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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

3 years

COMING DECEMBER 28th! ✨Fake relationship ✨Second-chances ✨Line dancing to Tamia 🕺🕺 ✨Not one dog, but two🐕🐩

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Jayce Ellis

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11 months

The next time someone bitches about how women file for 80% of divorces, I’m going to point them to this thread. A whole bunch of men who refuse to just leave, even when they clearly HATE they girl.

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11 months

that phase where you slowly start hating your girlfriend is crazy😭

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@qthacancer @Solela18 And I’m not even mad it’s time-consuming, but let’s not lie about what it is.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@zhanbun @LaBeautyologist That sounds like a length thing more than a density thing. As for ponytails, me and my obscene afro puffs are like...that’s cute

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@Imani_Barbarin Love it! I went to a wedding recently where everyone had to be vaxxed and boosted, and if not, a negative PCR test 72 hours before the wedding. If you didn’t have a vax card, you were wearing a mask regardless of if you were vaxxed or not. A month later, no known infections.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@PaganTrelawney @SAHMvoter @HelloKennedi @AdrianXpression He’s 6. The real world can go to hell for a decade. Let kids be kids.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@Cheerio2061 @KevOnStage Here you go!!!

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4 years

Sorry this is not me in this video!! I just liked it and shared it but here is the ending so you can see she in-fact did say yes!! Now be sure to follow me 😃😀

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Jayce Ellis

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1 year

@courtneymilan I don’t think people realize how common it was to go to trial and have a judge determine that the actions DID NOT rise to the level of abuse, or desertion, or adultery, or whatever fault the state allows, and divorces were DENIED. Which puts that person in a WORSE position.

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@jbrous41 I was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he had a disability. Something that made it impossible. But no. I saw nothing. Not a damn thing. The levels of “there ain’t no way!!”

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

This woman on PAN just said “historically every race on the globe has been enslaved.” And that the most important thing is that we as women support each other. Y’all gave this chick FOUR RITAS??? Jesus take the wheel. I’m out. I’m done. That sealed it.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

People are being painfully disingenuous about this BIPOC POV conversation, and I'm over it. NO ONE, not a single soul, told you not to write a diverse cast. All your cast isn't a POV viewpoint, AND YOU KNOW THAT. But y'all don't read to listen, or to learn, but to respond.

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Jayce Ellis

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11 months

@Will__Barrow Tell that dumb shit to someone who hasn’t been a divorce attorney for 17 years. Men can and do abandon women all the damn time. ALL. THE. TIME. Responsibility my ass.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@RobinLaurence8 @keyon But when you contrast it with the story of the elephants who, when the man who saved them died, went to his house and stood vigil for 2 days, then went back a year later, TO THE DAY, to pay their respects again, you know this lady had to have messed up big time!

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@thorny_goblin @StacyLeMelle Absolutely, but that’s not the origin. The Black Panthers carrying guns at the CA statehouse led to some of the strictest gun laws in the country, fully endorsed by the NRA. Our use is defensive. The obsession is aggressive.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

Y’all know I look for any reason to share this dress!

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

I’ve been a divorce attorney for 15 years. I’ve represented either the client or spouse of a party making more than $400,000 multiple times. In all my years, only TWICE have they had a positive monthly balance sheet. TWICE.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@KatieSuttonCMU @AshlieD_Stevens A kind, but occasionally very pretentious, friend of mine pronounced Jos. A. Bank as J O S A Bank instead of Joseph A. Bank, and a decade later, I’m not sure my husband has recovered from his absolute glee.

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Jayce Ellis

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11 months

@Meganfangirl I have a client right now who moved out 4 years ago, ignored proposed settlement agreements for a WHOLE YEAR, and only now wants to move forward because he wants to marry the new girlfriend (they’ve both moved on), but still wants her to file. It’s madness.

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@silver_zelda @BrentColman Did you really need a Not All Parents tweet?? My mom is in her 70s and doesn’t go on FB at all, but her friend does, and she feels the same way as OP. Can’t imagine she’d be offended by some shit that didn’t include her.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@JackPCornelius @JP_Books I gotta say, I love tweets like this. I can go and block you and everyone who liked this comment, so thanks for that!

