Joi Donaldson

Head Writer + Creator, The Joi Element

United States

Writer. Freelance Editor. Pleasure Activist.
Bylines: Blk Crwn, Midnight & Indigo, Temple Indigo, Raising Mothers, xoNecole

Portfolio
Temple Indigo
01/28/2021
Honoring The Shadow: Healing Our Inner Child * Temple Indigo

The little girl I saw by the water ran into the sun. Her reflection traced the water near her feet; her hair and skin alive with possibility. You wouldn't believe how long she lived in the shadows, a frail thing seemingly plucked from beneath the stairs. She looked like me.

Temple Indigo
01/11/2021
I Hug My Fupa At Night: On Body Love After Trauma * Temple Indigo

The relationship I've had with my body has always ebbed and flowed. I grew up an athlete: tall-ish and awkward, a tomboy creature with no fear of bruised legs and scratches. The trees outside my great aunt's home went climbed every summer with scrapes of my skin dotted along its trunk.

For Lack Of Better Words
12/06/2020
Stability Over Butterflies

In all my daydreaming and in every romantic film I devoured when I was younger, I was taught to trust the butterflies. To give in to the goosebumps and fluttering happening within me. Only then will I know that what I’m experiencing is real. But what if it isn’t? What if the sensors are broken? Or, that this main sensation shouldn’t be the only feeling we follow.

The Indie Tube
10/10/2020
I Should've Caught You

What would you do if the past fell back into your hands? Samuel was just waiting for his food when Rainah steps back into his life. While trying to keep up the small talk, what he's been holding in for years comes out. Written & directed by Joi Donaldson Executive Producer: Roger Tyler Starring: Samuel - Roger Tyler Rainah - Brickell French Director of Photography - Sean King/The King Image Patron: Ty Jones Key Grip: JJ King Special thanks to Michele Wilson of Ma Michele's...

Urban Playology
09/12/2020
To Avoid Fighting the World at Home

Covid caused many of us to shutter inside. But what happens when we unintentionally bring the weight of the world home in this climate?

Private Client
01/15/2020
Forever Unlock

Exploring the leaps and valleys of this life through video games.

xoNecole
09/08/2018
The First Time I Reiki'd My Child

Continued unpacking of a lifetime of toxic theology led me to gain my Reiki II certification and share with my daughter what I believe now.