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Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

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Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hey kids! I have been a professional screenplay reader for 14 years, as well as a repped pro writer myself, and I’d love to give you useful and encouraging notes on your features, pilots, and shorts! I love being a cheerleader for your work. DM for rates/details!

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 1h

There’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a frog with a cape over there
Tellin me, I got to beware

You better stop, children
What’s that sound?
Everybody look, they’re croaking now

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 4h

It also fails nearly every time! Yes! You do need to have some level of physical chemistry! And every time they come out and are like “uh oh,” they’re right!

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 4h

Andrew remains a constant delight in every single scene, what a gem Tom Lenk is

a man says " you 're a peach " while looking at the camera

Alt: a man says " you 're a peach " while looking at the camera

media.tenor.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 4h

Useful in every way

a man wearing glasses and a tie is sitting down and saying `` i 'm going to start crying '' .

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a tie is sitting down and saying `` i 'm going to start crying '' .

media.tenor.com

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

I was! I genuinely can’t tell you why I tried out! I got made fun of as the fat cheerleader (all of a size 10) for two years, then quit to focus more on choir.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Worse, cheerleading camp.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Well that’s adorable!

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Oh well I remember, was mid my own terrifying bi crisis

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Here is the problem with “the First can’t touch anything.” It walks on the ground. This is always my problem with human form ghosts!! They can’t touch anything but the floor??

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Adam Busch is super great in this, though.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Hey it’s a fantasy show! We can have mythical creatures!!

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

Kennedy telling Willow she likes the way she speaks is very sweet though, what a great line.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

A question I’ve always had is why the show exclusively refers to Willow as a lesbian once she starts dating Tara, even in this episode she specifies that she didn’t want all women, she wanted *a* woman, and she obv had a pleasurable romantic relationship with Oz. Was bisexual a no-go on the network?

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

The Kennedy/Willow relationship has a lot of haters, I think the main issue with it is that Kennedy is (intentionally!) written as spoiled and somewhat immature, which makes Willow feel 15 years older than her instead of two or three, max.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 6h

This is a great Buffy/Spike episode and a uh, questionable Willow one. Her turning into Warren because she feels like she’s moving on from Tara doesn’t quite work. Yes he killed Tara, but his more defining characteristic was his violent misogyny, which makes it a bit messy.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

I feel so bad for her in this one, her voice is completely gone!

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

I have reached THE KILLER IN ME in Buffy season 7, an episode where Sarah Michelle Gellar sounds like she has such a bad cold I want to put on a mask.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

I have to use my brain for dumb shit every single day, when I get a chance to use it creatively it literally feels like slipping into a warm bath

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

Not even a smidgen tempted. It’s like saying “I mean sure, but you’re a LITTLE tempted to start a forest fire, right?”

No, I have in fact never considered that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

Just saw someone angrily blustering on Facebook that if the scaremongers were right, 30% of people would have long covid by now!!! And welp…
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 7h

I really appreciate Pope Leo’s position and outspokenness on this.

As always, might be better if he didn’t live in a palace.

James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social · 22h

Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."

"Dilexi te"

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9h

Antifa’s Girlfriend is a ska song asking to be written, don’t you dare fail me internet

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 9h

Good.

Debjit Dutta @debjitduttaart.bsky.social · 1d

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 11h

Look I’m not naive enough to think that there was ever a time where every single person was against it, but yeah, broadly speaking, I think most people pretty much agreed another holocaust must not be allowed.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 11h

This is exactly how they did it. And they got away with it, and escalated it, because they could rely on the public to let them.

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