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@Livvy_oost @ellisromance That’s...the point? That Taylor HAD people and got burned (or however you feel about it), but folks are acting like Megan should’ve known or done better without comparable resources.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@NicT10 @waywelive I went to Italy for my honeymoon. They were OFFENDED if me and my husband couldn’t finish a five-course meal. A bottle of wine? Y’all gone drink all of this! Italy had me messed up. I loved it 😂😂

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@LeilaWalsh8 @laura_egar @gendrfuck Better than my experience. I was the first Black person a kid had seen and his mom told him I’d been in the sun too long 🤬. I told her not to use me to advance her racism, then told her son I’d been born this color. He asked he mom why HE hadn’t been born my color 😂

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@iamlaurenmiles I bet in 5 years people will only discuss how kids are being raised in single-parent households as some blight on the community without discussing or even acknowledging how it happened.

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Jayce Ellis

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8 months

@countpackula47 @naomijae_ Ballet will fuck your body up so much more than pole dancing 😭😭

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Jayce Ellis

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6 years

@LordeBarrington One of my high school students was kicked out on her 18th birthday. Locks changed when she got home. Most messed up thing I ever saw. Grades went from A to D—or would’ve if I hadn’t known the situation. Once she told me what was going on, I made adjustments to accommodate.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@julianbond12 @marxistfungi @VietdongSoldier Particularly Black women, which is exactly what we said would happen.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@notallbhas @Sarah_May1 My pastor used to say no one would follow the devil if he actually showed up with red skin, horns and a tail. He was God’s most beautiful, and a fall from grace didn’t equal a fall from looks. Certain segments of society have ALWAYS known this.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@ayoteeshh Yes. My friend DID get pregnant at 13. In 8th grade. She was taken out of school, put in alternative schooling, prevented from having a baby shower “because wasn’t nothing to fucking celebrate.” Depression on top of age on top of isolation? No thank you.

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Jayce Ellis

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8 months

@simsimmaaz @Puff_Iya I said navy blue, because I knew they’d all look good in that color, calf length or longer, whatever makes you feel beautiful and can be worn again. And they liked and felt amazing, and that was what mattered.

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Jayce Ellis

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8 months

@Spontyyy @danielsogay Umm yeah, I did. What’s that got to do with anything? I also watched Cruel Intentions with them. And the divide between porn and a single sex scene is so wide that I can’t fathom how you compared them.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@ErekMajka I’ll agree when med students and doctors stop thinking Black folks have higher pain tolerances and the racism that makes our outcomes worse is eradicated. Which, given how progressive medicine is, should be immediate.

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Jayce Ellis

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1 year

I am beyond thrilled to announce that I’m being repped by the incomparable @tajmccoywrites and @reesagency . We have so many ideas up our sleeves, and I’m ecstatic about this new partnership. Awesome things coming, so keep a look out!

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Jayce Ellis

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6 years

@_AMindNotWasted @MaiaveIi Better get comfortable 😂😂. And don’t say NOTHIN about all the bags she walks out with when she “just needed to run in to get one thing real quick.”

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@_codeinedreams @cherdoingthings @bigdybbukenergy As long as you remember it’s not a personality trait, and don’t become a pedantic ass when you’re perfectly able to make out what someone was trying to say, you’ll be fine. —signed, an English minor (was a major, got bored and dropped it 🤷🏽‍♀️)

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Jayce Ellis

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11 months

@BundyFoxx @graysonoir @yorbaee @1futhermucker @ItsDanaWhite It’s like coming out. No one wants to do it over and over again. Oh you don’t drink? Why not? Is it a religious thing? Not even one little sip? Here, just try it. You tell them you’re a recovering alcoholic and they’ll leave you alone. Heck, some might not drink in support.

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Jayce Ellis

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1 year

@trbl_niya @theericklouis I’ve had someone do that. Sometime post-college, ran into someone from high school who apologized for being an unrepentant bully. I accepted, told him I appreciated it, and was cordial. But wary. I was taught to forgive, not forget. I’ll never be buddies with this person.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@shaythagawwd @RVAReid How does that help pay bills while the person is alive? And you know the older you get, the less insurance you’re often eligible for right? On top of that, if they tried to get life insurance once she became ill, she’d likely be denied.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@JediGeorgeLucas @JohnBoyega PLEASE. People have learned more about Colston’s ass in twelve hours since he went in the river than in the 100+ years his statue loomed over folks.

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Jayce Ellis

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7 years

@lisaberndle @Mr_Shanaboo @oceans8movie @mindykaling @MsSarahPaulson @awkwafina @rihanna Look, if it means he won’t be in there messing up our good time, let him stay home! Girls’ night!

