Jennessa Hester 🍒
@cherrypoppunk.bsky.social
lambda poetry fellow 👸 disney and nintendo studies 🏰 perpetually sleepy 💤 she/her 🏳️⚧️
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New poem out today from the always wonderful @petrichorlit.bsky.social!
This is an especially distraught piece from my WIP, and I'm so grateful it has a safe home 💖
Read the full issue here: petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
This is an especially distraught piece from my WIP, and I'm so grateful it has a safe home 💖
Read the full issue here: petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
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With Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny, we've had two shows in a row that make pronounced statements against conservatism.
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
a woman with red hair is singing into a microphone with a crown on her head
Alt: a woman with red hair is singing into a microphone with a crown on her head
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
With Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny, we've had two shows in a row that make pronounced statements against conservatism.
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
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The thing about me is that I’m usually really not up to pop culture.
But THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS! I started off my #FoodPolitics #FoodPolicy class w Mintz on Sweetness & Power, so how can we NOT talk about this performance tomorrow?! #academicsky
But THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS! I started off my #FoodPolitics #FoodPolicy class w Mintz on Sweetness & Power, so how can we NOT talk about this performance tomorrow?! #academicsky
And now the Sugar Bowl (2026).
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The thing about me is that I’m usually really not up to pop culture.
But THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS! I started off my #FoodPolitics #FoodPolicy class w Mintz on Sweetness & Power, so how can we NOT talk about this performance tomorrow?! #academicsky
But THE SUGAR CANE PLANTATIONS! I started off my #FoodPolitics #FoodPolicy class w Mintz on Sweetness & Power, so how can we NOT talk about this performance tomorrow?! #academicsky
With Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny, we've had two shows in a row that make pronounced statements against conservatism.
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
a woman with red hair is singing into a microphone with a crown on her head
Alt: a woman with red hair is singing into a microphone with a crown on her head
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
With Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny, we've had two shows in a row that make pronounced statements against conservatism.
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
Can we get an out artist like Chappell Roan next year to make it three?
Black liberation, anti-imperialism, and queer pride all go hand in hand in this cultural fight ✊
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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A phenomenal halftime show by Bad Bunny.
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
A phenomenal halftime show by Bad Bunny.
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
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February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
And somehow, this was only her second best performance at Super Bowl LX 💕
Lady Gaga sings with her Jigglypuff in Pokémon’s new commercial celebrating its 30th anniversary.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 AM
And somehow, this was only her second best performance at Super Bowl LX 💕
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For those who don’t know why Lady Gaga performing with Bad Bunny is significant. He’s actually a massive fan of her. He’s said her album literally helped him get through a difficult time in his life.
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
For those who don’t know why Lady Gaga performing with Bad Bunny is significant. He’s actually a massive fan of her. He’s said her album literally helped him get through a difficult time in his life.
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What can you do with a history degree?
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What can you do with a history degree?
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When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
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he went from south to north. a WORD.
"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
he went from south to north. a WORD.
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A phenomenal halftime show by Bad Bunny.
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
A phenomenal halftime show by Bad Bunny.
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
The final sequence with the flags asks us to imagine a world without empire. Without all the racism inherent to the American imperial project.
🇵🇷💕
Maybe the worst ad of the Super Bowl.
The tech overlords are too lazy to make an effort even when it's in service of capitalism.
No wonder they love AI so much.
The tech overlords are too lazy to make an effort even when it's in service of capitalism.
No wonder they love AI so much.
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Maybe the worst ad of the Super Bowl.
The tech overlords are too lazy to make an effort even when it's in service of capitalism.
No wonder they love AI so much.
The tech overlords are too lazy to make an effort even when it's in service of capitalism.
No wonder they love AI so much.
Go work with Peter! They're one of the most delightful people to every exist 💕
I am pleased to announce that I will be guest editing a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Disney Studies, with the inimical Joel Gray and...you? We're looking for a Goofy to join our Donald and Mickey, so please consider signing on. Issue CFP will follow in due course.
Have you wished upon a star that you could be an IJoDS editor, but thought that only happens in fairy tales? Well, dream no more: we're looking for special guest editors on two special issues (Global fandom and Mickey). We are open to all regardless of experience level: tinyurl.com/3wfh6ncw
February 9, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Go work with Peter! They're one of the most delightful people to every exist 💕
Ah yes, the famously apolitical songs "American Idiot" and "Holiday."
Don't trust an article about Green Day if it can't even spell Tré Cool's name right.
Don't trust an article about Green Day if it can't even spell Tré Cool's name right.
February 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Ah yes, the famously apolitical songs "American Idiot" and "Holiday."
Don't trust an article about Green Day if it can't even spell Tré Cool's name right.
Don't trust an article about Green Day if it can't even spell Tré Cool's name right.
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My favorite Super Bowl: this poem from Mary Ruefle 💙
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
My favorite Super Bowl: this poem from Mary Ruefle 💙
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Having my kids watch this to better understand the winter Olympics.
February 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Having my kids watch this to better understand the winter Olympics.
In 2002, DeLauro voted against the act that created ICE.
She can absolutely remember a time before ICE. She just can't seem to recall that, a long time ago, she used to have courage.
She can absolutely remember a time before ICE. She just can't seem to recall that, a long time ago, she used to have courage.
I don’t excuse this because everyone should be learning and evolving as they grow older, but I think there’s a generation of Americans, who absolutely cannot fathom a world without police enforcement of everything.
“Renee Goodman [sic], Alex Pretti – there are no words,” DeLauro said.
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
“You said there were no words after the murder of those two individuals,” said Rev. Jack Perkins Davidson. “I think the words are ‘Abolish ICE.’”
www.ctpublic.org/news/2026-02...
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
In 2002, DeLauro voted against the act that created ICE.
She can absolutely remember a time before ICE. She just can't seem to recall that, a long time ago, she used to have courage.
She can absolutely remember a time before ICE. She just can't seem to recall that, a long time ago, she used to have courage.
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36 Views of My Breasts: A trans body memoir
In this print adaptation of her one woman show of the same name, Sainwood offers a lens for reflection and a framework for reimagining our bodies as patient creations who’ll welcome us back.
@billiewrites.bsky.social
kithbooks.com/shop/p/36views
In this print adaptation of her one woman show of the same name, Sainwood offers a lens for reflection and a framework for reimagining our bodies as patient creations who’ll welcome us back.
@billiewrites.bsky.social
kithbooks.com/shop/p/36views
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 PM
36 Views of My Breasts: A trans body memoir
In this print adaptation of her one woman show of the same name, Sainwood offers a lens for reflection and a framework for reimagining our bodies as patient creations who’ll welcome us back.
@billiewrites.bsky.social
kithbooks.com/shop/p/36views
In this print adaptation of her one woman show of the same name, Sainwood offers a lens for reflection and a framework for reimagining our bodies as patient creations who’ll welcome us back.
@billiewrites.bsky.social
kithbooks.com/shop/p/36views
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If you can, please help my dear friend Chelsea. They are a wonderful teacher in the New Orleans area, and were a ray of light while getting my MA 💕
Donate to Community Support Needed for Beloved Teacher and Mother, organized by David Brin
Help Chelsea Recover and Cover Medical and Monthly Bills:
Meet … David Brin needs your support for Community Support Needed for Beloved Teacher and Mother
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February 5, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If you can, please help my dear friend Chelsea. They are a wonderful teacher in the New Orleans area, and were a ray of light while getting my MA 💕
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