Joi DonaldsoninThe ElementalsThe Kids Are Tuned InOn the morning of January 6, I drove through D.C. running errands. I witnessed the line of insurrectionists headed towards the Capitol…·3 min read·Jan 23, 2021----
Joi DonaldsonHow Black Women Save Our (Sex) Lives(cross-posted on joiunspeakable.com/blog·4 min read·Apr 28, 2020----
Joi DonaldsoninThe ElementalsWhen God BlinksJanuary 26, 2020. I’m folding clothes while cursing at the sky. My heart is broken as I think of the irreplaceable and complicated legend…5 min read·Feb 20, 2020----
Joi DonaldsoninThe ElementalsDick, InterruptedNever fuck with a writer. For we will quote tweet and blog post your life into infamy.·7 min read·Jan 31, 2020----
Joi DonaldsonLoving Him from Afar (Ode to My Son)(in this piece, I speak candidly about grief, loss, dreams, ancestral work and moving on)4 min read·Dec 13, 2018--2--2
Joi DonaldsoninThe ElementalsWhen Abuse is EnoughFrom 2015–2018, I dated a man I thought was the love of my life. In many ways, he was. He fit the bill. He lovingly accepted my daughter…6 min read·Nov 16, 2018----
Joi DonaldsonHow 2017 Cured My Ashiness, Explained2017 came equipped with copious amounts of razor blades, lemon juice and coconut oil. Here I lay out the highs and band-aids that was and…5 min read·Nov 23, 2017----
Joi DonaldsonTo the Birds for Whom We WriteYour favorite writer most likely does one or all of the following: Laughs/cries when subjects hit home Sucks teeth at op/ed mainstays but…2 min read·Jun 16, 2017----
Joi DonaldsonWhen Singing Ain’t It: An Open LetterAfter three years, bruised egos and the death of some situationships, I found this letter I wrote to a front line of a choir. This letter…3 min read·May 27, 2017----