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@KieniaM @malcolmpyeung The way I went to get one out the glove compartment of my husband’s car and we were out!!! I know we were trying to cut back on our fast food intake, but this is ridiculous 🤣

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@jjjjmaxi @PapiAceFBC Well, average is 5’4”. Hi hello, that’s me. So being 3+ inches over average IS tall. Average height for men is 5’9”. Most people consider being 6’+ to be tall as well.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@bitter_witch @GhostinPraxis @elyse2190 @theheatherhogan Have you asked Black people what they want to be called? I use the honorifics I did in childhood for my elders, and those younger than me still call me ma’am. Just…ask. In my newsletters, I use beloved. Because if it works for Prince, it works for me.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@Funkenstein_PhD @hazelalmondeyes @PallaviGunalan But at least that I can understand because we’re accustomed to shaking a bottle of things settle. I’m sure someone told me not to and that w the only reason I didn’t.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@TainSilfrulf @safetycloset Which, let’s be clear, DEFINITELY still makes her a keeper 😃

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

We have a whole ass Twitter account dedicated to how poorly men write women. We should have one dedicated to how poorly white authors write BIPOC characters. Why? Because they don't care about how their words are perceived and who they hurt. And for me, that's the key.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@GebBillsKnicks @Aditiya_renee @bear_mystic @evielong13 @joshgad So because the original authors lacked the imagination to create a world diverse in race or ethnicity, we’re stuck with that forever? Because publishers pretended non-white people didn’t exist, we’re stuck with their racist policies? Make it make sense

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Jayce Ellis

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6 years

@originlbookgirl @ChelseaClinton Chelsea is amazing. She advocates for Barron, probably even the Bush girls (though they were probably the same age when GWB was in office). She’s just such a good person.

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Jayce Ellis

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2 years

@kenwelcome0001 @MediumSizeMeech He found out his granddaddy isn’t Italian, but a mixed-race Black man. Finding Your Roots episode coming in January.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

So, things around us continue to burn, but this is FINE! Why? Because my debut novel, Jeremiah, is live!! 👉🏾 strong family plus found family 👉🏾 Fourth of July gone all the way wrong 👉🏾 An affinity for lipgloss. Strawberry. With glitter. Amazon US:

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Jayce Ellis

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7 years

@MLBRumorRoundup @katt_bug @readandbreathe Yeah, and it’s horrible. What display did these authors have before Trump so blatantly degraded them? It pains me to see them used in this context from important, excellent writers only to get a dig in. If they weren’t proudly displayed before, why now? And why like this?

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@tinfoilberet_ @niggaplease2000 One of the first divorce clients I had had breat cancer. Terminal. Husband kept trying to delay signing agreement until she died. Her signature on the paperwork was an X, all she could do, in the hospital. But she held on, and died 3 weeks later.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

DAMON AND CAROL ARE OUT Y'ALL!!!!

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@MrsAriesS @MayorBrookDavis @amanionearth Okay but they are perfect fucking strangers. It’s one thing to be reassured when you’re WITH someone, but all she’d done was swipe right and jumped out the gate with it. She saved them both the drama of their inevitable breakup later.

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Jayce Ellis

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3 years

@top_her16 @callmedollar @TherealCANDIACE What about it? You are not free to lie on people and not face consequences. Libel and slander have been around as long as the Constitution, probably longer. Hope she made enough to pay that $1.25 million. Not including punitive damages.

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Jayce Ellis

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8 months

@SupernovaMomma I read this to my husband. His response: he don’t wanna watch his kids. Because Destin? She ain’t going to cheat. Ain’t shit in Destin but beaches and outlet malls.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@dolly_guillen @Iaintshiityet @alishachante_ @cdowis81 @captaain_krunch @PopeUrban @GAFollowers A lot of states don’t allow you to surrender rights. They have to be terminated, e.g., by an abuse and neglect charge against you that can be a downward spiral. Very much like this actually, and it’s just so sad that resources aren’t readily available

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@TheBadCapricorn @YaaAsantewaaBa @itsjacksonbbz Ooh I saw a post about that! A man with 20 leases, all illegally subleased, who owed $50k PER MONTH in rent. I can’t even stomach the idea of it

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8 months

@2GeminiSides @_duangerous My first thought was that weight’s too high for her to maintain form. Drop it down. That trainer should be ashamed.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@amandadeibert Not me directly, but when I got into Oberlin my mom’s boss’ wife told her, it’s such a shame you can’t afford to send her. Side note: they were right, we couldn’t afford it. But I sure as shit graduated four years later.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

Ooh, look. News! 👀👀

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4 years

@ritaspace1 @se4realhinton Nah, that’s nowhere near what you said. You’re shifting goalposts to get away from a statement as equally hideous as Hinton’s. You can convert a story without losing ANYTHING. In fact, you can often ADD if you get off your high horse.

