Jade Beth
@jbethj.bsky.social
Memoirist, mom, scholar | MFA.
Mcknight Doctoral Fellow.
PhD Student.
Buy me a book on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jadejemison
Mcknight Doctoral Fellow.
PhD Student.
Buy me a book on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jadejemison
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Jade Beth
@jbethj.bsky.social
· May 8
This Kate Spade bag is absolutely lovely. Excited I could fit several books, notebooks, pens, highlighters, my wallet, and more.
I've been trying to make an effort to journal and read daily.
Reading Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy. I loved Soil, so, I'm glad to read this one.
I've been trying to make an effort to journal and read daily.
Reading Guidebook to Relative Strangers by Camille T. Dungy. I loved Soil, so, I'm glad to read this one.
I had 11 students come to the informational to be my research assistant.
This is going to be amazing. And the interview process will definitely be tight!
This is going to be amazing. And the interview process will definitely be tight!
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I had 11 students come to the informational to be my research assistant.
This is going to be amazing. And the interview process will definitely be tight!
This is going to be amazing. And the interview process will definitely be tight!
Feeling odd feelings while sitting in a graduate course on Renaissance Literature and hearing slavery, colonization, and more reduced to "(air quotes) Discovery/ies”…hhhmm…I understand it’s not the ‘topic’ of the course but in some ways, I wonder at the costs of making footnotes of historical trauma
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Feeling odd feelings while sitting in a graduate course on Renaissance Literature and hearing slavery, colonization, and more reduced to "(air quotes) Discovery/ies”…hhhmm…I understand it’s not the ‘topic’ of the course but in some ways, I wonder at the costs of making footnotes of historical trauma
I have so much to think about, to write about, to decipher.
today I am crying.
tomorrow I get to work.
today I am crying.
tomorrow I get to work.
August 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I have so much to think about, to write about, to decipher.
today I am crying.
tomorrow I get to work.
today I am crying.
tomorrow I get to work.
I am newly a single mother.
I wonder just how this will impact my research into maternal relationships and perspectives on motherhood.
I can't let this stop me from writing again.
Is this truly my Toni Morrison era?
I wonder just how this will impact my research into maternal relationships and perspectives on motherhood.
I can't let this stop me from writing again.
Is this truly my Toni Morrison era?
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I am newly a single mother.
I wonder just how this will impact my research into maternal relationships and perspectives on motherhood.
I can't let this stop me from writing again.
Is this truly my Toni Morrison era?
I wonder just how this will impact my research into maternal relationships and perspectives on motherhood.
I can't let this stop me from writing again.
Is this truly my Toni Morrison era?
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Happy Anniversary, Black Americans far and wide 🪑✨
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Anniversary, Black Americans far and wide 🪑✨
I already have students invested in becoming my research assistant!! Omg!!
My proposal JUST went up!
My proposal JUST went up!
July 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I already have students invested in becoming my research assistant!! Omg!!
My proposal JUST went up!
My proposal JUST went up!
I spent 2.5 hours hammering out my dissertation topic, plan for qualitative research, and future impact for my fellowship report. I'm even developing a new methodology.
I feel emotional and accomplished.
It's so good. I can tell this will one day be groundbreaking work.
I feel emotional and accomplished.
It's so good. I can tell this will one day be groundbreaking work.
July 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I spent 2.5 hours hammering out my dissertation topic, plan for qualitative research, and future impact for my fellowship report. I'm even developing a new methodology.
I feel emotional and accomplished.
It's so good. I can tell this will one day be groundbreaking work.
I feel emotional and accomplished.
It's so good. I can tell this will one day be groundbreaking work.
Oh my god.
I think I may have just found the epigraph for my dissertation.
Whaaaat.
I think I may have just found the epigraph for my dissertation.
Whaaaat.
a woman wearing a necklace with the letter n on it is making a funny face
ALT: a woman wearing a necklace with the letter n on it is making a funny face
media.tenor.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Oh my god.
I think I may have just found the epigraph for my dissertation.
Whaaaat.
I think I may have just found the epigraph for my dissertation.
