: I keep forgetting I have a Substack. Anyway, the algorithm keeps showing me stuff about denouncements and, while I’m not in a frat, I am in a brotherhood (Morehouse). So I had thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/saintjud...

: Chris Brown is a grown ass man with the emotional intelligence of a 10 year old; his fans enable immaturity in ways that are unhealthy & indicative of co-dependent man children; his patterns of abuse make me wonder if abuse is the allure he’s more raunchy than talented; pelvic gyrations ≠ dancing

: I am forever grateful that I can publish 1000 word, intimately expansive exposés of incredibly niche and close to my heart passions. (Talking about comics writ large, not the issue. The issue was just cool.)

A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎 www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...

: in 2026, I want to free you from thinking someone Black doing something you believe uncouth or embarrassing implies all Black people have no couth and justifies racism because of said embarrassment.

: Joycelyn Ann Jones. 3/2/1947 - 12/21/2010

: didn’t feel like running. Couldn’t find my shoes. Pace slow; back tight. Wanted to quit. Remembered that quitting would feel worse. Started chanting “I can do hard things.” Heard footsteps behind me; pride wouldn’t let me let them overtake me. 3 seconds off my pace goal.

: it took me 5 years to write this. I rarely ask this but: take 7 minutes to read this if you’re able.

: I think about what my life in an alternate timeline. How, if one thing changed, how many other dominoes would fall differently as a result. I wish that kind of thought was here. Instead we have familiar names doing unfamiliar things with no clear connecting through line.

: what’s the man’s equivalent to flowers? An affirmation. As flowers make you feel seen and adored, so do words to men. Tell him he’s great. Tell him he’s beautiful and enough. Hell, tell him to smile. See how he lights up. I wrote about it. Give it a read. open.substack.com/pub/saintjud...

: I’ll know I’ve done good in this life if I’m reincarnated as a well-to-do Black woman’s dog in the next. Can think of no better life tbh.

: there are two brothers who keep coming on my TL. One never has anything positive to say about Black people; The other takes shots at Black women under the guise of “accountability” They both likely consider themselves pro-Black. So fascinating.

: a good comic that feels (maybe purposefully) underwhelming. As a part of Imperial War, it’s a must read. On its own…well, we’ll just have to see what the future brings. Too bad what is just doesn’t feel like enough. (Also: Bring back his beard)

Trump picks his enemies with malicious insight. He knows who he can harm without getting mainstream push back. Black women top that list. Lisa Cook should win in court. In a just nation she would win instantly. This, however, is the United States.

: some thoughts from instagram

: for my geriatric millennial ninjas (literally): pick one.

: the movie was a lot. The comic is a lot. Sometimes a lot is necessary and fulfilling. That’s not necessarily the case with Storm.

: two great fantasy programs whose deserved yet unrealized popularity were casualties of today’s cultural (and media) nightmare reality. Watch them both, for we might not have much more like them anytime soon, to the detriment of us all.

: as seen on twitter, so attach “allegedly” to this. Still, if you can’t say “Black” or “woman” at Essence, where can you say it? (Further thoughts on my Substack, linked below)

: I try to write everyday. This is what I wrote today.

: some thoughts

It's Storm's 50th anniversary. Check out this discussion by @wordsfromapenn.com & @saintjudejones.bsky.social about what makes the character iconic comicsxf.com/2025/04/07/s... (and check out CXF tomorrow for another roundtable discussion about another character who turned the big 5-0 this year)

: we don’t maintain movements because we treat good faith actors the same as bad faith ones, relegating our positions to irrelevancy, even among the like minded. We can be ideologically right and pure. Or we can be dirty and make progress. There is no mid ground. Pick one.

: lonely

: to my Sisters: an appreciation.

: America, distilled in a sentence.

: had some conflicting thoughts on the Nottoway Plantation fire. I don’t mourn for a building, but I do wonder: did the fire set the spirits inside free?

: Your dating life is on easy mode if you’re not predisposed to defending abuse. a bunch of you can’t wait to argue women down, and then wonder why you’re lonely.

: ok, not the same street (Pauger), but a block away.

: they grew up on the same street - same block - my mother grew up on. Quite possibly the same house.

: pope’s mother was named Mildred Martinez A Mildred Martinez opened a private school that taught a bunch of Creole New Orleans kids, including my mom. No idea if it’s coincidence, if they’re related, or (highly unlikely but) they’re the same person.

Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.

: I credit Catholicism with my proclivity towards empathy and social justice; ironic, as its disenfranchisement of women, queer people, and abused children (so many abused children) contract the edicts of justice and empathy.

: everything sounds better on vinyl

: you’re so Anne Frank/let’s hit the attic/to hide out for bout two weeks

: I am having a very rough day, but the headline to my piece gave me a real, legit smile. Hope it gives you a smile too.

@wordsfromapenn.com & @saintjudejones.bsky.social talk about what makes Storm great in honor of her 50th anniversary comicsxf.com/2025/04/07/s...

: there is no worse feeling than not feeling like you have a reliable space to be safe and free.

: what do you love most about yourself?

You got a woman that be sweet to you everyday???? I’m talmbout she know your social and still wanna be sweet to you??? You better do what she say

Blaming Black men for their low college degree attainment level without considering systemic barriers to their education needs to stop. Enough

: 😤😤😤

: More.

The worst thing the federal government has done to unions in my lifetime happened last night. The second worst thing was three weeks ago. The labor movement will either protect ourselves right now or be smashed. That's all there is to it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...

: Tidal Basin

: wait what

: I keep seeing this go viral in left circles, so I want us to check ourselves: is this an effective way to explain DEI to them, or is it simply an effective affirmation of our position to ourselves? Remember, the latter doesn’t move the needle in the minds of the former.

: plating skills trash, but! We move, and we eat.

: not gonna hold you, if i was Shawn Carter i might send shooters at homie. Way the fuck out of pocket.

: move.