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Jenna Scherer

@secondhusk.bsky.social

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Writer-editor based in Brooklyn with bylines in The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, your heart. Formerly senior copy editor at Backstage Magazine. The moon is my wife. She/her, #T1D https://linktr.ee/jennascherer

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · Jun 14

Newly a free agent! If anyone knows of full-time or freelance gigs for an experienced writer/editor/copy editor, please hit me up. I’m open to jobs in multiple sectors!

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 11h

The fact that I share a birth year with Mark Zuckerberg, Bari Weiss, JD Vance, Ben Shapiro, and Elizabeth Holmes makes me feel deeply cursed. The Year of the Rat indeed 🐀

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 1d

This is my shit right here

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

www.theguardian.com

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 6d

My favorite part of the Manhattan skyline has always been the three Empire State Buildings

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

In a city of world-class artists and production crew hunting for the next gig, Andrew Cuomo made a TV ad the same way he wrote his housing policy: with AI.

Then again, maybe a fake Cuomo is better than the real one?

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo driving a train.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo working on the outside of a building.

An AI generated image of Andrew Cuomo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 14d

Finally watching “The Pitt.” It’s an amazing show for a lot of reasons, but I specifically want to shout out its accurate, no-nonsense depiction of the doctors treating a type 1 diabetic for hypoglycemia. It’s so rare that TV and movies get even the basic facts right, let alone the minutiae.

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 16d

If you've talked to me in the past few weeks, you know I can't shut up about "The Lowdown," Sterlin Harjo's new noir comedy set in Tulsa, OK. A killer cast led by a great Ethan Hawke in a show that combines compelling mystery with Harjo's deep affection for his hometown. My review for @avclub.com:

Sterlin Harjo and Ethan Hawke kill it in FX's comedy noir The Lowdown

www.avclub.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22d

goodnight to all the dorks who make democracy possible

Robert Redford in All the President’s Men, sitting in front of a typewriter in the Post newsroom

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 21d

Yaaahhhh.

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · 21d

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 21d

Thinking about this passage from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social’s “Something in the Woods Loves You” as I continue my job search. When I was younger and journalism was less broken, I used to find a sense of purpose in my work, because it *meant* something to me. I don’t know the last time I felt that.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 22d

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 22d

So sorry to hear this, Alan. Your stuff is great!

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 23d

Aw, thanks man

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 23d

Also last week I had to charge a new laptop on my credit card, and this morning I woke up to find out my debit card was hacked and also I have an ear infection. Can a depressed unemployed diabetic bitch catch a break?

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 23d

Anyways, gotta go joylessly eat overpriced cookies because my glucose is crashing for the third time today 🫠🫠🫠

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 23d

I can’t afford therapy anymore, and I have to weigh the cost of buying so much as a coffee. And how am I supposed to have any drive to plan for the future when the world gets scarier and scarier with every passing day? (I know I’m not alone in that last one.)

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 23d

Not to despair on main, but everything has been such an uphill climb lately: managing my diabetes, working up the energy to apply for jobs, begging my insurance company to cover my meds, trying to make ends meet without racking up more credit card debt. I’m so drained from playing life on hard mode.

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 24d

Legit thought this was an image of someone's colon taken by a laparoscopic camera

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 24d

Oh, no shit?

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 25d

Also look at my new Tiny People that I got for a buck

They are my family now

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 25d

This is a trap laid specifically for 9-year-old Jenna who collected random miniatures from hobby stores simply because tiny things delight me

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Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 25d

I cannot emphasize enough that I took this picture in *the Bronx*

New York City has so many faces and I love them all

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · 29d

hahahaha I should've guessed

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Holy shit how did I not know this before

Jenna Scherer @secondhusk.bsky.social · Sep 9

Can’t believe I missed Jane! The only thing that would’ve made the night even more amazing