Jasika Nicole

Jasika Nicole Instagram – Its my birthday!!!! Welcome, welcome 43! My birthday has always been my favorite holiday of the year but as I get older it has become even more important to celebrate, with real joy and sincerity, all my years. We live in a culture that has historically shamed women for surviving and even thriving as they get older, a fact that continues to shock me as I feel myself get stronger, wiser, more thoughtful, more open to my community, more rooted in who I am and who I want to keep growing into. How could the world not want to celebrate this, too? But there’s the rub- it’s harder to control people when they realize their worth isnt, and was NEVER, connected to the systems put in place by the patriarchal powers that be. I know that unlearning the internalized misogyny/homophobia/racism/fat phobia we’ve been fed all these years will be a lifelong journey but if this is the stuff that keeps making me feel connected to myself and proud of who I am, then BRING IT 🙏🏽My birthday dress this year is the #nicksdress (up to 60” bust, 63” hips) by one of my favs, @closetcorepatterns in an Egyptian cotton from @blackbirdfabrics that I bought during their Black Friday sale last year. I had enough fabric leftover to make CJ a matching gosling shirt by sew sew def patterns and we got a cute pic with our neighbor’s dog who also got the color story memo 😂 This year I want to make more room for writing in my life so I’m getting back into blogging (yay!) and I’ll share more about making this dress soon when I reveal my site makeover later on this month. For now, welcome spring, welcome creative inspiration in whatever shape it takes, welcome rest and welcome peace! | Posted on 11/Apr/2023 00:29:37