Whaaaat.
I often say i could never live in NY because I've romanticized it my entire life and I know it's probably nothing like i see in my head.
But then I see videos of the cafes, book events, community, art, festivals, and walkable areas, etc.
And I think..."maybe one day"
But then I see videos of the cafes, book events, community, art, festivals, and walkable areas, etc.
And I think..."maybe one day"
When I was a kid, I wanted to move to New York and go on a date at Natalie’s.
Then I got older, moved to New York, and found out Natalie’s doesn’t exist LMAOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then I got older, moved to New York, and found out Natalie’s doesn’t exist LMAOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Time! 📺
July 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I often say i could never live in NY because I've romanticized it my entire life and I know it's probably nothing like i see in my head.
But then I see videos of the cafes, book events, community, art, festivals, and walkable areas, etc.
And I think..."maybe one day"
But then I see videos of the cafes, book events, community, art, festivals, and walkable areas, etc.
And I think..."maybe one day"
Omg my heart is so happy seeing this.
July 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Omg my heart is so happy seeing this.
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To be clear, Black Americans invented literally ALL popular music genres, as well as myriad sub-genres. Black people are the composers of America’s soundtrack:
Jazz
Country
Blues
Funk
Soul
R&B
Neo Soul
Hip Hop/Rap
Disco
Rock and Roll
House
Swing
Bluegrass
Electronic
EDM
Doo Wop
...and much more. 🖤🖤
Jazz
Country
Blues
Funk
Soul
R&B
Neo Soul
Hip Hop/Rap
Disco
Rock and Roll
House
Swing
Bluegrass
Electronic
EDM
Doo Wop
...and much more. 🖤🖤
May 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
To be clear, Black Americans invented literally ALL popular music genres, as well as myriad sub-genres. Black people are the composers of America’s soundtrack:
Jazz
Country
Blues
Funk
Soul
R&B
Neo Soul
Hip Hop/Rap
Disco
Rock and Roll
House
Swing
Bluegrass
Electronic
EDM
Doo Wop
...and much more. 🖤🖤
Jazz
Country
Blues
Funk
Soul
R&B
Neo Soul
Hip Hop/Rap
Disco
Rock and Roll
House
Swing
Bluegrass
Electronic
EDM
Doo Wop
...and much more. 🖤🖤
Not them ring to convince me I need an empire 40 coach bag...
Do i?
Do i?
July 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Not them ring to convince me I need an empire 40 coach bag...
Do i?
Do i?
The leather notebook i made myself for my back to writing by hand adventures. I'm excited to go back to something that made me a prolific writer as a child.
July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025
July 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The leather notebook i made myself for my back to writing by hand adventures. I'm excited to go back to something that made me a prolific writer as a child.
July 10, 2025
July 10, 2025
Saw the weather and laid out the outfit 🤔
That's wild.
I don't want to remove this very human aspect of me.
I have to feel the color of each day before I feel comfortable in what I've chosen to wear. That's just a small example.
That's wild.
I don't want to remove this very human aspect of me.
I have to feel the color of each day before I feel comfortable in what I've chosen to wear. That's just a small example.
I’m convinced that people like Zuckerberg do not get/actively dislike what it means to be human and are determined to inflict their terrifyingly inhuman fantasies of technology controlling our lives on the entirety of humanity
July 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Saw the weather and laid out the outfit 🤔
That's wild.
I don't want to remove this very human aspect of me.
I have to feel the color of each day before I feel comfortable in what I've chosen to wear. That's just a small example.
That's wild.
I don't want to remove this very human aspect of me.
I have to feel the color of each day before I feel comfortable in what I've chosen to wear. That's just a small example.
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Being back in Tampa for a little while makes me feel like I'm home.
I love this city and the community i built while here.
I love this city and the community i built while here.
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Being back in Tampa for a little while makes me feel like I'm home.
I love this city and the community i built while here.
I love this city and the community i built while here.
