I texted a CLOSE friend of mine last week and asked her to expound upon something that I was having trouble articulating. You can hear something but you KNOW it when you can implement it. Jade helped me with this and even sent me resources because the black scholars I know always cite or sources - even in casual conversation. || (@jadetperry - don’t follow her to collect her unless you’re going to keep her public spaces safe... but she is brilliant). Before I texted her I sent her a PayPal donation. It was “small” but I wanted to sow into her day because I was abt to ask her for labor... and she got other stuff to do. It doesn’t matter that she is my actual friend. Intellectual labor is labor. #PayWhatYouOwe 🙏🏾 Chiara Richardson and Nikki Blak are two of my closest girlfriends and we have each given each other money for miscellaneousness because #PayWhatYouOwe. 🤷🏾♀️ @rachel.cargle And @laylafsaad Are ALWAYS the first two folk out here in these streets sowing into my ministry! THEY ARE MY FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE AND COULD HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT FROM ME BUT STILL support me in tangible ways because even as their friend... if I do labor that benefits them... (tosses money in the sky) 💜 My best friend on the planet @jnycoleralph Legit be tithing to me sometimes y’all. I have woken up in the middle of the night to large deposits in my acct from this person because she doesn’t just support me in words... she is abt that action. (Also it’s her birthday so go follow @wokseries And show your love to her work). 🎉 My mama has paid for every book I’ve ever written. Has never assumed it was free because my writing was labor. #SheBragsDifferent 🤦🏾♀️ Meanwhile, y’all get full blown accredited level education and think a DM thank you or an emoji is enough. 😬 It’s 20-AintGotTime-Teen y’all! Do better. || Follow @blackgirlmixtape <- There is a voluntary repatriations page on the website www.blackgirlmixtape.com where you can support that work (centering black womens intellectual Authority) but also... PayPal.me/blackgirlmixtape | Patreon.Com/ebonyjanice | CashApp: $EbonyJanice | Venmo @ebonyjanice | We talking abt money because as @mspackyetti says, Spend your privilege. (at Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsleNvAFJvX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1svi3h3cmeecs