Jen Chaney
@jenchaney.bsky.social
Current: TV and film critic free agent. Former: Vulture, WashPost. Prev bylines: NYT, Vanity Fair, others. Literally wrote the book on Clueless.
Beyond Orwell. Like, even he couldn't force his imagination to go this far.
fuck outta here
January 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Beyond Orwell. Like, even he couldn't force his imagination to go this far.
"This is indisputably a political series because it subtly but firmly reminds us that every seemingly abstract decision made by those in power trickles down to become something extremely personal." My review of THE PITT season two, for @tvguide.com.
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The Pitt Season 2 Review: TV's Best Medical Drama Cares About Us More Than Ever
Season 2 of HBO's medical drama The Pitt is every bit as good as the Emmy-winning Season 1, tackling issues that relate to regular humans in a pressurized environment.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"This is indisputably a political series because it subtly but firmly reminds us that every seemingly abstract decision made by those in power trickles down to become something extremely personal." My review of THE PITT season two, for @tvguide.com.
www.tvguide.com/news/the-pit...
www.tvguide.com/news/the-pit...
This is, and I am not exaggerating, one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This hat should be America’s national dress
Everyone is dressing as Americans. This calls for action.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This is, and I am not exaggerating, one of the dumbest things I've ever read.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Someone Photoshop Joey and Chandler's duck into this photo, please, I beg
Why does it look like he's saying this to Joey and Chandler in their kitchen
rings true to this day
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Someone Photoshop Joey and Chandler's duck into this photo, please, I beg
I am both mad at and feel bad for Tyler Loop.
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
I am both mad at and feel bad for Tyler Loop.
I have never listened to "I Before E Except After C" by Yaz on noise-cancelling headphones until now and holy shit, you guys.
January 4, 2026 at 5:41 AM
I have never listened to "I Before E Except After C" by Yaz on noise-cancelling headphones until now and holy shit, you guys.
Hey, does everyone remember the movie WAG THE DOG? Because I do.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Hey, does everyone remember the movie WAG THE DOG? Because I do.
Watching a screener for a returning series and just straight-up applauding whenever certain characters make their first entrances.
January 2, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Watching a screener for a returning series and just straight-up applauding whenever certain characters make their first entrances.
2025 was hard and painful for too many. Hoping for better things*, for all of us, in 2026.
*Better things includes, but is not limited to, a new album from Harry Styles.
*Better things includes, but is not limited to, a new album from Harry Styles.
December 31, 2025 at 11:40 PM
2025 was hard and painful for too many. Hoping for better things*, for all of us, in 2026.
*Better things includes, but is not limited to, a new album from Harry Styles.
*Better things includes, but is not limited to, a new album from Harry Styles.
STRANGER THINGS is ending. '80s culture is never going away. An essay I wrote for @ms.now.
www.ms.now/opinion/stra...
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Opinion | "Stranger Things" is ending. Our obsession with '80s nostalgia never will.
Jen Cheney: Why this Netflix series belongs to Gen Z as much as, if not more than, preceding generations.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
STRANGER THINGS is ending. '80s culture is never going away. An essay I wrote for @ms.now.
www.ms.now/opinion/stra...
www.ms.now/opinion/stra...
So what you're saying is ... it's Monday.
Nah. Sounds fake.
Nah. Sounds fake.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
So what you're saying is ... it's Monday.
Nah. Sounds fake.
Nah. Sounds fake.
Reposted by Jen Chaney
A lady in her eighties who lives in my building asked me if she should see Marty Supreme, or as she put it, "the one about the pisher who thinks he's a big shot," and I don't think this movie has anything to teach her that she doesn't already know.
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A lady in her eighties who lives in my building asked me if she should see Marty Supreme, or as she put it, "the one about the pisher who thinks he's a big shot," and I don't think this movie has anything to teach her that she doesn't already know.
