We center Black Women and Femmes' liberation, wholeness, and wellness. I am the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and the USA Bestselling Author of “All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance.” My Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women to heal intergenerational wounds and prioritize pleasure. I created Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that elevates the intellectual authority of Black Women. I speak from a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. I earned my Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice. Welcome.
Parisienne God Is Doing A New Thang: Allegedly!
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Black romance, a mini-pod, and a soft revolution. Sign up for updates on my forthcoming book, Real Soft Girl Shit: A Womanist Reclamation of Black Girl Vulnerability. Hi Reader, I’m writing to you from Paris. I spend a month here every year. I always say that I come to cry and be dramatic but also I come because I have found space, as a Black Girl In Paris, to be a version of myself that I quite enjoy. I'm so expansive and possible here. I wrote a little about how Paris is a particular, peculiar experience for me in "All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams As Radical Resistance." And as many years as I've returned for this sacred time with myself -- I did not lie! And so am I. Over the past few months, I’ve been in deep transition: asking myself, "Self. What the heck are you doing with your life?" And self has been replying that it's time to dream again. That has looked like reimagining what I want my work to look like in this next season and honestly - a lot of play and deepening my ease practice has been the whisper that keeps returning. What’s emerging in this moment (for this moment) feels fresh and aligned: a new ecosystem for how I share my work with you, and how we dream ourselves free together. For those who are new here, The Free People Project (TFPP) is my public work: the lectures, workshops, and content I create to say, Here’s how we get free. It’s Hip Hop Womanism. It’s Real Soft Girl Shit. It’s All The Black Girls Are Activists. It’s liberation theory and praxis rooted in Black Girl sovereignty. The EbonyJanice Project is my private work: my priesthood, my embodiment practices, my self-love rituals; the deep inner tending that keeps me whole so I can pour into others without losing myself. Both are expanding in new ways this month.
Here's what's new: This month I’m launching a Substack where I’ll talk about softness and sovereignty in the mundane and the miraculous. The first post drops Thursday, August 7, and it’s a love letter to Black romance novels; how they regulate my nervous system and teach me to receive tenderness without apologizing for it. I’ll share my July 2025 reads (18 books - b/c I'm a reading a$s reader) and offer resources to begin your own Black Romance Bibliotherapy practice (shoutout to Emely Rumble’s “Bibliotherapy in the Bronx,” whose framing of reading as a mental health tool makes me want to press a library card into everybody’s palm. Subscribe free to get it the moment it goes live: Subscribe on Substack HERE! Also new: I’m launching a Patreon-exclusive mini-podcast, Dreaming Ourselves Free on August 15th, for the practice of dreaming as personal and communal liberation. We’ll talk about why so many Black women (the sacred 92%) are saying “get somebody else to do it.” We are not rejecting liberation work; we’re rejecting the assignment to do it as mules. As Nanny warns in Their Eyes Were Watching God, "de nigger woman is de mule of de world". We’re done with that script. My book, All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance, is a PRIMARY toolkit for this moment -- a revolution where we arrive alive. Join at the $10+ tiers to get the pod and extras (winky face emoji): Join the Patreon today! Somewhere between croissant crumbs and courage, I’m giving myself permission to play again, especially on TikTok, where I’m not polishing a brand so much as letting my curiosity run. It’s giving recess. Eeeeeek! If you want to see the drafts, the giggles, the “does this idea belong anywhere?” experiments, meet me there: Come play on TikTok! Be in the rooms where the updates land first: this newsletter, a free Substack subscription, and Patreon at the $10+ tiers will keep you in the loop to be sure you get the skinny on the beebop this month: upcoming workshops, reading lists, audios, and the occasional Paris park bench revelation. Thank you for staying with me as God flips the page. May we continue to practice softness as strategy and sovereignty as birthright. Thank you for being a subscriber! Invite your friends to join my newsletter today. Reply to this email and let me know what you're doing to move deeper into your softness this month! In Softness, EbonyJanice Listen to (or revisit if you've heard it already) this episode of "The Muses Lab" with EbonyJanice if you're interested in more language and strategy around sovereignty as our birthright. Media and Giving Fund Links: EbonyJanice Moore is a Hip Hop Womanist, scholar-priestess, sovereignty mentor, and revolutionary dreamer. With a mind shaped by Cultural Anthropology and Political Science, and a heart anchored in spirit, love, and liberation, she writes, teaches, and dreams Black women free. Founder of Emma’s Legacy and author of All The Black Girls Are Activists, Sacred Text For Black Folks Soul, and her forthcoming book Real Soft Girl Shit, she blends ancestral wisdom, womanist theology, and cultural commentary with the audacity of a spoiled little bitty baby who knows she’s worthy. Her work lives at the altar of justice, joy, softness, and fantastic Black futures. Website & Newsletter: https://www.ebonyjanice.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/ebonyjanice/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ebonyjanice Email: info@thefreepeopleproject.com |
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We center Black Women and Femmes' liberation, wholeness, and wellness. I am the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and the USA Bestselling Author of “All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance.” My Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women to heal intergenerational wounds and prioritize pleasure. I created Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that elevates the intellectual authority of Black Women. I speak from a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. I earned my Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice. Welcome.
Sign up for updates on my forthcoming book, Real Soft Girl Shit: A Womanist Reclamation of Black Girl Vulnerability. Hi Reader, Did you know I’m a trained theologian? Like, I went to school to study the nature of God and how our relationships with God develop. Growing up Black Southern Baptist, the threat of hell was so real. Yes, in church we learned of God’s grace and mercy, but the threat of burning eternally remained a constant theme of discourse, even into my early thirties. As a Black...
Invite a friend to subscribe to this newsletter! Hi Reader! I'm in the midst of writing my next book, and in this process, I've been sitting with what it means to be vulnerable, not solely as an idea, but I desire to be vulnerable as a practice. I want to share a moment of reflection with you: Vulnerability is a request to be treated like I’m precious. It helps me ask for what I need. When I ask for what I need, I am able to move forward into and expand softness. I am able to trust myself in...
Invite a friend to join my newsletter Hi Reader, I have learned that vulnerability in relationships is an invitation to co-create softness within that relationship because I co-create the possibility of removing harm so that we can have more space to become familiar with myself and trust myself. The definition of vulnerability: the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. Vulnerability opens the possibility of being...