![]() ![]() Taking it back to her Fearless days, she moved into “Bust Your Windows” for the “crazy heauxs,” she joked. Rocking long, curly hair and a black catsuit with lavender detailing, Sullivan kicked off the night with “Bodies” from her Grammy-winning EP. Though, one thing for sure and two things for certain, everyone who showed up loves Jazmine Sullivan. At one point, I wondered who wasn’t in attendance as I scanned the sea of familiar faces and spirited exchanges. I watched Insecure’s Yvonne Orji gleefully greet a woman who may or may not have been Savannah James spotted Lena Waithe based on her mannerisms and found myself sandwiched between Beyoncé’s stylist, Ty Hunter, who sat one row in front of me, and Jordyn Woods, who sat right behind me. As the half-empty arena eventually filled out wall-to-wall, in true LA fashion, the event turned into a star-studded reunion that also felt like a late-night Sunday church service. ![]() Jazmine Sullivan Turns Pain And P***y Into Poetry With 'Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe'įollowing her 35th birthday on April 9 and two Grammy wins the week before, Sullivan ended her Heaux Tales Tour in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium’s YouTube Theater. ![]() That sort of confidence conflicts with unpopular opinions floating around the internet, and even on this site, suggesting Heaux Tales is a “ placation of modern disillusionment,” which I think is an insulting way to regard a collection of songs that weren’t created for you. They can’t handle a Black woman who is in charge of herself, who unapologetically asserts sexual dominance, knows her worth all around, and consistently honors her most authentic self. She sings of things we usually keep private or confined to inner circles because society, self-centered cis-hetero men included, doesn’t want us to have agency over our bodies and hearts. These feelings carry over when we, especially Black women, discuss Jazmine Sullivan. In author Alysia Harris’ 2014 poem, “This Woman”-an elegy to all the things we become before we’re done becoming women-she states, “I marched through my own heart, armed with nothing and came out the other side.” There’s a certain amount of vigor, weight, vulnerability, and reverence held within this piece that’s especially present in this line. ![]()
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