Ren "Stop Israel’s Murder of Palestinians” Jender
@renjender.bsky.social
Queer writer-performer/producer making a film, writing at NY Times, NPR, Village Voice and Slate. 2021 National Critics Institute Fellow. *Deeply* petty. CDMX/Boston Gmail: njender Insta: renjender. https://renjender.contently.com
Whatever else you say about Trump, the fact is, we did this ourselves, even those of us who would never vote for him. The people we voted for were paid off with incredibly lucrative insider trading and mysterious and exponential financial gain after leaving office.
February 16, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Whatever else you say about Trump, the fact is, we did this ourselves, even those of us who would never vote for him. The people we voted for were paid off with incredibly lucrative insider trading and mysterious and exponential financial gain after leaving office.
Also yay, Naomi Ackie!
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Also yay, Naomi Ackie!
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The problem for democracy is that it will not survive three more years of such a system. We cannot hold free and fair elections if judges blindly accept the word of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel’s minions. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
Two cases and the grease that breaks democracy
The obvious lesson many are drawing is that ordinary citizens are more reliable protectors of democracy than judges in black robes.
www.democracydocket.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The problem for democracy is that it will not survive three more years of such a system. We cannot hold free and fair elections if judges blindly accept the word of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel’s minions. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
And fuck "Train Dreams". Haven't seen it. Will never see it. Fuck it, anyway!
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
And fuck "Train Dreams". Haven't seen it. Will never see it. Fuck it, anyway!
Yay, Rose Byrne! If you believed any of the critics who, like the rest of us, are really fucked up about the portrayal of motherhood in a less than flattering light, it's not too late to stream, "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You."
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Yay, Rose Byrne! If you believed any of the critics who, like the rest of us, are really fucked up about the portrayal of motherhood in a less than flattering light, it's not too late to stream, "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You."
Yay, Eva Victor! "Sorry, Baby" was great and if you believed the (cis, straight, white, male) critics who said it wasn't it's not too late to stream it.
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Yay, Eva Victor! "Sorry, Baby" was great and if you believed the (cis, straight, white, male) critics who said it wasn't it's not too late to stream it.
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All of these white people arguing amongst each other online about which white candidate they’re going to support until SC and southern primaries carve them into pieces
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
All of these white people arguing amongst each other online about which white candidate they’re going to support until SC and southern primaries carve them into pieces
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I wrote about Luis Buñuel's Wuthering Heights for Crooked Marquee!
“You can see what’s missing and yearn for its inclusion,” @ceilidhann.bsky.social writes of ‘Abismos de pasión,’ “yet Buñuel's take acutely captures the liminal state its doomed lovers are forced to navigate before they tumble headfirst into their tragic conclusions.”
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February 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I wrote about Luis Buñuel's Wuthering Heights for Crooked Marquee!
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They're going to let the only trusted—and trustworthy—part of the BBC die.
February 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
They're going to let the only trusted—and trustworthy—part of the BBC die.
Hmmm, what happened 5 or 6 years ago that could possibly explain this? </sarcasm>
- Major health events — defined as medical claims exceeding $100,000 annually — are now about twice as common as they were five years ago.
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New Report Reveals Americans Are Getting Sick More Often, Earlier in Life
UnitedHealthcare and Health Action Council (HAC), a nonprofit employer coalition, today released their ninth annual white paper highlighting emerging health trends linked to workforce health and affor...
www.uhc.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Hmmm, what happened 5 or 6 years ago that could possibly explain this? </sarcasm>
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all jokes aside, we shouldn't forget the real Reason for the Season
February 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM
all jokes aside, we shouldn't forget the real Reason for the Season
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Sinners has vampires and is more historically accurate than this bullshit
American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sinners has vampires and is more historically accurate than this bullshit
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pretty stunning chart
February 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
pretty stunning chart
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RESPECT SISTER!
Erin Jackson, the first Black Woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in Speed Skating.
#WinterOlympics2026 #ErinJackson
Erin Jackson, the first Black Woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in Speed Skating.
#WinterOlympics2026 #ErinJackson
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
RESPECT SISTER!
Erin Jackson, the first Black Woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in Speed Skating.
#WinterOlympics2026 #ErinJackson
Erin Jackson, the first Black Woman to win an Olympic Gold medal in Speed Skating.
#WinterOlympics2026 #ErinJackson
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I also am baffled that people are assuming this super checkered barely known guy will be super progressive as though we're not living in a post Fetterman universe.
It's nuts that these are the two candidates the respective wings of the Maine Dems have coughed up. I am positive there are, somewhere in the state, a moderate who's not 97 years old and a progressive who doesn't have nazi tattoos.
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I also am baffled that people are assuming this super checkered barely known guy will be super progressive as though we're not living in a post Fetterman universe.