Reposted by Jen Chaney
english degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
coding degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
film degree: your deep knowledge of behind the scenes stories from Who Framed Roger Rabbit will delight and entertain coworkers in any field for decades to come
coding degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
film degree: your deep knowledge of behind the scenes stories from Who Framed Roger Rabbit will delight and entertain coworkers in any field for decades to come
December 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
english degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
coding degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
film degree: your deep knowledge of behind the scenes stories from Who Framed Roger Rabbit will delight and entertain coworkers in any field for decades to come
coding degree: good luck getting a job, buddy! AI can replace you
film degree: your deep knowledge of behind the scenes stories from Who Framed Roger Rabbit will delight and entertain coworkers in any field for decades to come
Derrick Henry just pushed that Green Bay player like Cher Horowitz shoving a dude and saying "As if!"
You thought I couldn't somehow make NFL football about CLUELESS. Please. Who do you think you're dealing with?
You thought I couldn't somehow make NFL football about CLUELESS. Please. Who do you think you're dealing with?
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Derrick Henry just pushed that Green Bay player like Cher Horowitz shoving a dude and saying "As if!"
You thought I couldn't somehow make NFL football about CLUELESS. Please. Who do you think you're dealing with?
You thought I couldn't somehow make NFL football about CLUELESS. Please. Who do you think you're dealing with?
YES IT DOES I JUST DECIDED.
Is Harry Styles teasing his next album? Styles unexpectedly dropped a new video, paying tribute to his fans and Love on Tour, after a 3-year break from music. Does this mean a new album is on the way?
Harry Styles Might Be Teasing His Next Album
Is Harry Styles teasing his next album? Styles unexpectedly dropped a new video, paying tribute to his fans and Love on Tour, after a 3-year break from music. Does this mean a new album is on the way?
www.vulture.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
YES IT DOES I JUST DECIDED.
Attempted to parse a major scene in episode seven of Stranger Things season five — you can probably guess which one — while making references to Winona Ryder's filmography and urban legends about Pop Rocks, for @tvguide.com.
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Why That Big Will Scene in Stranger Things Season 5 Resonates
It's admittedly a little corny, but when put in context, Will's big moment becomes much more affecting
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December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Attempted to parse a major scene in episode seven of Stranger Things season five — you can probably guess which one — while making references to Winona Ryder's filmography and urban legends about Pop Rocks, for @tvguide.com.
www.tvguide.com/news/strange...
www.tvguide.com/news/strange...
My nephew has recently gotten really into David Lynch and TWIN PEAKS so I got him a "Directed by David Lynch" T-shirt and he LOVED it. And *that's* what Christmas is all about.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall .
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December 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
My nephew has recently gotten really into David Lynch and TWIN PEAKS so I got him a "Directed by David Lynch" T-shirt and he LOVED it. And *that's* what Christmas is all about.
Rewatched BATMAN RETURNS for the first time since 1992 and my opinion remains unchanged: it should have just been Michelle Pfeiffer licking people’s faces for two hours. Could have been a masterpiece.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Rewatched BATMAN RETURNS for the first time since 1992 and my opinion remains unchanged: it should have just been Michelle Pfeiffer licking people’s faces for two hours. Could have been a masterpiece.
Listening to Jackson Browne and can actively feel Spotify increasing my listening age to 103.
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Listening to Jackson Browne and can actively feel Spotify increasing my listening age to 103.
Hey, I can't tell you what to do because I'm not running an authoritarian government. But I will suggest that you listen to my friend Chris's mix because it's really good.
Every December since 2006 I’ve railed against the narrowness of the holiday canon by making a mixtape of the weirdest Christmas songs I can find. Here is this year’s installment, the XXth. Merry XXmas.
ONE JINGLE AFTER ANOTHER—Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable XX: A Christmas Adventurers Adventure
Stream ONE JINGLE AFTER ANOTHER—Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable XX: A Christmas Adventurers Adventure by ctklimek on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hey, I can't tell you what to do because I'm not running an authoritarian government. But I will suggest that you listen to my friend Chris's mix because it's really good.
I'm old enough to remember when the Post launched its first podcast, which was just a person — an actual human, not a bot — reading one of the stories in that day's paper. That person was me.
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Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts
The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the Post launched its first podcast, which was just a person — an actual human, not a bot — reading one of the stories in that day's paper. That person was me.
www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/13/n...
Why do I watch football? Like: why do I even do this to myself?
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Why do I watch football? Like: why do I even do this to myself?