J. Wade
@americanwade.bsky.social
Teaching college writing, rhetoric of American music
Listening to country music
Watching lots of soccer (Spirit, Liverpool), NASCAR, and combat sports
Taking care of a hound dog and a human boy
Listening to country music
Watching lots of soccer (Spirit, Liverpool), NASCAR, and combat sports
Taking care of a hound dog and a human boy
Disrupting my very necessary sleep routines because nobody else van understand “HDMI 2.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Disrupting my very necessary sleep routines because nobody else van understand “HDMI 2.”
Check out the DNC’s messaging strategy.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out the DNC’s messaging strategy.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Black Friday/Holiday Sale!
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
All first-time or returning subscribers can now purchase an annual subscription for $10 off their first year—which means just $19 for a full year of access to BW/DR and our entire 143 issue archive!
Also: you can gift it!
coupon code: HOLIDAY2025
Just remembered that when I worked in politics, a candidate’s wife once asked me “what does one order at a Wendy’s?”
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just remembered that when I worked in politics, a candidate’s wife once asked me “what does one order at a Wendy’s?”
I don’t like Tarantino going after him, but you won’t catch me singing Paul Dano’s praises.
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I don’t like Tarantino going after him, but you won’t catch me singing Paul Dano’s praises.
I don’t care for it when people talk about DC like it’s the tiny enclave of people who could stand to have Olivia Nuzzi in their homes and not the amazing dive bars and people tearing ass through the streets on four-wheelers and dirt bikes.
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I don’t care for it when people talk about DC like it’s the tiny enclave of people who could stand to have Olivia Nuzzi in their homes and not the amazing dive bars and people tearing ass through the streets on four-wheelers and dirt bikes.
Got my @mzspress.bsky.social and @bookshop.org orders in. You should, too.
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Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation by Studio Ghibli (Hardcover, NEW)
Explore the dazzling animated worlds of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke , Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind , and more with Studio Ghibli: Architecture in Animation ! Learn how the visionary animati...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Got my @mzspress.bsky.social and @bookshop.org orders in. You should, too.
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
This motherfucker’s only ever had pie out of a Food Lion box.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This motherfucker’s only ever had pie out of a Food Lion box.
No reminder has ever been friendly.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No reminder has ever been friendly.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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chuck schumer would be the stupid guy in zombie movies that gets bitten and tries to hide it from the rest of the group.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
chuck schumer would be the stupid guy in zombie movies that gets bitten and tries to hide it from the rest of the group.
If you feel like people younger than you are making fun of you, the most devastating thing you can do to them is enjoy the joke.
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you feel like people younger than you are making fun of you, the most devastating thing you can do to them is enjoy the joke.
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Sometimes I say stuff and realize how perfectly I fit the stereotype for my demographic .
“This new Jeff Tweedy is great!”
“Really excited for this new Pynchon novel.”
“My reflux was really bad last night.”
“This new Jeff Tweedy is great!”
“Really excited for this new Pynchon novel.”
“My reflux was really bad last night.”
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sometimes I say stuff and realize how perfectly I fit the stereotype for my demographic .
“This new Jeff Tweedy is great!”
“Really excited for this new Pynchon novel.”
“My reflux was really bad last night.”
“This new Jeff Tweedy is great!”
“Really excited for this new Pynchon novel.”
“My reflux was really bad last night.”
Politics and world views aside, somebody who got a totenkopf tattooed on his fucking chest and didn’t have the common sense to get rid of it immediately probably isn’t smart enough to campaign or govern effectively. Not that that’s more important than morality, but it is pathetic.
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Politics and world views aside, somebody who got a totenkopf tattooed on his fucking chest and didn’t have the common sense to get rid of it immediately probably isn’t smart enough to campaign or govern effectively. Not that that’s more important than morality, but it is pathetic.
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although some oppose the fifty foot hologram of a grinning Augusto Pinochet that appeared on the White House lawn this morning, we spoke with people from across the political spectrum to get a sense of how opinions differ
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
although some oppose the fifty foot hologram of a grinning Augusto Pinochet that appeared on the White House lawn this morning, we spoke with people from across the political spectrum to get a sense of how opinions differ
I can tell I’m in rough shape, mentally, because I suddenly need to watch Almost Famous.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I can tell I’m in rough shape, mentally, because I suddenly need to watch Almost Famous.
Hell yes
I must speak my truth. One new episode of MR. SCORSESE until the end of time, please! @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/mr-s...
www.vulture.com/article/mr-s...
October 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hell yes
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if we have ever talked, you know how much THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES and Derek Cianfrance's sad dads mean to me. I spoke with him about that film, ROOFMAN, and why the American dad as an outlaw created by capitalism looks so large in his work. a joy. @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/roof...
www.vulture.com/article/roof...
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
if we have ever talked, you know how much THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES and Derek Cianfrance's sad dads mean to me. I spoke with him about that film, ROOFMAN, and why the American dad as an outlaw created by capitalism looks so large in his work. a joy. @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/roof...
www.vulture.com/article/roof...
RIP, the GOAT
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
RIP, the GOAT
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if you listen to an audiobook it's fine to say you read the book and anyone who disagrees is just being obnoxious
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
if you listen to an audiobook it's fine to say you read the book and anyone who disagrees is just being obnoxious
Y’all don’t have to read Yglesias or listen to Zach Bryan. There’s smarter and better.
October 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Y’all don’t have to read Yglesias or listen to Zach Bryan. There’s smarter and better.
Mindblowing how Zach Bryan’s career consists entirely of getting massive amounts of attention for the most basic shit imaginable.
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Mindblowing how Zach Bryan’s career consists entirely of getting massive amounts of attention for the most basic shit imaginable.