#wwjad

The Shade of Jesus moves us forward into the essence of Christ-Consciousness. The shade that Jesus threw all the time.  The truth he slayed across various encounters with others.

Basically, we are two black creatives out of South Carolina who were like, “Wayminit, what Jesus is this?” Together and with you, we hope to uncover:  “What Would Jesus Actually Do?” Tap in!

The artwork above is the brilliance of artist, Anthony Black, out of Pennsylvania.  The image of Jesus or Yeshua is to combat the destructive, conservative narratives that destroy our bodies and deepest selves.  The header artwork, “Son of Noah/Children of Ham”, represents the misinterpretation of the genesis story to justify slavery, colonialism and white supremacy in the United States.

So strap up & let’s roll.

Do not refresh your pages, ladies and gentlemen, this is actually happening. I have been under pressure to destroy this blog by the former editor and her entourage, citing theft of concept.

I have been called a 'liar', a 'desperate groupie with no understanding of satire or political commentary', a 'rip-off artist', a 'sockpuppet', a 'copycat', and a 'disaffected/lonely/horny woman' (only two of last is correct, I'm not telling which).

Whilst this melodramatic vitriol tends to amuse more than offend, I think I need to clarify a couple of assumptions flying around out there about my motivations for re-enstating the blog.

When I decided to keep the blog going (or brazenly steal the concept of lusting after public figures, depending on your viewpoint) I did so because I saw JAFG as more of a community with members than a blog with readers. I felt that a coherent support network with awesome capabilities and untapped potential had been carelessly dispersed. My reasons for using the same template (yes, the whole design is just a common Tumblr template) and name was to facilitate seamless transition and ease of online discovery amongst displaced members.

My efforts to restore the archives centred on the value of chronological material, much of it provided by readers - I was not attempting to surreptitiously claim ownership of past pages and always intended to provide the correct attribution.

Just to prove that this is not 'pious mendacity' and that I couldn't give a flying maggotted fuck about cyber-territory pissing wars, I'm going to hand this place over to the people it actually belongs. You.

You will now see a new tab at the top of the page labeled Submissions. Please read the fairly basic guidelines and then go nuts posting all the new material with which I can't seem to keep up.