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The @bostonglobe.com opinion page this morning is headlined by white supremacist Richard Hanania, whose racist views have been smoothed over in recent months by centrists
February 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The @bostonglobe.com opinion page this morning is headlined by white supremacist Richard Hanania, whose racist views have been smoothed over in recent months by centrists
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Both Neil Patrick Harris and Michelle Yeoh have basically said the same thing as Wim Wenders- everyone at Berlinale looks like they are in a hostage video I swear
I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Both Neil Patrick Harris and Michelle Yeoh have basically said the same thing as Wim Wenders- everyone at Berlinale looks like they are in a hostage video I swear
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Yet another director I admired, Wim Wenders, folding under cowardice. Many of Wenders’ films were all about the politics of living through societal decline.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, WIM?!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, WIM?!
I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Yet another director I admired, Wim Wenders, folding under cowardice. Many of Wenders’ films were all about the politics of living through societal decline.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, WIM?!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, WIM?!
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I know I'm late to the party on this but People's Joker is awesome
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I know I'm late to the party on this but People's Joker is awesome
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It's true these spaces are only being used this way because of a noxious combination of money being no object and safety not being on the list of priorities.
But on a deeper level, Sarah is right. Every time we're told something "can't" be done it only means they're not willing.
But on a deeper level, Sarah is right. Every time we're told something "can't" be done it only means they're not willing.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's true these spaces are only being used this way because of a noxious combination of money being no object and safety not being on the list of priorities.
But on a deeper level, Sarah is right. Every time we're told something "can't" be done it only means they're not willing.
But on a deeper level, Sarah is right. Every time we're told something "can't" be done it only means they're not willing.
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Vaccine advocates are struggling to maintain their credibility in the face of bad faith attacks and disinformation. It doesn't help to confuse people about a narrative is s fact or fiction.
I was really troubled by this Atlantic piece. It was presented as reporting, but it seems more accurate to describe it as speculative fiction based on reporting. It seems like a bizarre choice for a journalistic institution to make. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Vaccine advocates are struggling to maintain their credibility in the face of bad faith attacks and disinformation. It doesn't help to confuse people about a narrative is s fact or fiction.
Why has no one killed him
yet? It’s not like the US has a shortage of guns or people who want him dead. It’s US cowardice that keeps him alive.
yet? It’s not like the US has a shortage of guns or people who want him dead. It’s US cowardice that keeps him alive.
February 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Why has no one killed him
yet? It’s not like the US has a shortage of guns or people who want him dead. It’s US cowardice that keeps him alive.
yet? It’s not like the US has a shortage of guns or people who want him dead. It’s US cowardice that keeps him alive.
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FIFA really isn't the best at picking recipients for its peace bribe, I guess
www.huffpost.com/entry/united...
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U.S. Military Preparing For Potentially Weeks-Long Iran Operations: Reuters Report | HuffPost Latest News
Trump, speaking on Friday after a military event at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, openly floated the possibility of changing the government in Iran.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:46 PM
FIFA really isn't the best at picking recipients for its peace bribe, I guess
www.huffpost.com/entry/united...
www.huffpost.com/entry/united...
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My main thought I'll add: The works of the most devoted anti-trans "science" journalists, who lean heavily on certain sources to advance whatever point (mostly the transes have gone too far), their works are similarly fictions, hypotheticals, inventions that spring mostly from their fantasies.
Readers shouldn't be tasked with this. Reporters being flip about these lines also makes life harder for all literary nonfiction features writers who do follow the rules.
If you clocked that this was entirely fictional, good for you! I think the confusion for some people shows that it was not marked or explained clearly enough. Even the existing note makes it seem like it was based on composite but real stories, not a "hypothetical."
February 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
My main thought I'll add: The works of the most devoted anti-trans "science" journalists, who lean heavily on certain sources to advance whatever point (mostly the transes have gone too far), their works are similarly fictions, hypotheticals, inventions that spring mostly from their fantasies.
There was actually a great documentary short (in the ‘90s) about this. Trans and queer people were part of the entertainment at straight wedding receptions in Naples (parodying straight people: at one point they enact a scene of a woman giving birth) and no one batted an eye!
Updating the tracker and I came across this fascinating story of trans and/or non-binary trans life woven into the Catholic practices of Naples, Italy.
For the photo alone I felt like I had to share it - but it's fascinating throughout. From @apnews.com
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For the photo alone I felt like I had to share it - but it's fascinating throughout. From @apnews.com
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Catholic rituals blend with Neapolitan folklore in pilgrimage for queer community
MERCOGLIANO, Italy (RNS) — The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing lacquered nails, towering wigs and heavy eyelashes.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
There was actually a great documentary short (in the ‘90s) about this. Trans and queer people were part of the entertainment at straight wedding receptions in Naples (parodying straight people: at one point they enact a scene of a woman giving birth) and no one batted an eye!