Jennifer Senior
@jennifersenior.bsky.social
Staff writer for the Atlantic, former daily book critic and Monday op-ed columnist for the NYT. Author of All Joy and No Fun & On Grief. Wife of Mark, mom of R, step-mom of E and G.
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While watching that horrifying, globe-shifting exchange with Zelenkskyy, I couldn't help but think about what a deliberately staged reality-TV moment it was, with two people ganging up on one and screaming a classic, totally petulant reality-TV accusation: They hadn't been thanked enough.
Of course @bstaples.bsky.social, who at the NYT produced one gem after another about forgotten histories of African Americans, writes a sharp review here, about the cynical deployment of Black Americans to Vietnam and the grotesque internal discrimination they faced. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/b...
How Vietnam Inflamed the Civil Rights Movement
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February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Of course @bstaples.bsky.social, who at the NYT produced one gem after another about forgotten histories of African Americans, writes a sharp review here, about the cynical deployment of Black Americans to Vietnam and the grotesque internal discrimination they faced. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/b...
Watched the pilot of ER last night because I’m such a fan of The Pitt and cannot get over these two.
February 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Watched the pilot of ER last night because I’m such a fan of The Pitt and cannot get over these two.
In which @peterbakernyt.bsky.social slyly uses Trump’s favorite phrase in the (finally) accurate context.
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In which @peterbakernyt.bsky.social slyly uses Trump’s favorite phrase in the (finally) accurate context.
So basically only Silicon Valley and pharmaceutical companies could afford spots during the Super Bowl this year
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 AM
So basically only Silicon Valley and pharmaceutical companies could afford spots during the Super Bowl this year
Still outraged that a bunch of toilets ruined a really good Phil Collins song.
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Still outraged that a bunch of toilets ruined a really good Phil Collins song.
I watch football once a year and each time my husband and son have to re-explain to me what a down is
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I watch football once a year and each time my husband and son have to re-explain to me what a down is
I’m showing up tonight for Bad Bunny and good commercials.
February 8, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I’m showing up tonight for Bad Bunny and good commercials.
The normalization of this kind of discourse and imagery and stunt is one of the most insidious poisons to have seeped into modern GOP politics.
I’m old enough to remember a time when the President of the United States posting incredibly disgusting racist videos would have caused massive outrage. Now it’s just Friday. meidasnews.com/news/trump-p...
Trump Posts Racist Video of Barack and Michelle Obama
More vile bigotry from the president
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February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The normalization of this kind of discourse and imagery and stunt is one of the most insidious poisons to have seeped into modern GOP politics.
Raise your hand if you've worked with Book World's @johnwilliams.bsky.social and found him to be one of the most casually erudite, perceptive, and nimble editors you've ever known.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Raise your hand if you've worked with Book World's @johnwilliams.bsky.social and found him to be one of the most casually erudite, perceptive, and nimble editors you've ever known.
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They’ve gotten DOGE’d, essentially. It’s a deliberate tactic. Gut until the institution doesn’t work. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Washington Post Begins Laying Off More Than 300 Journalists
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February 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
They’ve gotten DOGE’d, essentially. It’s a deliberate tactic. Gut until the institution doesn’t work. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Given how volatile and terrifying these situations are, I am blown away by the bravery of the citizens who continue to film them at close range.
January 24, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Given how volatile and terrifying these situations are, I am blown away by the bravery of the citizens who continue to film them at close range.
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Anecdata:
—Life in DC in recent months has been shadowed by omnipresence of National Guard. But almost no one "hates" the NG members, or blames them. They're doing their best, mostly ramping down rather than amping up tensions.
—People around the US fear and *hate* ICE and CBP cowards. For cause.
—Life in DC in recent months has been shadowed by omnipresence of National Guard. But almost no one "hates" the NG members, or blames them. They're doing their best, mostly ramping down rather than amping up tensions.
—People around the US fear and *hate* ICE and CBP cowards. For cause.
January 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Anecdata:
—Life in DC in recent months has been shadowed by omnipresence of National Guard. But almost no one "hates" the NG members, or blames them. They're doing their best, mostly ramping down rather than amping up tensions.
—People around the US fear and *hate* ICE and CBP cowards. For cause.
