Blog — Jade T. Perry

6 Tips on Ethical & Responsible Tarot Reading

6 Tips on Ethical & Responsible Tarot Reading

Mysticism, Healing, &a...Jade T. PerrySeptember 26, 2018Black women in tarot, healing, holistic wellness, mysticism, tarot, wellness

What I Mean When I Tell You that Ability is Constructed & Temporary

What I Mean When I Tell You that Ability is Constructed & Temporary

All, Feminism & Womanism, Lifestyle, UncategorizedJade T. PerryMay 8, 2017Buddhism, chronic illness, chronic pain

"Her Sexuality Should Not Be Pathologized", Found Poetry

"Her Sexuality Should Not Be Pathologized", Found Poetry

Published in celebration of National Poetry Month, 2017

All, Autoethnography, InterSEXtional Projects, WritingJade T. PerryApril 21, 2017poetry, sexuality, women of color

Deconstructing the Binary of “Holy" & "Horny”

Deconstructing the Binary of “Holy" & "Horny”

Also titled: DiShan, the Matrix of Domination, & Deconstructing Binaries of "Holy / Horny"

Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, InterSEXtional ProjectsJade T. PerryMarch 8, 2017Black church, critical race theory, dishan washington, gender theory, queer theory, sexuality, womanism

Feature: Taylor Johnson-Gordon, Food Healer, Herbalist, & Urban Gardener

Feature: Taylor Johnson-Gordon, Food Healer, Herbalist, & Urban Gardener

On centering Black girls & women through nutrition, herbalism, & garderning, healing as resistance, and cooking intuitively

All, Feminism & Womanism, Jade's FavesJade T. PerryFebruary 7, 2017black culture, Black women, cooking, food justice, healing, vegan, vegetarian

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - The Devil is in the Unknown

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - The Devil is in the Unknown

All, Faith & Spirituality, UncategorizedJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Black church, Evangelical, faith, reiki, spirituality, tarot, toxic concepts

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - On Sex & Throwin' It In a (Prayer) Circle

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - On Sex & Throwin' It In a (Prayer) Circle

All, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, InterSEXtional ProjectsJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Black church, Evangelical, purity culture, sex, sexism, sexuality, toxic concepts

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - White Jesus, Colorblind Savior

Toxic Concepts I (Un)Learned from Church - White Jesus, Colorblind Savior

All, Faith & Spirituality, UncategorizedJade T. PerryJanuary 27, 2017Evangelical, faith, racism, social justice, spirituality, toxic concepts

Feature: Sojourner Zenobia, Healer & Performing Artist

Feature: Sojourner Zenobia, Healer & Performing Artist

Facilitating spiritual returns for women & femmes of color

All, Faith & Spirituality, Jade's Faves, Lifestyle, UncategorizedJade T. PerryJanuary 19, 2017contemplation, meditation, performance art, spirituality, womanism

Because I'm Not Solely Writing About DT for the Next 4 Years

Because I'm Not Solely Writing About DT for the Next 4 Years

It is important to also resist being denied the space to tell the fullness of our stories - imagining, as Toni Morrison did, our creative works without speaking directly to an all-consuming gaze

All, Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Sheerly Shenanigans, Social Justice, WritingJade T. PerryJanuary 18, 2017#52essays2017, black culture, creative nonfiction, toni morrison, writing

"Tried (It) Again" - Examining ableism & homo-antagonism in Burrell's sermon

"Tried (It) Again" - Examining ableism & homo-antagonism in Burrell's sermon

All, Faith & Spirituality, Feminism & Womanism, InterSEXtional ProjectsJade T. PerryJanuary 6, 2017ableism, Black church, disability, homophobia, Kim Burrell

What the [Cuss] to Say While Suffering?

What the [Cuss] to Say While Suffering?

All, Culture, Faith & Spirituality, Social JusticeJade T. PerryNovember 28, 2016Blackness, dharma talk, social justice, spirituality, suffering

While the Tower Crashed

While the Tower Crashed

Thoughts about Election 2016

AllJade T. PerryNovember 13, 2016election, poetry, tarot

Things I Would Add to My Resume if I Could

Things I Would Add to My Resume if I Could

All, Career, Faith & Spirituality, For the Culture, Sheerly ShenanigansJade T. PerryNovember 7, 2016beauty products, Black church, crystal healing, music, natural hair, professionalism, resume, tea

Educator's Heart-Check: Resisting Complicity in the Dehumanization of Students

Educator's Heart-Check: Resisting Complicity in the Dehumanization of Students

Diversity Education &a..., UncategorizedJade T. PerrySeptember 28, 2016education, higher education

Dating with Chronic Illness(es) Pt. II: "Let's Talk About Spoons, Baby"

Dating with Chronic Illness(es) Pt. II: "Let's Talk About Spoons, Baby"

In Pt. II, we discuss the expenses of chronic illness(es), scheduling, re-imagining dates and more!

All, Lifestyle, UncategorizedJade T. PerryAugust 10, 2016authenticity, chronic illness, dating with chronic illness, women of color

Creation in the Time of Death

Creation in the Time of Death

On living and grieving. Creating yet surrounded by death.

All, Culture, Feminism & Womanism, Social Justice, WritingJade T. PerryAugust 5, 2016black culture, Blackness, identity, Joyce Queweay, Korryn Gaines, Skye Mockabee, writing