Jess St. LouisHope, Longing, and Chocolate Covered Espresso BeansBeing present with power and powerlessness in the face of uncertainty.Nov 1Nov 1
Jess St. LouisThe Yeses that Surprise You: Organizing Across the Lines of Cis and TransNov 16, 2023Nov 16, 2023
Jess St. LouisAn Exhilaration Beyond the WhirlwindBeing brave enough to risk leading in multi-racial organizing projects is a practice of believing we are collectively transformable.Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Jess St. LouisFellow White Folks: Can We Ask More of Ourselves?We owe our love and rage and longing the dignity of getting us closer to and possibly realizing an anti-racist world.May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
Jess St. LouisTwo or Three Things I Know For Sure About Grief & Organizing*hat tip to Dorothy Allison.Apr 3, 2020Apr 3, 2020
Jess St. LouisWe Are Worth the Risk That Our Longing Calls Us TowardsIt feels important, that on Trans Day of Visibility in the midst of global pandemic, to celebrate survival and healing.Apr 1, 2020Apr 1, 2020
Jess St. LouisinA Life We Braid: on femme/butch legacies, politics, herstories, and futuresLeaving No Stone Unturned: an interview with queer country musician Karen PittelmanSomething felt right about that to me, leaning into our mutual love for butch/femme inside of our queer femme friendship, for a country…Dec 5, 2019Dec 5, 2019
Jess St. LouisFeeling Fear, Grief, and the Political ImaginationI saw a tweet that said something along the lines of how heartbreaking it was for them to realize how desensitized to mass shootings they…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Jess St. LouisTo Underwrite It With Our Lives: An Imagined Conversation on Queerness, Femmeness, & White…When I peruse the books on my shelf, I imagine myself in a house surrounded by conversations.May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
Jess St. LouisI Will Not Cede Lesbian Feminism to the TERFs: A Short Reflection for Lesbian Visibility Day 2019In my writing, I find myself often trying to tell a story about lesbians, butches and femmes, and trans women that centers solidarity &…Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019