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WHEN FICTION IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
'I need to be white.' This is what my ultra-cocoa, brown-skinned four-year-old daughter says to me as I’m twisting her thick, curly hair...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Aug 11, 20226 min read


MY OWN WORSE CRITIC
My internal dialogue is not the healthiest. The combination of being a naturally insecure person who was raised by a well-meaning,...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Aug 1, 20224 min read


GUNLUST AND A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
The soundtrack of my early childhood was incredibly violent. I was raised in the ghettos of the Waterhouse district in Kingston, Jamaica....

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jul 9, 20227 min read


ELEGY FOR THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF UVALDE
I have been pondering the Uvalde mass shooting event quite a bit lately. After every mass shooting event, I get quiet and start thinking....

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jun 8, 20225 min read


SURFACE PRESSURE AND THE PRETTY LIES WOMEN TELL EACH OTHER
I want to talk about some of the lies women tell each other, often with the best intentions. We say things to each other like, ‘that...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Apr 5, 20227 min read


MY ICARUS FACTOR: WHY MANY MEN IN LEADERSHIP SEEM THREATENED BY WOMEN LIKE ME
“God has staked everything on men. Strong men are the foundation of a strong marriage. Strong men are the foundation of a strong home....

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Apr 3, 202212 min read


AMERICA’S STRANGE OBSESSION WITH PUBLIC FREAK SHOWS
I haven’t watched much of the confirmation hearings for Tejani Brown but the bits and pieces I have caught have been heinous. No other...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Mar 27, 20224 min read


HOW MINORITIES BECOME PROS AT NAVIGATING SOCIAL LANDMINES
Several years ago, I was asked to speak at an HBCU pre-med event. At the time I was a fairly new attending at the Fort Eustis Army...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Mar 25, 20225 min read
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