#jaleesa

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Welcome to the world, Dejanee Jacobs!

Dejanee Eudora Jacobs - already sporting a myriad of loving nicknames such as Deja, DeeDee, baby Dee - made her arrival into the world as the sun set over San Sequoia. Jaleesa is healing up well and is thankful for no birth complications!

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Jaleesa del Castelletto

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JALEESA DEL CASTELETTO

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[blackwomeninrock]

I am drunk posting because the show I came to see apparently happened yesterday (thanks to my ticket having the wrong date) and the bartender gave me free alcohol for my trouble but I hope the posts are relevant all the same lol

[cyarsk5230]

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36m ago

A DIFFERENT WORLD 3x10: "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls"

[chrisnaustin]

If only I were she!

[melanatedmedia2]

Bringing Back That Different World: A New Sequel Story

Are you exciting for this sequel? Do you plan on watching the series when it's released?

From left to right: Colonel Bradford Taylor (Glynn Turman), Jaleesa Vinson-Taylor (Dawnn Lewis), Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison), Whitley Gilbert-Wayne (Jasmine Guy), Winifred “Freddie” Brooks (Cree Summer), Vernon Gaines (Lou Myers), Kimberly Reese (Charnele Brown), and Ronald “Ron” Marlon Johnson (Darryl M. Bell) Get ready for a blast from the past because it looks like 2024 will be the year of…

[gingerylangylang1979]

How Colorism fuels BW/WM swirls in media

I guess this is maybe a counterpoint/companion post to this one and the dialogue started with @theonlyamazingtazmin in the comments.

That post was an ask that black women set personal boundaries around how the ship and media about the ship is effecting our well being. But an equally important conversation is why do we so often have to look to interracial couples for a well written romance for dark skinned black women. While I'm cautious about the level in investment in these pairings, I cannot deny the appeal and why it's almost a default because of how much romance for dark skinned black woman is gate kept.

My initial remedy to this frustration of how we attach ourselves to this pairing was, we need to watch and support black romance and and black tv shows and movies. But a lot of the problem is in doing just that. I watched mostly black shows in my youth and the pattern was already established of me always seeing the dark skin woman alone or butch while the lighter girls had their pick.

My favorite show as a teen was A Different World. And as ground breaking as that show was in many respects I do have to call out the paradigm it reinforced. Dwayne was obsessed with Whitley, the whitest looking woman shown on campus, and he was the darkest man shown on campus. Ron liked her best friend, Millie, a light skin girl, after that wasn't a thing it was like so crazy that he ended up with Jaleesa. His mom (the fab Patti LaBelle) kept telling him to get with the dark skinned girl with the pretty teeth, but it was like he resisted vehemently beforehand. He does, but then ends up with biracial Freddy and Jaleesa ends up with an old man and becomes a stepmom as her best option.

Back when I had HBO (I only pay for one subscription at a time and my current roommates decided to do the Disney+ package, but I only end up watching Hulu) I watched Insecure but didn't finish. I'm curious to see what happened romantically with the characters. Did they follow the same playbook? I don't want to be spoiled because I hope to continue that show one day, so please don't tell me. But I remember in the precursor to this show, Awkward Black Girl, Issa's love interest was a like pretty average, kinda lame white guy. Her black crush never panned out. I kind of rooted for her and white boy but like not that enthusiastically. I just wanted her to be loved, so tried to be into it, but honestly was like, is this her best option? I didn't finish because it frustrated me that he was her best option. Personal note: I need to finish an Issa Rae show.

Fast forward to literally as of yesterday. I started watching Queen Sugar (Hulu tries to represent black shows and movies but the selections aren't the best, if anyoen has recs, please share) because I said I want to watch more black entertainment like I did in my youth. The most recent try before this was Atlanta and I just wasn't impressed. Come to find out how douchey Donald Glover is about black women and got turned off. Anyways, I did get invested in QS after a few episodes and even cried. So what turned me off a bit and I hope doesn't put me off the show? Spoiler alert: The darkest woman, Nova, is a white cop's mistress. This isn't revealed right away. It opens with them having a sensual morning after but for some reason despite him being hot, I felt ick. Like, I predicted there was something ick coming, and sure enough she's the long term side piece. Her fine af dark skinned brother's ex is a light skinned woman and there seems to be a mild flirtation with his son's Latina teacher. The light skinned sister is married to a man about her skin tone. The aunt who is medium skin tone has a husband darker than her. So it kind of reinforced the colorism and that Nova's only option out of everyone else has to be a white man, and a white man that can't fully commit to her at that.

