🏊🏾‍♀️ Took the plunge at Mer-Magicon 2025! From teaching mermaid history to gaining water cred, it was an inspiring journey. Catch the full adventure on my podcast and see why mermaiding is more than just a passion—it's a lifestyle! 💦

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Events Mentioned

MerMagiccon

My Assistant

Tiffany Aliyah

Previous Shows Mentioned

Black Mermaid Events Recap and My Tips for Attending Mermaid Cons

From Tahitian dance gigs to enchanting mermaid conventions, March has been a whirlwind! 🌟🎶 Dive into my Merwomanist Podcast for a magical reading wrap-up and preview of #MerMagicCon adventures. ✈️

My Mermaid Research

⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Books Reviewed

Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan

The Broken Kingdom, N.K. Jemisin

Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano

Damsel, Evelyn Skye

Once Upon a Prom, Kat Cho

Events Mentioned

https://mermagic-con.com/

Happy New Year! Join me as I discuss my academic and creative goals for this upcoming year; from book drafts to content creation plans—discover what's on my 2025 agenda and share your own goals!

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Books Mentioned

The Black Girl Survives This One edited by  Desiree S. Evans

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemison

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

My Mermaid Research

⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar⁠

Gregory Maguire, Wicked

Stephen Schwartz & Winnie Holzman, Wicked

John Chu, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, Wicked

Previous Episodes Mentioned:

⁠Replay: Dragons, Mermaids, and Diverse Casting⁠

Mermaid Horror Films

Dagon by Stuart Gordon

She Creature by Sebastian Gutierrez

My Mermaid Research

⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar⁠

Previous Episodes Referenced

Blackoween and Mertober TBR: Mami Melusine Reads

Black Mermaid Horror Films: The Lake and Erzulie

Mami Melusine Watches-Mermaid Horror Films

Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny-Mami Wata Onscreen

Other References

H.P. Lovecraft, Dagon and Shadow of Insmouth

Some accessible info on Nazism and Eugenics: "How American Racism Influenced hitler"

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Episodes Referenced:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mami-melusine/episodes/Blackoween-and-Mertober-TBR-Mama-Melusine-Reads-this-Month-e2phuel/a-abitltn

Blackoween:

Loc’D Booktician Booktube Channel

Blackoween Announcement 2024

In this video you will find a full explanation of Blackoween, the reader levels and locations and prompts, and links to the Toulah’s Parrish map, discord, etc.

Books Reviewed:

Jessica Cage, Siren’s Test 

(Rec for Blackoween prompts: SheShe’s Kitchen: Spicy paranormal by Black woman)

Monica Brashears, House of Cotton

(Rec for Blackoween prompts: Bayou Haunted House: House or estate in the title and Haunted house set in the South; St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: Of the Night Vibes & book with ancestral knowledge)

Sarah Daas, It Waits in the Forest

(Rec for Blackoween prompts: St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: book where a deal is made, murder mystery with multiple point of views, and book with ancestral knowledge)

Donyae Coles, Midnight Rooms

(Rec for SheShe’s Kitchen: spooky historical romance, Joe’s Library: historical reference, St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: book where a deal is made, Bayou Haunted House: free space)

Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

(Rec for Bayou Haunted House: House or estate in the title, Haunted house set in the South, Ghosts Reside over the House; St. Tremaine’s Graveyard: Book where a deal is made, Murder with multiple POVs, and Book with ancestral knowledge; Joe’s Library: Book with historical reference and crime fiction)

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Blackoween:

Loc’D Booktician Booktube Channel

Blackoween Announcement 2024

In this video you will find a full explanation of Blackoween, the reader levels and locations and prompts, and links to the Toulah’s Parrish map, discord, etc.

Books Mentioned:

Monica Bradhears, House of Cotton

Tananarive Due, The Reformatory

Sarah Daas, It Waits in the Forest

Liselle Sandsbury, Delicious Monsters

Brandon Massey, Black thriller writer

Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones, The Last Final Girl

Donyae Coles, Midnight Rooms

Kinitra Brooks, Linda D. Addison, and Walidah Imarisha (eds), Sycorax’s Daughters

Desiree Evans and Saracica J. Fennell (eds), The Black Girl Survives in This One

Jordan Peele (editor), Out There Screaming

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Books Reviewed:

Gabi Burton Drown me with Dreams

Written Reviews:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62039217-sing-me-to-sleep?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rPGqFR8AvK&rank=1

My Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Books Reviewed:

Gabi Burton Sing me to Sleep

Written Reviews:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62039217-sing-me-to-sleep?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rPGqFR8AvK&rank=1