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5 years

@virago_lux @jasminexETH I went to southern Italy, and they were the same way. Course after course after course after...goddamn I’m full! Course, after dessert and oh, you didn’t finish the bottle of wine? Here, take it with you.

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@mel_thegreat @keywilliamss I don’t know if I’m the girl in white or the jeans jacket. But the girl in front is pretty much my perpetual mood when I don’t fix my face.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@__electriclady @Melbabee_ It was an aggressive question. It’s gonna get an aggressive response. People boiled water before electric kettles were invented. She couldn’t kept that wtf all the way out of it. Now she gets what she gets 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Jayce Ellis

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5 years

@NerdAboutTown @katrinajax I always mean “I feel bloated” but you’re right, I use imprecise and harmful language. Thank you for this. I’ll be more mindful in the future.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

It's painfully obvious that a lot of writers, by which I mean white writers, have never been told NO a day in their lives. And the idea that they're not equipped to speak from certain perspectives is, to them, anathema. Because we're creatives! We can make up whatever! Spare me.

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Jayce Ellis

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4 years

@timothy_mwashi @heyphonsi @mels896 Studies actually show marriage extends men’s lifetimes and shortens women’s. Married women die sooner than single women. Single men die sooner than married men. It literally benefits men more.

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5 years

@lonely__android I’m 40 this year, making me the tail end of GenX. Trust and believe I had to order food at 11:30 last night so ice cream wouldn’t be dinner. Don’t ever let yourself grow out of some things. Life’s too short not to enjoy it. Until your stomach says otherwise 😏

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@fartballsjojo Nah, just means you haven’t learned a lick of nuance and are stuck in black-and-white thinking. I give it T-3 years before you’re fervently fretting about shipping a couple and afraid your anti “friends” will turn on you if they find out.

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4 years

It trips me out how many white authors think we NEED them to increase BIPOC representation. No, Jan, what we need is publishing to not be racist and to give us the same chance to tell our stories as it gives you to butcher them.

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3 years

@PBintheDay @DJRTistic These aren’t considered well-known? My heart weeps 😭😭

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4 years

@vicjagger23 @DZChoc @Brownsungod I was in my 20s when all those songs came out. In my 40s now, and I might STILL act out to Right Thurr 😂😂

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2 years

@renikethagem @bthemovement_ Now she’s just going to get started later 😆

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8 months

@OleBeeM @RegMCali @WarriorZoltar @BlackKnight10k It really didn’t. As divorce attorneys, we do not need to insert ourselves into issues that have no bearing on our actual cases. It was callous and cruel, and I hope like hell you don’t treat you clients that way.

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5 years

@ApollonTweets I couldn’t see it in the first pic. This is real nice. Like, it’s about damn time, but I can feel your joy. My husband’s around your complexion, I need to get some for me and for him.

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4 years

They can't handle being told no for a single second, and they take a very specific word of caution--you're probably not equipped to write from BIPOC POV--and turn it into "OMG you're telling me all my stories have to be all white!" Sit. Down. Karen. No one said that, FFS.

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2 years

@twentytootwos @xogabbyelle As a divorce attorney, who’s also married, lemme just say, that energy keeps me employed.

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5 years

@carriesparkle @AITA_reddit AND she USED to work full-time for 3 years as a CLA while taking care of the entire household before she went back to school. He’s had everything handed to him on a platter and his friend and game were more important

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I’m nearly 44. I read hundreds of books a year. Over 35+ years of reading, the concept that all I read is romance says way more about you than me kat. Grow up.

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3 years

@h_gr00vy @JaquanLeonard Lemme tell you. 9pm is my bedtime. I’m not into sitcoms. I haven been invested in ANY show since law school. I graduated 17 years ago. I push back my bedtime, laugh my butt off, and am INVESTED in these characters. This show is AMAZING.

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7 years

@chefrahn @jasonhaber @perlberg @JoeNBC @realDonaldTrump His resignation would be a tweet. Now THAT might make it the most liked tweet ever. Lord knows I’d like it. Then he could finally say he beat Obama at something fair and square.