As someone who has been that crying woman in the stall...I needed this
And to @theferocity.bsky.social reading THIS CLASSIC Addonizio poem with his whole chest on Vibe Check this week:
June 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
As someone who has been that crying woman in the stall...I needed this
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And to @theferocity.bsky.social reading THIS CLASSIC Addonizio poem with his whole chest on Vibe Check this week:
June 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
And to @theferocity.bsky.social reading THIS CLASSIC Addonizio poem with his whole chest on Vibe Check this week:
When I was younger I played the piano and for the most part, I focused more on playing by ear because I was lazy (had undiagnosed adhd) and couldn't be bothered learning how to read music - although I eventually did.
According to Ancestry.com's new 'trait's feature, my dna says I can play by ear.
According to Ancestry.com's new 'trait's feature, my dna says I can play by ear.
a man wearing sunglasses and a black shirt is holding a microphone in his right hand
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a black shirt is holding a microphone in his right hand
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June 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When I was younger I played the piano and for the most part, I focused more on playing by ear because I was lazy (had undiagnosed adhd) and couldn't be bothered learning how to read music - although I eventually did.
According to Ancestry.com's new 'trait's feature, my dna says I can play by ear.
According to Ancestry.com's new 'trait's feature, my dna says I can play by ear.
I am currently reading and annotating Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd - Gathering Blossoms Under Fire - right now and reading her journals...seeing her growth... the structural story telling.
Wow, it's so lovely!
Wow, it's so lovely!
June 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I am currently reading and annotating Alice Walker and Valerie Boyd - Gathering Blossoms Under Fire - right now and reading her journals...seeing her growth... the structural story telling.
Wow, it's so lovely!
Wow, it's so lovely!
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Nobody has ever said it better than Stacey 💯
June 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nobody has ever said it better than Stacey 💯
Ignore my sniffing.
I promise I'm not sick.
I just cried a lot in therapy.
I promise I'm not sick.
I just cried a lot in therapy.
June 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ignore my sniffing.
I promise I'm not sick.
I just cried a lot in therapy.
I promise I'm not sick.
I just cried a lot in therapy.
I realized I've allowed all these "shiny new projects" to distract me from what I'm supposed to be doing:
Being kind to one another!
Jkjk
Writing a ton
Reading and annotating
Prepping for dissertation research...
I'm back on track now.
Being kind to one another!
Jkjk
Writing a ton
Reading and annotating
Prepping for dissertation research...
I'm back on track now.
June 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I realized I've allowed all these "shiny new projects" to distract me from what I'm supposed to be doing:
Being kind to one another!
Jkjk
Writing a ton
Reading and annotating
Prepping for dissertation research...
I'm back on track now.
Being kind to one another!
Jkjk
Writing a ton
Reading and annotating
Prepping for dissertation research...
I'm back on track now.
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Everyone is citing receipts that prove that he is a hypocritical lying hateful manipulative selfish piece of shit, but what does it matter? He continues to be able and do and do as people yell and yell.
Fuck! Mediocre-white-male-with-“money” privilege is so vile and destructive.
Fuck! Mediocre-white-male-with-“money” privilege is so vile and destructive.
June 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Everyone is citing receipts that prove that he is a hypocritical lying hateful manipulative selfish piece of shit, but what does it matter? He continues to be able and do and do as people yell and yell.
Fuck! Mediocre-white-male-with-“money” privilege is so vile and destructive.
Fuck! Mediocre-white-male-with-“money” privilege is so vile and destructive.
Reading The Weight of James Baldwin and my question is… :
What is it with Black American writers and France!?
As someone who recently picked up French, I'm intrigued by the consistent chokehold this country has on my Literary forebearers.
What is it with Black American writers and France!?
As someone who recently picked up French, I'm intrigued by the consistent chokehold this country has on my Literary forebearers.
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Reading The Weight of James Baldwin and my question is… :
What is it with Black American writers and France!?
As someone who recently picked up French, I'm intrigued by the consistent chokehold this country has on my Literary forebearers.
What is it with Black American writers and France!?
As someone who recently picked up French, I'm intrigued by the consistent chokehold this country has on my Literary forebearers.