Jackie Domenus
@jackiedwrites.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS out now! Words in The Offing Mag, The Normal School, Foglifter, and more. Tin House ‘21. They/she.📍NJ.
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Jackie Domenus
@jackiedwrites.bsky.social
· Nov 20
NO OFFENSE: A Memoir In Essays
When Jackie “came out” in 2014, right as the Trump era was revving up, she began paying closer attention to the inappropriate questions, uncomfortable reactions, and pointed assumptions about sexua…
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NO OFFENSE: A MEMOIR IN ESSAYS is now available for preorder! It’s about all the uncomfortable questions, conversations, and assumptions I’ve faced re: queerness and gender. But it’s also about love and representation and the awkwardness of growing up. elj-editions.com/no-offense-a....
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It's particularly galling to call for ICE to wear body cams when Renee Good's murder literally recorded the whole thing on his phone. He was so confident in his impunity as part of that organization that he recorded and allowed for the release of footage of him shooting a woman at point blank.
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It's particularly galling to call for ICE to wear body cams when Renee Good's murder literally recorded the whole thing on his phone. He was so confident in his impunity as part of that organization that he recorded and allowed for the release of footage of him shooting a woman at point blank.
I have been working out fairly consistently for the last 5 weeks or so and I am sorry to report that it does in fact have a positive impact on my mental health. 🙄
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 AM
I have been working out fairly consistently for the last 5 weeks or so and I am sorry to report that it does in fact have a positive impact on my mental health. 🙄
For me, one of the most disturbing parts of Renee Good’s murder has been the photos from inside the vehicle. Blood everywhere among her and her family’s every day mundanities: a sticker-covered water bottle, gloves, kids toys. It was just another day, and then it wasn’t.
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
For me, one of the most disturbing parts of Renee Good’s murder has been the photos from inside the vehicle. Blood everywhere among her and her family’s every day mundanities: a sticker-covered water bottle, gloves, kids toys. It was just another day, and then it wasn’t.
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There is nothing that is happening in 2026 that’s not built on a solid base of white supremacy. If you are outraged by ICE (and you should be) look closely at how the police behave in your own community. It started there.
January 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
There is nothing that is happening in 2026 that’s not built on a solid base of white supremacy. If you are outraged by ICE (and you should be) look closely at how the police behave in your own community. It started there.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
They are selling these at the secondhand baby clothes store in case you wanna raise your child to be a lesbian.
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 PM
They are selling these at the secondhand baby clothes store in case you wanna raise your child to be a lesbian.
I actually honestly don’t understand the whole AI thing. Not in the like “oh I’m so cool I’m the only one who doesn’t care about this suddenly popular thing” way, but in a “genuinely have never used chat gpt or ever felt the want/need to” kinda way. Like…ppl want to be less creative? Couldn’t be me.
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I actually honestly don’t understand the whole AI thing. Not in the like “oh I’m so cool I’m the only one who doesn’t care about this suddenly popular thing” way, but in a “genuinely have never used chat gpt or ever felt the want/need to” kinda way. Like…ppl want to be less creative? Couldn’t be me.
A lot happened for me in 2025, namely publishing a book and becoming a parent. Of course, I want people to read my book, but if you want something quicker, I’m also extremely proud of this piece I wrote for HuffPost early in the year. Support gender affirming care for all!
I Had Life-Changing Surgery The Same Week A Nonbinary Teen Died. It Made Me Face A Sinister Truth.
"There was something disturbing about waking up from anesthesia as a new person while a family prepared to say their final goodbyes to their loved one."
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January 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A lot happened for me in 2025, namely publishing a book and becoming a parent. Of course, I want people to read my book, but if you want something quicker, I’m also extremely proud of this piece I wrote for HuffPost early in the year. Support gender affirming care for all!
Sharing a few more end-of-year mentions of No Offense! First up, this kickass list by @jenstjude.bsky.social, one of the best humans ever.
Over 100 Notable Debuts by Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender Non-Conforming Authors in 2025 - Chicago Review of Books
Here are the 2025 debuts by trans, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming authors you should know about.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Sharing a few more end-of-year mentions of No Offense! First up, this kickass list by @jenstjude.bsky.social, one of the best humans ever.
I may not be the big, annually anticipated book list, but at least I’m consistent in recommending great creative nonfiction! Here’s my fav CNF reads of 2025.
My Top 12 CNF Reads of 2025
Happy end of the year! I may not be the big, annually anticipated book list, but at least I’m consistent in recommending great creative nonfiction! It felt especially pertinent to read lots o…
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December 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I may not be the big, annually anticipated book list, but at least I’m consistent in recommending great creative nonfiction! Here’s my fav CNF reads of 2025.
Ah yes, the three genders: male, female, nonbinary lollipop.
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ah yes, the three genders: male, female, nonbinary lollipop.
