Jennifer Vandever
@jennifervandever.bsky.social
Novelist (The Bronte Project, American Tango), Screenwriter, Educator
Script on BEST OF IWC 2024
Repped by Hill/Nadel
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Views my own
Script on BEST OF IWC 2024
Repped by Hill/Nadel
jennifervandever.com
Views my own
Pinned
American Tango a book by Jennifer Ruth Vandever
American Tango is a comic novel about men and women, love and loss, refinding passion and, of course, the tango. Rosalind Plumley needs something. She's a thirtysomething artist in Portland, Oregon wh...
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Two comic novels which cover (in no particular order) men , women, love, loss, academia, Hollywood, family and learning the tango. bookshop.org
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I mask because I'm a caregiver to my elderly mother. There should be zero shaming of folks who still mask for any reason, especially from rich folks able to WFH.
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I mask because I'm a caregiver to my elderly mother. There should be zero shaming of folks who still mask for any reason, especially from rich folks able to WFH.
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In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.
Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!
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Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
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From 2021: MAGA is restricting "curriculum through laws largely meant to curtail teaching about systemic racism. If that doesn’t read as chilling, it should. Put another way, politicians are dictating how the public learns about history —and the history those politicians are making."
Opinion | The damaging myth of America’s Marxist school system
Evidence abounds that educators tend to avoid rather than dive into politically hot topics. And such hesitancy has consequences.
www.nbcnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
From 2021: MAGA is restricting "curriculum through laws largely meant to curtail teaching about systemic racism. If that doesn’t read as chilling, it should. Put another way, politicians are dictating how the public learns about history —and the history those politicians are making."
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Best-case scenario: The Oscars get to be themselves. No length worries, the honorary awards start streaming, things loosen up. Worst case: This is a desperate attempt to youthify, and the result will look like
a man in a music band shirt is holding a skateboard
Alt: the "How do you do, fellow kids?" meme.
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Best-case scenario: The Oscars get to be themselves. No length worries, the honorary awards start streaming, things loosen up. Worst case: This is a desperate attempt to youthify, and the result will look like
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Wrote about Reiner
Critic’s Appreciation: Rob Reiner Was So Much More Than a Capable Company Man
The director's deft marrying of prestige and populism in classics like 'When Harry Met Sally…' and 'The Princess Bride' now seems like a wondrous lost art.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wrote about Reiner
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Legislatures and boards are actively working against the principles and practices of academic freedom. These places should no longer be considered universities in the traditional sense. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/you-cant-c...
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Legislatures and boards are actively working against the principles and practices of academic freedom. These places should no longer be considered universities in the traditional sense. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/you-cant-c...
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...and that was before THIS development. What a catastrophe that this unqualified hobbyist and his right-wing daddy now have their fingers around the throat of CBS News. bsky.app/profile/bgru...
David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.
nypost.com/2025/12/10/m...
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
...and that was before THIS development. What a catastrophe that this unqualified hobbyist and his right-wing daddy now have their fingers around the throat of CBS News. bsky.app/profile/bgru...
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Robert Montgomery, “Lady in the Lake” (1946). 25 Christmas noirs to enjoy fireside. Click to see a list of 25 Christmas noirs. #filmnoir
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Dark Candy in Your Stocking: 25 Christmas Noirs
Chances are you’ll need a break during this season of cheer. For that, you might take in a few Christmas themed films noir.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Robert Montgomery, “Lady in the Lake” (1946). 25 Christmas noirs to enjoy fireside. Click to see a list of 25 Christmas noirs. #filmnoir
lalifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2024/12/dark...
lalifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2024/12/dark...
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Remembering Laird Cregar who died on December 9, 1944 at the age of 31.
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Remembering Laird Cregar who died on December 9, 1944 at the age of 31.
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If you read most U.S. journalism, the fact that most of our sectors (guns, energy, telecom, healthcare, whatever) has been completely broken by corruption and unchecked corporate power just..isn't mentioned.
It's as if editors think being honest about this is inherently biased or impolite.
It's as if editors think being honest about this is inherently biased or impolite.
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you read most U.S. journalism, the fact that most of our sectors (guns, energy, telecom, healthcare, whatever) has been completely broken by corruption and unchecked corporate power just..isn't mentioned.
It's as if editors think being honest about this is inherently biased or impolite.
It's as if editors think being honest about this is inherently biased or impolite.
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Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
December 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Journalists and media: stop bothsidesing attacks on childhood vaccines. We look to you to report what is happening and what the effects will be, not repeat the administration’s rhetoric. The effects will be more sickness and more death. That is not something to bothsides. Hold power accountable.
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
Showed the very charming Rye Lane as an example of a modern Screwball/Rom Com. As always, students loved it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Showed the very charming Rye Lane as an example of a modern Screwball/Rom Com. As always, students loved it.
In home caregiver to my mother with dementia and deep in the trenches with all this. Article hits a number of excellent points.
November 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In home caregiver to my mother with dementia and deep in the trenches with all this. Article hits a number of excellent points.
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Happy Gloria Grahame’s birthday!
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Happy Gloria Grahame’s birthday!
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“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
Me Too Forever
Why the backlash was so short-lived.
www.thecut.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“There are no clean demarcations between feminism and its backlash and the backlash to the backlash, between progress and regress. It was always fanciful to conceive of progressive victories as permanent, just as it was a shortsighted fantasy that edgelord heterodoxy would remain cool.”
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Before you start your holiday shopping, check out my Directed By Women Holiday Gift Guide with curated recommendations of books, Blu-rays, posters, and more suggestions to spread the love of women-directed cinema!
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
Directed By Women Holiday Gift Guide
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November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Before you start your holiday shopping, check out my Directed By Women Holiday Gift Guide with curated recommendations of books, Blu-rays, posters, and more suggestions to spread the love of women-directed cinema!
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“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“Network” premieres today in ‘76
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
“.. we thought we were making a satire,” said Lumet. “But the extraordinary and frightening thing is how quickly it stopped being satire .. When the truth becomes entertainment, when rage becomes a commodity, the culture begins to eat itself.”
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
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With the Trump admin looking to expand oil drilling off America's coasts, now is the time to pass legislation to preserve our shores. I joined @rephuffman.bsky.social in introducing the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to ban new leases off the Pacific Coast.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Trump administration plans to open Pacific Coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 4 decades
The plan would mark the first new oil and gas leases in federal waters of the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
With the Trump admin looking to expand oil drilling off America's coasts, now is the time to pass legislation to preserve our shores. I joined @rephuffman.bsky.social in introducing the West Coast Ocean Protection Act to ban new leases off the Pacific Coast.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
