jenn m. jackson
@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist and author. Researching Black politics, gender & sexuality, policing, and threat. They/them. Personal acct.
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Black Women Taught Us by Jenn M. Jackson: 9780593243336 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks likeโfrom a professor of political science and columnist for...
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The paperback for my debut book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US will be out in a few months, nearly two years after its release. I'm so grateful folks have been supporting it even as I'm here recovering from heart surgery. Updates on the way. Stay tuned ๐
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Pam Bondi won't even look at Epstein's survivors. I'm starting to wonder if she has a soul in there.
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Pam Bondi won't even look at Epstein's survivors. I'm starting to wonder if she has a soul in there.
Pam Bondi has no idea what attorney-client privilege means. She just said the Epstein files are privileged. A few watches of Law & Order SVU would clear up that confusion.
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Pam Bondi has no idea what attorney-client privilege means. She just said the Epstein files are privileged. A few watches of Law & Order SVU would clear up that confusion.
These people are inhumane.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
These people are inhumane.
Pam Bondi is a literal representation of carceral white feminism, a feminism rooted in "girl power" and "leaning in" to gain access to the boys' clubs and perpetuate harm against other women.
February 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Pam Bondi is a literal representation of carceral white feminism, a feminism rooted in "girl power" and "leaning in" to gain access to the boys' clubs and perpetuate harm against other women.
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It's not about "enforcing immigration laws." They don't actually care. Every immigrant could follow every rule, no matter how arcane, and they'd still want them gone.
They just hate everyone who isn't cis and white and straight and we all desperately need to stop pretending otherwise.
They just hate everyone who isn't cis and white and straight and we all desperately need to stop pretending otherwise.
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It's not about "enforcing immigration laws." They don't actually care. Every immigrant could follow every rule, no matter how arcane, and they'd still want them gone.
They just hate everyone who isn't cis and white and straight and we all desperately need to stop pretending otherwise.
They just hate everyone who isn't cis and white and straight and we all desperately need to stop pretending otherwise.
We aren't talking enough about the austerity-style measures being used by academic administrators to justify cutting cultural programs, language departments, and affinity groups in higher education.
Why aren't we being louder about this?
Why aren't we being louder about this?
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
We aren't talking enough about the austerity-style measures being used by academic administrators to justify cutting cultural programs, language departments, and affinity groups in higher education.
Why aren't we being louder about this?
Why aren't we being louder about this?
For my DMV/Baltimore bookish folks, I'm excited to bring the paperback tour for BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US to @redemmas.org on Tuesday, February 17th at 7pm. I'll be in conversation with fellow tall friend Elizabeth Booker Houston ๐
Register here: redemmas.org/events/jenn-...
#BlackSky
Register here: redemmas.org/events/jenn-...
#BlackSky
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
For my DMV/Baltimore bookish folks, I'm excited to bring the paperback tour for BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US to @redemmas.org on Tuesday, February 17th at 7pm. I'll be in conversation with fellow tall friend Elizabeth Booker Houston ๐
Register here: redemmas.org/events/jenn-...
#BlackSky
Register here: redemmas.org/events/jenn-...
#BlackSky
I think my larger point was that we were having the conversation. I wasn't saying that the show stopped the issue. That doesn't make sense.
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I think my larger point was that we were having the conversation. I wasn't saying that the show stopped the issue. That doesn't make sense.
I'm sure that's completely valid. I also think multiple things are true.
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I'm sure that's completely valid. I also think multiple things are true.
I think a lot about how so many atrocities and indignities will remain hidden from public sight due to the dismantling of news media. I know that's the point but it truly disturbs my spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I think a lot about how so many atrocities and indignities will remain hidden from public sight due to the dismantling of news media. I know that's the point but it truly disturbs my spirit.
Ped*philes and r*pists are two of the most protected groups in the US because so many powerful men are also ped*philes and r*pists.
February 5, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Ped*philes and r*pists are two of the most protected groups in the US because so many powerful men are also ped*philes and r*pists.
We didn't take "To Catch A Predator" seriously enough. Dateline NBC was doing incredible investigative journalism work identifying, catching, and humiliating (mostly) middle-aged white men for preying on children via social media.
The Epstein Files do not exist in isolation.
The Epstein Files do not exist in isolation.
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
We didn't take "To Catch A Predator" seriously enough. Dateline NBC was doing incredible investigative journalism work identifying, catching, and humiliating (mostly) middle-aged white men for preying on children via social media.
The Epstein Files do not exist in isolation.
The Epstein Files do not exist in isolation.
We can't reform our way out of this.
January 31, 2026 at 3:59 AM
We can't reform our way out of this.
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"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know wonโt work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trumpโs ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Senate Democratsโ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff
Their opening bid should have been eight or 10 bold proposals. But as usual, the Democrats start by negotiating with themselves.
newrepublic.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know wonโt work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trumpโs ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Politics is doing us.
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Politics is doing us.
Y'all, it matters that journalists are being arrested on US soil for existing as journalists. Remember when we told y'all fascist regimes look a particular way. This is that.
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Y'all, it matters that journalists are being arrested on US soil for existing as journalists. Remember when we told y'all fascist regimes look a particular way. This is that.
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Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estรฉe Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts donโt create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estรฉe Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts donโt create jobs, they create profits.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Layoffs over the last year:
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estรฉe Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts donโt create jobs, they create profits.
UPS: 48,000
Amazon: 32000
Intel: 27,159
Microsoft: 15,387
Nestle: 16000
Verizon: 15000
Google: 12000
Chevron: 8000
Paramount: 7000
Walmart: 7000
P&G: 7000
Estรฉe Lauder: 7000
Your reminder that massive corporate tax cuts donโt create jobs, they create profits.
As a reminder: whiteness as a concept and organizational structure is rooted in individualism, scarcity, competition, and the outsourcing of care from communities to governments.
Moving from or through a lens of whiteness to address social problems will always fail.
Moving from or through a lens of whiteness to address social problems will always fail.
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 PM
As a reminder: whiteness as a concept and organizational structure is rooted in individualism, scarcity, competition, and the outsourcing of care from communities to governments.
Moving from or through a lens of whiteness to address social problems will always fail.
Moving from or through a lens of whiteness to address social problems will always fail.
Being surprised in this political climate is such a tell and a privilege.
January 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Being surprised in this political climate is such a tell and a privilege.
The fact that white folks are still "imagining" the brutality that Black folks have endured for two and a half centuries is FRYING ME.
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The fact that white folks are still "imagining" the brutality that Black folks have endured for two and a half centuries is FRYING ME.
I'm a political science professor and over the last two days, I've gotten more concerns from white people about my disinterest in cats than about the state of politics in the US.
Sit with that.
Sit with that.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm a political science professor and over the last two days, I've gotten more concerns from white people about my disinterest in cats than about the state of politics in the US.
Sit with that.
Sit with that.