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Charles Jensen
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Author of SPLICE OF LIFE: A MEMOIR IN 13 FILM GENRES, poetry coll. INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN TAKEOFF AND LANDING, & more. EIC: @villaineralit.bsky.social. Genre is a construct. Opinions mine. He/him. https://charles-jensen.com
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I made “marry me chicken” soup for dinner tonight and you know what? I do.
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Peter Gabriel’s vocals on “In Your Eyes” are sexually attractive
February 1, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Five classes I took in college:

LGBT History
Teen Cinema of the 50s & 60s
Sculpture
Greek & Roman Mythology
Bowling
Five classes I took in college:

History of the English Language
Greek Art and Architecture
Tap Dance
Scandinavian Culture Through Film
Human Osteology
Five classes I took in college

History of Subsaharan Africa
Sensory Evaluation of Wine
Qu'est-ce que l'Europe ? (16e-21e siècle)
History of Women in the Islamic World
Fundamentals of Pastry Arts
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Now is the winter of our discontent
January 31, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Catherine O’Hara was and will always be a treasure
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Team, if you’re in LA, please come celebrate Grant’s book launch with me!! Next Wed @ Chevalier’s. This book is super gay, you’ll love it

chevaliersbooks.com/event/2026-0...
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Academy Award nominee Charli XCX
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Remember NFTs?
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Ghost of Yōtei was so gooooooood
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 AM
We live in a society in which not enough people feel embarrassment
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Government constantly giving me reasons to think about this
More than a decade ago, I had an international student pitch a paper on why China is more free than the US. When I asked how he’d support that claim, he said, “Chinese people know their government lies to them.” I think about that all the time.
January 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but: chicken piccata meatballs
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Writers w/ a book out Feb ~ May 2026! Want to be considered for my low-stress blog interview series? EMAIL me (in comments) & I'll pass along details. Basically, I look for literary fiction/memoir/essays & poetry collections. Sorry, but no self-published work. Link to recent interview in comments.
January 22, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I can’t wait for the MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE press tour when Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson will have to say about 300 times “I play Fisto.”
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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my new drag name is Elizabeth New Jersey
January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I love all this rain* SoCal is getting!

*on days I don't have to commute
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I still think about Wunmi Mosaku’s performance in SINNERS a lot
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The Lively/Baldoni text message drop has been nourishing me all day
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
You either die a grammarian or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain!
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
If you're the only one saying out loud that you're, say, the world's most respected political leader or the best songwriter of your generation, chances are one of you is wrong.
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I’m at a bar in a mall in Long Beach and the characters from EUPHORIA just walked in
January 18, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Am I dumb or is neither of these a centrist policy? And is the media’s drumbanging that winning Democrats are centrists pushing Dems to adopt dumb actually centrist views
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Proposal: The Pluribus Vacation Experience. You go to a city. It’s empty. Fully stocked Sprouts you can shop alone, at your leisure. No traffic. Rental police car to get around. You pick up the phone and someone brings you whatever you want. Heaven.
January 15, 2026 at 4:11 AM