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5 years

People have been asking for months for details, but the lawyer in me needed signatures and stuff. 😂 Anyway, super excited to to be working with the amazing @mackenziewalton and the rest of the Carina crew to get these out to you!

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4 years

Y'all are so unequipped to write from BIPOC POV y'all don't recognize it as a craft issue, and don't recognize there are courses specifically designed to give you the tools to do it well. To do that would be to recognize the gross disparity in books and worlds you access.

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2 years

@Sathen @Imani_Barbarin YEP. My husband is in charge of covid testing at his practice and he straight up told me to stay the hell away from people unless I had to be in court, and I’m 4 shots in as well. I’m grateful I’ve worked from home for years. I feel awful for so many people without protection.

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4 years

@NerdyFlutist @LeilaWalsh8 @laura_egar @gendrfuck Shocked! Kinda flubbed with an apology, then went livid when I told her her son would marry a Black woman. This was way back in 1998, in a tiny town in Pennsylvania. My tact level wasn’t that great then 😅

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5 years

And there is a not insignificant contingent of Nice White Ladies who have no interest in watching what *they* say, but want to make damn sure and well that everyone else does. Because that's always been the game, right? And now the game has changed. Thank god for it. FIN 10/10

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4 years

The bar is on the floor, and most of y'all can't clear it. All that to say, y'all know EXACTLY what we mean when we say include diverse casts, but leave BIPOC POVs to us. You just don't care. And that lack of care is why you shouldn't do it.

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4 years

Let's be clear. BIPOC writers are not a monolith, and some representation is....yeesh. But more often than not, we're aware of how awful our representation in primarily white-authored books has been. And fuck what you heard, it may be fiction, but it ABSOLUTELY informs how we're

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4 years

Pretty strong likelihood you didn't spend your formative and collegiate years inundated with BIPOC authors and thought. Pretty sure, especially if you're the "I don't care about the author, I read what I like" type of person, that your bookshelf is a mayonnaise spread.

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4 years

Pretty sure your survival, especially in the US, isn't based on knowing how you're perceived before you step foot in a place. Pretty sure you don't have to do a Google search to see how much a country hates your skin tone before deciding to visit.

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Jayce Ellis

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1 year

People will find literally any excuse to shit on romance won’t they? I’ve read thousands of romances and never had a heroine like this but hey, don’t let reality get in the way of punching down 🙄

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

3 years

@JthollandWingo @TimFindleyJr @WDRBNews It takes more work to find these photos than the professional headshots. The headshots are on the website. Easiest shit on the planet to find. These? These took work.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

3 years

@lizzie87111 @jackieaina Ehh. Most tap water still has fluoride in it. If you brush, rinse, and mouthwash with fluoride, you’re fine. Source: my mom, who was both a dental hygienist for 43 years and taught dental morphology for 45.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

5 years

@MeechTf @MsVixXxen That’s a goddamn lie. I LOVE what I do, but I still hate the admin. And the marketing. And the bullshit whining. And the early mornings, super late nights, and no holidays. Don’t fall for that hype.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

4 years

If you don't even believe us? If you can't even accept our interpretation of our lived experiences, then WHY do you want to write from our POV? Oh, yeah, for the coins. It's disingenuous af, and we see you, and we WILL drag you.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

11 months

@random_weighs @itshoneyjee As an air sign, I agree. I told my mom a few months ago I didn’t like a whole slew of people. She asked me why. I don’t know! I ain’t like em when I was 6, and I just feel like 6yo me shouldn’t be questioned. Given what she was telling me, 6yo me was right 😉

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

5 years

@courtneymilan @romancewriters Over half the board resigned. The President resigned. Fifteen percent of voting members signed a petition to recall the new President. It’s been national news for a week. All that to say “we haz a sooper sekret goodly reason for what we’s did”? I truly doubt it.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

3 years

@JarOfsilver @Harmony_Holiday It’s a quote from him, so obviously is was shared when he was alive. Further to the point, copying the quote led me to this article, originally from 2012.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

5 years

My thought: we’re not all on the same side. How can we be, if folks keep dropping left and right at the slightest hint of provocation, of pushback? If you can so easily pick up your things and go home, you weren’t here for change. You were here for status and admiration.

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Jayce Ellis

@authorjaycellis

4 years

I'm no longer engaging in this conversation. It is, as our Grand Dame Toni Morrison says, a distraction. I'm blocking white authors wanting to argue, and muting everyone else. Just make sure you keep that same energy during the dragging as you have right now.

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