Jena Tesse Fox
@jtfnyc.bsky.social
Writer, New Yorker, frequent traveler, theater fan and loud liberal. She/her.
It is a little ironic that as the days reach their coldest, they also start to get longer. The longest night of the year is behind us, and we lit all the candles to keep things as bright as possible. Here's hoping summer gets here soon.
December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is a little ironic that as the days reach their coldest, they also start to get longer. The longest night of the year is behind us, and we lit all the candles to keep things as bright as possible. Here's hoping summer gets here soon.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
Lighting the first Chanukah candles tonight, I'll be thinking about Ahmed al Ahmed and his bravery at Bondi Beach. May we all have such courage and compassion.
December 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Lighting the first Chanukah candles tonight, I'll be thinking about Ahmed al Ahmed and his bravery at Bondi Beach. May we all have such courage and compassion.
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I’m dumbstruck by news of the death of Tom Stoppard—maybe because he hoarded all the words and knew how to use them better than just about anyone. I hope we savor his spectacular wit and erudition and argue about the politics of his plays forever. He was monumental, and also a kind and curious man.
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’m dumbstruck by news of the death of Tom Stoppard—maybe because he hoarded all the words and knew how to use them better than just about anyone. I hope we savor his spectacular wit and erudition and argue about the politics of his plays forever. He was monumental, and also a kind and curious man.
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“It makes me so happy. To be back at the beginning, knowing almost nothing.” -Arcadia, Tom Stoppard, zichrono l’bracha
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“It makes me so happy. To be back at the beginning, knowing almost nothing.” -Arcadia, Tom Stoppard, zichrono l’bracha
"We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it, before we know that there are words, out we come...with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure."
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"We must be born with an intuition of mortality. Before we know the word for it, before we know that there are words, out we come...with the knowledge that for all the points of the compass, there's only one direction and time is its only measure."
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
I've never sobbed uncontrollably at Meadowlark before, and I've easily heard the song a thousand times. Ariana DeBose is just that good. #TheBakersWife #CSC
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I've never sobbed uncontrollably at Meadowlark before, and I've easily heard the song a thousand times. Ariana DeBose is just that good. #TheBakersWife #CSC
Whoever designed the Orlando International Airport had a twisted sense of humor.
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Whoever designed the Orlando International Airport had a twisted sense of humor.
It's not too late to vote early--and if you vote today, you'll get this extra-cool sticker! Find your polling place and go!
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's not too late to vote early--and if you vote today, you'll get this extra-cool sticker! Find your polling place and go!
This could be fascinating. Depending on who gets it next, the title of Duke of York could be passed from a father to a son for the first time since the 1400s.
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This could be fascinating. Depending on who gets it next, the title of Duke of York could be passed from a father to a son for the first time since the 1400s.
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Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Take a lesson from the Black Panthers who understood how to feed people
This! Excellent work, @catcardenas.bsky.social!
Essay: What 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' can teach us about surviving fascism
Essay: What 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' can teach us about surviving fascism
Since the Sundance premiere of 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' the parallels between the fraught political climate of 1970s Argentina and that of our present have only become more pronounced. Here's what Americans can take away from the new movie.
www.latimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This! Excellent work, @catcardenas.bsky.social!
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ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
Reposting to remind myself next time I get cynical and mean-spirited. (And let's be honest--when am I not cynical and mean-spirited?)
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reposting to remind myself next time I get cynical and mean-spirited. (And let's be honest--when am I not cynical and mean-spirited?)
I’ve been thinking about Kiss of the Spider Woman since Friday. For all its challenges, it’s amazing how a story from nearly 50 years ago feels so timely and relevant today.
October 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I’ve been thinking about Kiss of the Spider Woman since Friday. For all its challenges, it’s amazing how a story from nearly 50 years ago feels so timely and relevant today.
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Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...
Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...
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You gotta put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone
(honored to be quoted)
(honored to be quoted)
To atone this Yom Kippur, you must drop your lizard
(RNS) — The idea of dragging a scaly reptile into holy waters — a ridiculous image paired with a moral imperative — makes one wonder what their lizard might be. And how do you let it go?
religionnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
You gotta put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone
(honored to be quoted)
(honored to be quoted)
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President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising.
Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.
Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
President Trump and Congressional Republicans just shut down the government because they refused to stop your health care costs from rising.
Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.
Let me be clear: Republicans are in charge of the White House, House, and Senate. This is their shutdown.
Oh no...
UPDATE: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.
Attack at a Mormon church in Michigan leaves at least 1 dead, 9 injured
Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police said Sunday.
n.pr
September 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oh no...
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation