I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay.
This is Simply Jamilah, a public time capsule of a regular shmegular human being who is learning the beautiful ins and outs of adulting. Simply Jamilah, often shortened to SJ/Ess Jay, is a place I created for my most unique and true self to be free, to be unashamedly authentic, to capture the best and worst moments of my life. The beautiful thing about this tiny corner I created on the internet is anyone with a kind heart, genuine intentions, and an open mind is welcome.
In another effort to document my life, to have a way to remember the highs and lows of my existence, Jamilah on Film was born in 2022. There’s something so soothing about sitting for hours and curating parts of my life into moving images, knowing the generation(s) after me have the ability to see how chaotic (in every sense of the word) my life was. Jamilah on Film is an extension of Simply Jamilah, so the message remains the same: anyone and everyone with a kind heart, genuine intentions, and open mind is welcome.
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In another effort to document my life, to have a way to remember the highs and lows of my existence, Jamilah on Film was born in 2022. There’s something so soothing about sitting for hours and curating parts of my life into moving images, knowing the generation(s) after me have the ability to see how chaotic (in every sense of the word) my life was. Jamilah on Film is an extension of Simply Jamilah, so the message remains the same: anyone and everyone with a kind heart, genuine intentions, and open mind is welcome.
Becoming an adult while existing as a Black, American woman in the 21st century is not an easy task, and the best way I deal with it is by talking into a microphone. With random tangents, anecdotes, and grammatically questionable sentences, I talk about anything and everything that pops into my mind while accomplishing the day-to-day task of being a woman in this confusing, evolving, scary lifetime.
Welcome to The Simply Jamilah Podcast.
New episodes two Mondays a month.
available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, & more!
upcoming episodes:
SEPTEMBER 12TH: alcohol
television, films, music, anthing that passes the time & distracts the mind
anything that has to do with the external expressing the internal
travels, memories, rooms, physical environments that evoke emotions
During the month of September, join me for thirty days of continuous creation on whatever platform you choose. If you feel like you simply haven’t had the time to commit to what you love, this is a way to get back! We can be each other’s accountability partners.
