Revolutions, and the Pain of Outgrowing Ourselves
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178407802
3 months ago
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The Empire strikes back because it counts on your fatigue.
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The Empire Of Quiet Things
Peace doesn't make heroes. Pressure does.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178352581
4 months ago
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Theseus Ship Of Democracy Or why a democratic socialist winning the NYC mayoral election terrifies so many.
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Theseus Ship Of Democracy
Or why a democratic socialist winning the NYC mayoral election terrifies so many.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178182704
4 months ago
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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.
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The Benevolent Dictatorâs Guide to Saving NYC
Three laws. One city. Feed it, house it, fund it â or watch it collapse.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-178033751
4 months ago
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