Jennessa Hester 🍒
@cherrypoppunk.bsky.social
lambda poetry fellow 👸 disney and nintendo studies 🏰 perpetually sleepy 💤 she/her 🏳️⚧️
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New poem out today from the always wonderful @petrichorlit.bsky.social!
This is an especially distraught piece from my WIP, and I'm so grateful it has a safe home 💖
Read the full issue here: petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
This is an especially distraught piece from my WIP, and I'm so grateful it has a safe home 💖
Read the full issue here: petrichormag.com/petrichor-27/
This is already the window Universal uses for nearly all their films—the only exception being major hits.
17 days seems very reasonable to me 🤷♀️
17 days seems very reasonable to me 🤷♀️
Netflix reportedly only wants to keep movies in theaters for 17 days after they buy Warner Bros
“This would steamroll the theatrical business” — Deadline
“This would steamroll the theatrical business” — Deadline
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
This is already the window Universal uses for nearly all their films—the only exception being major hits.
17 days seems very reasonable to me 🤷♀️
17 days seems very reasonable to me 🤷♀️
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I've always been mixed on Stranger Things.
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I've always been mixed on Stranger Things.
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
OTHERSIDE is officially OPEN for fiction and poetry submissions 🪐🗡️
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
If you’re part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, send us your speculative fiction and poetry: fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and everything in between!
📚 Open window: Jan 1-14
📑 See guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines/
I've always been mixed on Stranger Things.
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I've always been mixed on Stranger Things.
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
The early seasons didn't feel thematically potent, but the addition of Vecna really helped flesh things out.
The finale doesn't reach the highs of the Vecna introduction, but the concluding scene (regarding El's fate) was really wonderfully written 💕
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Stranger Things Season 5 "Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up". Directed by The Duffer Brothers
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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It's open! Our own Seth is a guest-editor alongside some very cool people. Can't wait to see what you've got!
The Call for Submissions for the next edition of our literary journal opens January 1, 2026.
The @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social editorial team for 'The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance' issue invites work that explores place as a site of struggle and survival.
Explore the call ⬇️
The @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social editorial team for 'The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance' issue invites work that explores place as a site of struggle and survival.
Explore the call ⬇️
Call for Submissions ➡️ The Ground Beneath Us: Place, Power, and Resistance. | We seek works that engage with land, home, borders, environment, and community, not as static backdrops, but as living terrains that hold grief, memory, & the seeds of transformation. aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
It's open! Our own Seth is a guest-editor alongside some very cool people. Can't wait to see what you've got!
Happy New Year from the video arcade 💕
(Bonus points if you can tell what game we're in front of.)
(Bonus points if you can tell what game we're in front of.)
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Happy New Year from the video arcade 💕
(Bonus points if you can tell what game we're in front of.)
(Bonus points if you can tell what game we're in front of.)
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From Australia, Dec 1965: Disney Bank Books ad from Bank of New South Wales
(+Wales/Walt Disney Bank Books and Savings Accounts)
«Exciting...new Disney WALES BANK BOOKS»
(+Wales/Walt Disney Bank Books and Savings Accounts)
«Exciting...new Disney WALES BANK BOOKS»
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
From Australia, Dec 1965: Disney Bank Books ad from Bank of New South Wales
(+Wales/Walt Disney Bank Books and Savings Accounts)
«Exciting...new Disney WALES BANK BOOKS»
(+Wales/Walt Disney Bank Books and Savings Accounts)
«Exciting...new Disney WALES BANK BOOKS»
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When my relationship with my father was at its worst, we once watched THE PRINCESS BRIDE three times in one day, first on TV, then our VHS copy, then again on TV by pure chance. It was like as long as it was playing, everything was okay, and neither one of us wanted to let go of that.
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When my relationship with my father was at its worst, we once watched THE PRINCESS BRIDE three times in one day, first on TV, then our VHS copy, then again on TV by pure chance. It was like as long as it was playing, everything was okay, and neither one of us wanted to let go of that.
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Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
Kristi is wonderful and their powerful memoir should be part of your 2026 reading plans 🙏
An excerpt of my forthcoming memoir, The Sound of Burning: a Mother, a Daughter, a Murder (UGA Press, 2026) is out now in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social (TW: blood) hypertextmag.com/no-contact/
No Contact - Hypertext Magazine
By Kristi D. Osorio In the prison visiting room, Mom asked the guard to give me a maxi pad. It was thick and white, nondescript. No brand I’d ever heard of. We ain’t got Always with Wings in here, the...
hypertextmag.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Kristi is wonderful and their powerful memoir should be part of your 2026 reading plans 🙏
Opened this vintage mug for Christmas and the conversation immediately turned to @pcbryan.bsky.social's research 🦆
December 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Opened this vintage mug for Christmas and the conversation immediately turned to @pcbryan.bsky.social's research 🦆
In 2025, I published three new scholarly articles, all on extremely different subjects. I hope you like them 💕
First up, my piece on the kinky subtext of The Mandalorian. The show made "daddy dom" ageplay hip again!
From this book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
First up, my piece on the kinky subtext of The Mandalorian. The show made "daddy dom" ageplay hip again!
From this book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In 2025, I published three new scholarly articles, all on extremely different subjects. I hope you like them 💕
First up, my piece on the kinky subtext of The Mandalorian. The show made "daddy dom" ageplay hip again!
From this book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
First up, my piece on the kinky subtext of The Mandalorian. The show made "daddy dom" ageplay hip again!
From this book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
Sauron famously couldn't secure his home against intruders
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sauron famously couldn't secure his home against intruders
How I'm walking out of 2025
December 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025
Sauron famously couldn't secure his home against intruders
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sauron famously couldn't secure his home against intruders
Lots of new folks have been added! Thanks to everyone who is sending in suggestions 💕
For all the new Twitter refugees, here are lots of lovely trans poets to follow 💖
December 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Lots of new folks have been added! Thanks to everyone who is sending in suggestions 💕
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In 1989, French newspaper Libération asked 700+ filmmakers from around to answer just one question: "Why do you film?", the answers they received varied from several pages long to just a few words, here's some of them.
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
In 1989, French newspaper Libération asked 700+ filmmakers from around to answer just one question: "Why do you film?", the answers they received varied from several pages long to just a few words, here's some of them.
For all the new Twitter refugees, here are lots of lovely trans poets to follow 💖
December 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For all the new Twitter refugees, here are lots of lovely trans poets to follow 💖
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
Yeah, this is the best I've ever seen any movie intentionally capture that kind of sudden, natural light/color/temperature shift.
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Yeah, this is the best I've ever seen any movie intentionally capture that kind of sudden, natural light/color/temperature shift.
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
Reposted by Jennessa Hester 🍒
Wishing all our editors, authors, and especially readers all the best for this holiday season. More to come soon!
a group of mickey mouse characters singing merry christmas with goofy
Alt: a group of mickey mouse characters singing merry christmas with goofy
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Wishing all our editors, authors, and especially readers all the best for this holiday season. More to come soon!
Nah. So famous he even runs with an entourage now.
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Nah. So famous he even runs with an entourage now.
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Feeling like you haven't read enough to vote in the 2025 TFR Awards? Here's a way you can still participate!
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Transfemme Shortform Challenge
The rules are simple - read as many short stories and poems as you’d like before December 26th at 11:59pm EST, then submit a ballot for your favorites in the Outstanding Short Story and Outstanding In...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Feeling like you haven't read enough to vote in the 2025 TFR Awards? Here's a way you can still participate!
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷
The 60-hour Shortform Challenge asks YOU to read our 2025 short story and poem nominees, then vote on your three faves in each category! No other reading required 🩷