nina jay describes herself as “a Black, Lesbian, Womon, Writer who uses poetry as a tool of survival and to break silences around all forms of violence against gurls and womyn, with particular focus on the intersections of race, sexuality, and poverty.”
As a survivor of incest and rape, she spent many years in silence and in an effort to save her own life/voice, she began to speak about the quiet and shame that seemed to haunt her and many of the gurls & womyn in her life. e nina jay believes womyn and gurls can create powerful community to fight against the violence and constant degradation that weaves itself into every facet of our lives, by breaking silences and unraveling shame.
She has recently completed a 98-minute film called Body of Rooms, which features e. nina performing poetry and spoken word from her book of the same name, published in September 2016.