Comments on: Jump Offs Exist (Even Essence.com Knows This)

By: maysam

maysam — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:21:26 +0000

good

By: sylkiifeather

sylkiifeather — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:20:03 +0000

who cares about who sleeps with who and how its done…just have fun in life and be safe about it d*mn…

By: DC Man with a Plan

DC Man with a Plan — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:58:42 +0000

@ Bourgie, I don’t see why that is either–but it is, what it is. Your specific words and strain of thought determines how your expression will be viewed and accepted. You spent a lot of time discussing something you didn’t like, which makes no sense unless you’re doing a professional critic. You had points 1,2 AND 3 just for something you didn’t think was good writing? Naw, shortee, that doesn’t make sense. Unfortunately, there is NO one saying I didn’t like it bcuz I’m a jump off…or I didn’t like it bcuz I felt it was an attack on women and I felt personally insulted: those would be honest responses, but instead, what happens is ppl deny their real motives and spend an hour harpin on something tryin to sound ‘resonable;’ Trying to cloak their REAL disdain for something they SAY is not about them, (but MAY secretly feel it IS about them) in reasonable sounding themes. Yeah, right!

By: suga

suga — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:17:14 +0000

I get essence.com updates in my email and as soon as I saw the ad for the article, I deleted it. I agree with Bourgie. Just the title itself came off immature and wack. And it seemed like Essence was stooping. Why is the JO even being discussed in 2009? It just seemed like an old ass topic that maybe should have been dissected back in the 90s. i had no idea there was an uproar, tho, until i logged onto Twitter.

“Many black women are unhappy because they aren’t being fulfilled, spend way too many nights in bed alone, prayed one too many times to God for a man but aren’t doing the things in their own power to make one want to stay.”

Black women aren’t doing the things int heir own power to make Black men stay? Wow

By: Bourgie, JD

Bourgie, JD — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:56:43 +0000

@DC Man – I think anger is a strong word and doesn’t accurately convey my thoughts or feelings toward the piece. I don’t see why all disagreement or the fact that a person doesn’t like something has to equal being angry, bitter or a hater. I’m sure I blog about stuff people don’t like and you know what, cool. As bloggers we put our opinions and work out there for people to see and, yes, critique.

Just as you felt compelled to comment on this blog and on my comment, I was compelled to share my 2cents as well. *shrug*

Oh, and how you came to certain conclusions (that I spent a lot of time on it and needed to read 4 bullet points a few times to decide they were oversimplistic and silly) is beyond me.
Happy commenting!