The thing about having a newborn and also having plans on a Saturday night is that I’m more excited to drop him at my parents’ earlier so I can take a nap, than I am for the actual plans.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The thing about having a newborn and also having plans on a Saturday night is that I’m more excited to drop him at my parents’ earlier so I can take a nap, than I am for the actual plans.
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It’s my birthday and all I want is for people to buy subscriptions to my queer sports newsletter. Annual subs are 20% right now too! www.thefrankiedlc.news
Out of Your League
Dispatches from the intersection of queer sports and pop culture.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It’s my birthday and all I want is for people to buy subscriptions to my queer sports newsletter. Annual subs are 20% right now too! www.thefrankiedlc.news
Saw the first Paranormal Activity with a row of my high school friends - the entire theatre screamed multiple times. Also seeing The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the first time and feeling Charlie’s breakdown toward the end so viscerally that I couldn’t breathe.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Saw the first Paranormal Activity with a row of my high school friends - the entire theatre screamed multiple times. Also seeing The Perks of Being a Wallflower for the first time and feeling Charlie’s breakdown toward the end so viscerally that I couldn’t breathe.
If you’re looking for something literary to listen to, I got to chat with Pete on the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social! Grateful for a wonderful convo.
Episode 313 with Jackie Domenus, Author of No Offense: A Memoir in Essays, and Standout Builder of Subtlety and The Macro and Micro, The Societal and the Personal
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December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you’re looking for something literary to listen to, I got to chat with Pete on the @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social! Grateful for a wonderful convo.
Just remember: if someone tells you nobody cares about your Wrapped today, they’re wrong. I care. Deeply.
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just remember: if someone tells you nobody cares about your Wrapped today, they’re wrong. I care. Deeply.
Tis the season for year-end lists! 🥂 Many thanks to the good folks at @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for recognizing small press books and for including No Offense! Special shoutout to @nancytownsley.bsky.social who read and reviewed the book!
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Tis the season for year-end lists! 🥂 Many thanks to the good folks at @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for recognizing small press books and for including No Offense! Special shoutout to @nancytownsley.bsky.social who read and reviewed the book!
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Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Look at this gorgeous list and these gorgeous books. You all know this started a year ago with a grumpy wine skeet and a half baked idea of mine!?? Look at what we made!!!
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
My gratitude is so deep this morning.
lithub.com/100-notable-...
Happy Halloween from Elliott and ET! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy Halloween from Elliott and ET! 🎃
Yesterday I was crying watching my dog sleep cause I love him so much. My wife is giving birth to a literal human being tomorrow. Wtf?? How will I live???
October 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Yesterday I was crying watching my dog sleep cause I love him so much. My wife is giving birth to a literal human being tomorrow. Wtf?? How will I live???
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The last book I read for #100SmallPressBooks2025 was No Offense: A Memoir In Essays by @jackiedwrites.bsky.social (ELJ Editions). It digs into their life as a queer person today, the travails of planning a wedding or buying a car illustrating awkward and sometimes directly hostile interactions.
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The last book I read for #100SmallPressBooks2025 was No Offense: A Memoir In Essays by @jackiedwrites.bsky.social (ELJ Editions). It digs into their life as a queer person today, the travails of planning a wedding or buying a car illustrating awkward and sometimes directly hostile interactions.
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Huh wow turns out the people who wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs never cared about free speech, they just wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Huh wow turns out the people who wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs never cared about free speech, they just wanted to misgender and deadname trans people and use racist slurs
Very excited to have an essay published in The Queer Love Project! It’s about found family, the hypocrisy of Christianity, and…the beach? If you aren’t subscribed to the QLP substack, you’re missing out! queerloveproject.substack.com/p/jackie-dom...
Of Blood and Water
It feels like our queer chosen family has been holding its collective breath for years. Yet, we will continue to base our “family plan” on our happiness—not on societal expectations.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Very excited to have an essay published in The Queer Love Project! It’s about found family, the hypocrisy of Christianity, and…the beach? If you aren’t subscribed to the QLP substack, you’re missing out! queerloveproject.substack.com/p/jackie-dom...
For quite some time, it’s been a writing goal of mine to have a piece in @riverteeth.bsky.social’s Beautiful Things. Proud to have made it in with this little essay about my mom, who’s still my best friend.
“I’ll wait in a grown-up chair in the main office with my bigger-than-me backpack, my legs swinging in anticipation of what the rest of the day could bring.”
-from "Sick Day,” this week's Beautiful Things essay by Jackie Domenus
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-from "Sick Day,” this week's Beautiful Things essay by Jackie Domenus
Read the rest: riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
For quite some time, it’s been a writing goal of mine to have a piece in @riverteeth.bsky.social’s Beautiful Things. Proud to have made it in with this little essay about my mom, who’s still my best friend.