Now, let me jump back to why I got so invested in Richonne. I know some people probably like does this girl only hardcore ship traumatized curly haired blue eyed white men with dark skinned black women? Not intentionally, haha! But that was the most epic love story I've seen with a black woman who looks anything like me. I wasn't even expecting to ship anything on that bleak ass show. Not my fault. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough? But yeah, when I reached my adult years I kind of got tired of looking for the romance I wanted to see, that represented me, in black media and being disappointed. Because the dark skinned girls didn't get the same love as the lighter ones (or they are lesbians but that's a whole other post). I'm not saying white media isn't guilty. It's just white media when they tend to give a dark skinned black woman a romance it's with a white man if she isn't alone or a lesbian, just like black shows, but the romance tends to be deeper if it's main plot point, or at least that's what I see in Richonne and Carmy x Sydney.

I think there is a good and bad side to this. On one hand yes, give it to me. On the other is it only palatable for a dark skinned black woman to get love in a show with a mixed cast with a white man because there is still and aversion to black love for these women? It's so complex. This is why when I wrote my Syd and Carmy fic I intentionally made her ex a dark skinned black man. Carmy is mad jealous of him. It's not a real love triangle, he just frames it as one because he's insecure of her highly successful, young Idris Elba looking almost fiance, who her dad loves and is a family friend. So, of course Carmy is in his feelings. Although Syd dated white guys I didn't want the strongest competition to be another white guy. And I have Syd speak to the lameness of these other white men on purpose, on multiple occasions. She was always kind of chasing a Carmy replica but not because they were white, it's because he imprinted on her. But she chased trying to be with her ex just as hard, but for different reasons and in a different way.

Anyways, I don't even know what to expect from media at this point because often what we see onscreen does reflect reality. I'll describe myself. I'm a petite, slim curvy girl, cocoa complexion, kinky curly who often gets that "so pretty for a black girl" type compliment in the black community and from racist white people. My dating history has been mixed and mostly white (two Asians also in the mix) in my latter years by default. When I was in high school the few black boys (I went to a mostly white school) chased the white, Latina, or light skinned girls. And the few that were interested were not desirable trouble makers. One was so bad he verbally abused me in front of people consistently and then I found out he had a crush one me. No thanks, red flags galore. The first somewhat decent boy that was interested and actually knew me was my white boy best friend who tried to make a move one day. I wasn't interested, didn't see it coming, but it started a pattern. I just wanted to be his bestie because we were both film geeks, had family trauma, were loners, smoked weed, and were in theater together. It's so funny because he was a dead ringer for Leonardo Dicaprio and all the white girls swooned for him and I was like eh (never thought Leo was all that). So, no, I didn't view him as a prize romantically. But this same type thing continued with white guy friends secretly having a crush and me like not being that excited. But one day I did like one, gave it a try, and was like, ok cool, I can try this. And since then I get way more interest from white men than black men.

*Caveat, I'm currently single and don't think race has any influence on quality of men. My long term Asian ex was the worst boyfriend of my life and I'm still traumatized. Long story.

So should I be this surprised that media reflects my same experience? I don't know what the solution is going forward. Like, will media change and influence society or does society need to change to influence media?

[destinygoldenstar]

Fusing Total Drama Characters In Sims 4 (Part 10)

I’m fusing Total Drama characters in Sims 4 using the genetic mechanic.

Why?

I don’t flipping know. Why not?

I’m gonna do EVERY pairing possible. This post is just gonna be however long Tumblr allows for images.

So let’s just get into it.

I’m using my own TD Sims for this. They’re in the Gallery if you want them. As well as all these pairings and sims that get generated. So what you want.

