Books, Life Sweatpants & Books | 4 Things You May Not Know About Oscar Wilde Born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854, Oscar Wilde is a literary and cultural giant whose works continue to inspire Jessi-James Grey Posted on October 15, 2019
Culture National Coming Out Day 2019 Today is National Coming Out Day. In honor of the day I will say, like I have said before, Y’ALL! I’m super queer! Now that Jessi-James Grey Posted on October 10, 2019
Culture Celebrating Bisexuality Day Friends, Romans, countryfolks, lend me your ears: I’m super Queer, y’all. I use the term Queer because, for me, it’s both an Jessi-James Grey Posted on September 22, 2019
Food & Drink Eats & Drinks | National Tequila Day Now, anyone who has read most of my writing here at Sweatpants & Coffee will know that, for me, only bourbon tastes like Jessi-James Grey Posted on July 23, 2019
Essays, Mental How Tattoos Tell Our Stories I used to have a bumper sticker—fortunately, never affixed to my car’s bumper—that read, “tattoos: not just for sailors and Jessi-James Grey Posted on July 16, 2019
Connection, Culture Sweatpants & Solidarity | Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors in 2019 Note from Nanea Hoffman: As a Native Hawaiian of mixed blood, the blood of immigrants who may not have been considered to Jessi-James Grey Posted on July 12, 2019
Books, Culture, Life Sweatpants & Culture | Octavia E. Butler: Hope in Science Fiction “Question: Octavia?” “Answer: You mean that tall girl who’s always writing?” “Question: Who is Octavia Butler? Where is she Jessi-James Grey Posted on June 22, 2019
TV, Movies & Recaps Sweatpants & TV | Game of Thrones, Season 8, Episodes 1 & 2 First, allow me to apologize: I had a family emergency that kept me away from writing the first episode’s recap last week. In Jessi-James Grey Posted on April 24, 2019
Culture, Life Sweatpants & Pop Culture | Happy Birthday, LeVar Burton! Today, one of my very favorite people in pop culture, LeVar Burton, is 63 years old! Growing up, LeVar Burton was a part of Jessi-James Grey Posted on February 15, 2019