Jamila Tull, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/jamila-tull/ A Home for Black Women Writers Mon, 03 Nov 2025 03:39:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jamila Tull, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/jamila-tull/ 32 32 153713158 A Black Girl’s Guide to Colonics and Colonialism https://www.midnightandindigo.com/colonics-and-colonialism/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:00:15 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=80908 The ad I saw on Groupon for an “Atlanta Colon Hydrotherapy Session” was a photo of a white woman making a heart on her stomach with her hands. This would not be my first colonic, so I was looking forward to the familiar feeling of becoming so full that I could pop, followed by the satisfying release that would leave me perfectly raw and empty. I imagined my insides as sparkling kitchen countertops—clear and scrubbed clean. A fresh start after a long stretch of eating junk. When I arrived, I opened the door to the small office and was immediately

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