—Life in DC in recent months has been shadowed by omnipresence of National Guard. But almost no one "hates" the NG members, or blames them. They're doing their best, mostly ramping down rather than amping up tensions.
—People around the US fear and *hate* ICE and CBP cowards. For cause.
Nice little country you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Nice little country you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.
Barry Blitt, Air Mail.
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Barry Blitt, Air Mail.
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Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Tfw your childhood pediatricians reunite to tell you that you have osteoporosis
No better metaphor for this man’s narcissism than the two gilded mirrors he’s put in there — mirrors! — each the size of the framed Declaration of Independence. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘He’s a Maximalist’: Inside Trump’s Gilded Oval Office
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered a third of the wall space with gold.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
No better metaphor for this man’s narcissism than the two gilded mirrors he’s put in there — mirrors! — each the size of the framed Declaration of Independence. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
And now, your moment of zen. From the divine @seremony.bsky.social.
(The images really are spectacular.)
A December Photo Essay
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(The images really are spectacular.)
A December Photo Essay
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A December Photo Essay
’Tis the Season—letting nature tell the story
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December 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And now, your moment of zen. From the divine @seremony.bsky.social.
(The images really are spectacular.)
A December Photo Essay
open.substack.com/pub/sarahmur...
(The images really are spectacular.)
A December Photo Essay
open.substack.com/pub/sarahmur...
Yes, and: While not advancing the ball can be a legitimate argument, can there *ever* be enough stories about the US committing torture right now? And isn’t TV the far more powerful medium to tell them?
Blowing up a broadcast on a Saturday because ‘the Times covered it’ is such a tell of terrible management, and of misunderstanding the the giant gulf between Times readership and 60 Minutes viewership, and not getting that print and TV stories are very different beasts — www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yes, and: While not advancing the ball can be a legitimate argument, can there *ever* be enough stories about the US committing torture right now? And isn’t TV the far more powerful medium to tell them?
Google AI just told me that Jennifer Senior wrote “Let’s Pretend We’re Married”. When I followed up, asking why it thought so when I’d written absolutely nothing by this name, it basically said, Oops, our mistake, turns out that’s a Prince song.
We are so doomed
We are so doomed
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Google AI just told me that Jennifer Senior wrote “Let’s Pretend We’re Married”. When I followed up, asking why it thought so when I’d written absolutely nothing by this name, it basically said, Oops, our mistake, turns out that’s a Prince song.
We are so doomed
We are so doomed
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the best student gifts I ever get, bar none, are signed copies of work they did long after leaving me class like senior theses, law review articles, etc. Gives you the hope and energy to keep going in a draining profession when you know you're equipping them to do great work in the future.
December 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
the best student gifts I ever get, bar none, are signed copies of work they did long after leaving me class like senior theses, law review articles, etc. Gives you the hope and energy to keep going in a draining profession when you know you're equipping them to do great work in the future.
Setting aside all speculation about Wiles’ motives (conscious or un-), I think what we’re now witnessing is that moment when chunks of the White House staff start to realize that Trump’s narcissism can’t be contained and say it out loud.
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Setting aside all speculation about Wiles’ motives (conscious or un-), I think what we’re now witnessing is that moment when chunks of the White House staff start to realize that Trump’s narcissism can’t be contained and say it out loud.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
An observation about the Oliver Sacks story that’s morally neutral (though I, like everyone, am horrified):
I am once again struck by how many peoples’ professional lives are really about the psychodynamics of self-cure.
I am once again struck by how many peoples’ professional lives are really about the psychodynamics of self-cure.
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An observation about the Oliver Sacks story that’s morally neutral (though I, like everyone, am horrified):
I am once again struck by how many peoples’ professional lives are really about the psychodynamics of self-cure.
I am once again struck by how many peoples’ professional lives are really about the psychodynamics of self-cure.
It will also be the highest full moon in the sky until 2042, so really, there's no excuse for any of you to be indoors
Everyone should do themselves a big fat favor right now and go outside and stare at the supermoon.
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It will also be the highest full moon in the sky until 2042, so really, there's no excuse for any of you to be indoors
Everyone should do themselves a big fat favor right now and go outside and stare at the supermoon.
December 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Everyone should do themselves a big fat favor right now and go outside and stare at the supermoon.