Bridgette + Trent

Alright, here’s what we’re starting with.

Let’s see what Sims comes up with…

Aaaaannddd… a miss.

Like, okay, the girls fine. She has a cute hairstyle. There’s just not a lot going on.

This boy… that’s an overdesign case. Idk why he has a nose ring. These shoes don’t match. He looks like a soccer player. I’m gonna be honest. Change the shoes and you got a soccer player.

The boys name is Samuel. He’s loyal & proper.

The girls name is Kyra. She’s childish & self assured.

Bridgette + Harold

Alright, let’s see…

UUUUUUUHHHH…

WHAT IS THAT BOY WEARING ON HIS NECK?!

It looks… I’m not even gonna finish that sentence. You fill in the blank.

The girl looks cute though. I will admit the plaid on the boots don’t match. But remove the pattern and then it’s really good.

The boys name is Gage. He hates children & is a dog lover.

The girls name is Tania. She’s a dog lover & self absorbed.

Why are they both dog people? Idk.

Bridgette + Courtney

The only two Killer Bass girls.

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Aaaaaannnd they’re both ugly.

My gosh this was a miss.

The girls name is Jaleesa. She’s good & a music lover.

The boys name is Kasen. He’s paranoid & hates children.

He sounds like me.

(I have a sim of myself. My sims traits are creative, socially awkward, & hates children)

Bridgette + Beth

And here’s Beth. Again.

Let’s see how this goes…

Oh geez…

Yep. They both have Beth’s genes for sure…

Why does the boy have blush?

The girls name is Terri. She’s a bro & Art lover.

The boys name is Duane. He’s a kleptomaniac & a child of the islands.

Bridgette + Cody

Last one for today.

They’re good. I like them both.

The girls giving a cute country side vibe to her. And the boy is nice and casual and wearing clothes that match. I like them.

The girls name is Katelin. She’s socially awkward & gloomy.

The boys name is Camilo. He’s an overachiever & proper.

Say these generated sims were on a team on a show. What’s their team name?

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So, I've seen the 90s fan cast asks and it got me wondering. Who'd you cast in a modern A Different World Show with actors from the early 2000s to present? Just the main season two cast (Whitley, Dwayne, Jaleesa, Kim, Freddie, Ron). Also, I hope your day is going well.

Hope your day is going well too! Hmm, this is an interesting question....

I mean, I think Antoinette Robinson could make a good Whitley. It could be argued that her character in Dear White People is cut from the same cloth

I also think Aja Naomi King would make a good Whitley

I mean Persia White would be a good Freddie. Lynn and Freddie have the same vibes, I don't really remember much of her character in Breaker High but I feel like it was the same kind of thing

I can see Susan Kelechi Watson being Jaleesa from the way that she plays Beth

Besides the fact I think Dominique Fishback can probably do anything, the way she played her character in Project Power, I think she could be a good Kim

The boys are harder for me. Dwayne.... like I'm sure Sterling could play Dwayne, like the way that he plays Randall, he could be Dwayne but I'm trying to find someone younger...I guess Tyler James Williams could be Dwayne

Ron....

I think I might need help with that one, haha.

[alltimefail-sims]

Meet the Jacobs (and Young) Family!

Jaleesa is going through it with pregnancy symptoms, but she's handling them like a champ. She scheduled her C-Section (she had to have one with the twins, too) and is starting to prep the nursery. Meanwhile, the twins have created a "BFF-pact" in solidarity against the new baby. Besides conspiring though, Aliyah is hitting the books hard and Omari, ever the free spirit, is spending most of his time crafting and playing with the family hedgehog. He's also joined scouts, and Aliyah is loving soccer!

Aunt Nia and Grandma Deborah are fully settled in! Nia must be inspired by the new environment because she's actually taking the time to go back to school online and get her diploma. It has nothing to do with her mom's looming judgment... but that certainly doesn't help.

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Jaleesa Jaikaran by Aijani Payne

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JALEESA DEL CASTELETTO

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Jaleesa Johnson, 34

Last seen in Brooklyn Park, Maryland in 2022.