Jenée - xoJane

I Get Nerd Crushes. A Lot.

Jenée — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:00:16 -0500

I do "celebrity" crushes in my own, slightly nerdier way, in which infatuation is based on words and ideas instead of beauty or fame.

I Have No Holiday Traditions

Jenée — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:09 -0500

For me and my mom, the nature of our holiday celebrations was anyone's guess. While vaguely grounded in family and food, little else was consistent.

How a Bad Breakup Made Me a Better Granddaughter

Jenée — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:03:17 -0500

My grandmother, who has lost groups of friends each decade, is not afraid of being alone in the frivolous "I don't want to break up with my boyfriend before my birthday" sense that I was. Instead, she faces being mostly by herself and increasingly scared, every day until she dies.

It Happened to Me: I Have an Energy Healer

Jenée — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:00:09 -0400

And so do five of my non-crazy friends

The Dentist, The Old Guy, and The Cucumber: Dating Nicknames and What They're Good For

Jenée — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:07 -0400

A friend and I once made a conscious effort to stop referring to her flirtatious colleague as White Guy ("God, why do I call him that? You know I'd die if he were referring to me as Black Girl," she kept fretting).