Janina Matthewson
@j9andif.bsky.social
Writer. Tired. Romcoms as Georgie Tilney.
I once helped put together a poetry anthology and can confirm that asking each individual artist is extremely hard and much more complicated than you’d expect
And you fucking have to do it because they own their fucking work and have the fucking right to determine how it’s fucking used!
And you fucking have to do it because they own their fucking work and have the fucking right to determine how it’s fucking used!
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I once helped put together a poetry anthology and can confirm that asking each individual artist is extremely hard and much more complicated than you’d expect
And you fucking have to do it because they own their fucking work and have the fucking right to determine how it’s fucking used!
And you fucking have to do it because they own their fucking work and have the fucking right to determine how it’s fucking used!
They have a stonking great majority after 15 years of Tory fuckery and they’re using it to clobber immigrants, disabled people, workers, protest groups, and lgbtq+ people and you don’t understand the extent of the dislike?
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
They have a stonking great majority after 15 years of Tory fuckery and they’re using it to clobber immigrants, disabled people, workers, protest groups, and lgbtq+ people and you don’t understand the extent of the dislike?
“Amazingly”
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
“Amazingly”
LOSER. SHIT.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
LOSER. SHIT.
I love the cinema! Save the cinema!
Collected Ideas for Saving Cinema
* Fewer ads. Obviously fewer ads and also the ads should only be allowed to be shown before the trailers. Like, you get a couple of ads, then you get trailers, which are more fun, then the movie. It…
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I love the cinema! Save the cinema!
Loser shit
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Loser shit
Genuinely makes me sad how often the use case is just an alternative to asking someone for help
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Genuinely makes me sad how often the use case is just an alternative to asking someone for help
There are obviously worse injustices but it’s insane that Resident Alien doesn’t have a single Emmy nomination
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There are obviously worse injustices but it’s insane that Resident Alien doesn’t have a single Emmy nomination
Incredible news for kei truck lads
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Incredible news for kei truck lads
Honestly part of me thinks jkr is just out for revenge. She blames trans people for her fans turning on her so she just wants to make them suffer
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Honestly part of me thinks jkr is just out for revenge. She blames trans people for her fans turning on her so she just wants to make them suffer
Based on how many Americans I’ve seen posting their insane insurance price increases over the last couple of weeks, this is a fabulous time for him to be in the news a lot
December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Based on how many Americans I’ve seen posting their insane insurance price increases over the last couple of weeks, this is a fabulous time for him to be in the news a lot
The problem is, putting your mind to things is so much harder than anyone lets on
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The problem is, putting your mind to things is so much harder than anyone lets on
Not anywhere close to Tom Stoppard's greatest achievement, but Shakespeare In Love is the only Fiction About Shakespeare I can stand at all, and I adore it beyond words.
He was a genius. Can't believe he's gone and died on my birthday.
He was a genius. Can't believe he's gone and died on my birthday.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not anywhere close to Tom Stoppard's greatest achievement, but Shakespeare In Love is the only Fiction About Shakespeare I can stand at all, and I adore it beyond words.
He was a genius. Can't believe he's gone and died on my birthday.
He was a genius. Can't believe he's gone and died on my birthday.
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Full disclosure: I've had an extremely rough year and I could really use a lift! You can help give me that lift by simply going out in the world and saying to another human, 'hey, you should read this thing!'
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Full disclosure: I've had an extremely rough year and I could really use a lift! You can help give me that lift by simply going out in the world and saying to another human, 'hey, you should read this thing!'
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And if you like newsletters that swing between rating outfits on tv and impotent railing against the hell in which we find ourselves, I have that too!
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io
I Have No Plan For This
Do I still have the capacity to form and communicate thoughts? Let's find out.
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
And if you like newsletters that swing between rating outfits on tv and impotent railing against the hell in which we find ourselves, I have that too!
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io
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If you like adventure stories and reading a book at the rate of one chapter every two weeks, there's my new serial novel
calamitystrinket.ghost.io
calamitystrinket.ghost.io
Calamity's Trinket
calamitystrinket.ghost.io
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you like adventure stories and reading a book at the rate of one chapter every two weeks, there's my new serial novel
calamitystrinket.ghost.io
calamitystrinket.ghost.io
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There's the two part meta physical romcom I wrote last year for Radio 4
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Missed Lives of Max and Judy (1/2)
A mind-bending, time-warping romcom starring Alison Steadman.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
There's the two part meta physical romcom I wrote last year for Radio 4
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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There's the history podcast I make with @emmasouthon.bsky.social where we answer the questions you don't have time to research yourself
historyissexy.com
historyissexy.com
History Is Sexy
historyissexy.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
There's the history podcast I make with @emmasouthon.bsky.social where we answer the questions you don't have time to research yourself
historyissexy.com
historyissexy.com
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There's the audio drama we write in the same universe, currently in its 10th and final season
www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires
www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires
Within the Wires — Night Vale Presents
Found audio from an alternate universe. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson.
www.nightvalepresents.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
There's the audio drama we write in the same universe, currently in its 10th and final season
www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires
www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires
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If you like sprawling alternate history with unreliable narrators, there's the book I co-wrote with @happierman.bsky.social (currently only available as an audiobook in the uk)
www.amazon.co.uk/You-Feel-Jus...
www.amazon.co.uk/You-Feel-Jus...
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs (Audio Download): Janina Matthewson, Jeffrey Cranor, Kirsten Potter, W. F. Howes Ltd: Amazon.co.uk: Books
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs (Audio Download): Janina Matthewson, Jeffrey Cranor, Kirsten Potter, W. F. Howes Ltd: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If you like sprawling alternate history with unreliable narrators, there's the book I co-wrote with @happierman.bsky.social (currently only available as an audiobook in the uk)
www.amazon.co.uk/You-Feel-Jus...
www.amazon.co.uk/You-Feel-Jus...
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If you like fun romance at the beach there's my first romcom
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/beac...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/beac...
Beach Rivals
Check out Beach Rivals - <p>ESCAPE TO BALI WITH THIS YEAR'S MOST FEEL-GOOD ROMANTIC COMEDY</p><p><b><br />'Complete sunshine in book form... a delicious slow burn love story'</b> Cressida McLaughlin, ...
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you like fun romance at the beach there's my first romcom
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/beac...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/beac...
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If you like small time drama with simmering tension amid an apocalypse, there's my most recent book
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9781...
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9781...
The Horses: A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster
A poetic and moving story of community and isolation in the wake of a disaster
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If you like small time drama with simmering tension amid an apocalypse, there's my most recent book
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9781...
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9781...
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If you like something fanciful and strange, there's my first ever book
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9780...
Of Things Gone Astray
Check out Of Things Gone Astray -
<p>Mrs Featherby had been having pleasant dreams until she woke to discover the front of her house had vanished overnight …</p>
<p>On a seemingly...
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you like something fanciful and strange, there's my first ever book
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/12039/9780...