Jenny Rae Rappaport
@jennyrae.bsky.social
Writer of SFF stories. Published in Nature, Lightspeed, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, among others. Member of Codex. Genealogist, too. All opinions are my own. She/her. www.jennyrae.com
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Look, look, it's me! In a book! I'm so excited about seeing my short story in print. 😊
The anthology is gorgeous and full of so many awesome writers! ❤️❤️❤️
The anthology is gorgeous and full of so many awesome writers! ❤️❤️❤️
My kids and I have decided that it’s an emotional support pierogi, and we all desperately want one to hug. 🙂
Okay gonna need a Pixar movie that will rip my still beating heart out made about this little guy immediately please
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
My kids and I have decided that it’s an emotional support pierogi, and we all desperately want one to hug. 🙂
Fun fact: When your commuter train hits a deer, you need to stop the train. And then, some poor train employee has to get out into the freezing cold, deal with the deceased deer, and check the train for damage.
This, naturally, delays the train. 🙃
This, naturally, delays the train. 🙃
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Fun fact: When your commuter train hits a deer, you need to stop the train. And then, some poor train employee has to get out into the freezing cold, deal with the deceased deer, and check the train for damage.
This, naturally, delays the train. 🙃
This, naturally, delays the train. 🙃
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The briefest of reminders that my nine year old has picked a lofty goal of 500 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies sold this year, and if you’d like to help her out, we’d be very grateful. She would be overjoyed, if she actually hit the goal. ❤️
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The briefest of reminders that my nine year old has picked a lofty goal of 500 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies sold this year, and if you’d like to help her out, we’d be very grateful. She would be overjoyed, if she actually hit the goal. ❤️
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
The briefest of reminders that my nine year old has picked a lofty goal of 500 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies sold this year, and if you’d like to help her out, we’d be very grateful. She would be overjoyed, if she actually hit the goal. ❤️
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The briefest of reminders that my nine year old has picked a lofty goal of 500 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies sold this year, and if you’d like to help her out, we’d be very grateful. She would be overjoyed, if she actually hit the goal. ❤️
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
In case you're wondering how cold it is in NJ, my dad just called to tell me that the flexible hose which leads from the pipes to his dishwasher--and carries water to the dishwasher--has FROZEN.
And yes, he has taken all the plumbing precautions & the pipes themselves are fine. But not the hose. 😅
And yes, he has taken all the plumbing precautions & the pipes themselves are fine. But not the hose. 😅
February 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
In case you're wondering how cold it is in NJ, my dad just called to tell me that the flexible hose which leads from the pipes to his dishwasher--and carries water to the dishwasher--has FROZEN.
And yes, he has taken all the plumbing precautions & the pipes themselves are fine. But not the hose. 😅
And yes, he has taken all the plumbing precautions & the pipes themselves are fine. But not the hose. 😅
The musical team behind Bluey has released a version of the theme song intermixed with famous classical songs, and I need you to listen to it all because it's beautifully done. 🙂
open.spotify.com/track/6FoBB5...
open.spotify.com/track/6FoBB5...
Bluey Theme Tune (Orchestral Version)
open.spotify.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The musical team behind Bluey has released a version of the theme song intermixed with famous classical songs, and I need you to listen to it all because it's beautifully done. 🙂
open.spotify.com/track/6FoBB5...
open.spotify.com/track/6FoBB5...
Andrew Garfield.
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Andrew Garfield.
Oh god, the elementary school has sent my child home with a recorder. I knew it was coming--and yet--I still do not love listening to "Hot Cross Buns".
February 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Oh god, the elementary school has sent my child home with a recorder. I knew it was coming--and yet--I still do not love listening to "Hot Cross Buns".
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I'm super honored to announce that my book Between the Wires: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv has won the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.
I am so grateful that Janowska's story is reaching a wider audience.
I am so grateful that Janowska's story is reaching a wider audience.
February 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I'm super honored to announce that my book Between the Wires: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv has won the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.
I am so grateful that Janowska's story is reaching a wider audience.
I am so grateful that Janowska's story is reaching a wider audience.
Honest question: When did school yearbooks get so expensive? I'm paying $140 for one for my high school kid, and there is no other option. I feel like I'm getting ripped off, paying this much.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Honest question: When did school yearbooks get so expensive? I'm paying $140 for one for my high school kid, and there is no other option. I feel like I'm getting ripped off, paying this much.
Ditto what Stephanie said! It’s always been a great blog! 🙂
I have been an avid reader for at least 20 of those years! Such a great outpost of #romancelandia. Happy blog-birthday!
Hey, guess what?
Smart Bitches is 21 years old today! 🍾🥂
So we're giving away custom champagne flutes because obviously.
Happy anniversary to us!
Smart Bitches is 21 years old today! 🍾🥂
So we're giving away custom champagne flutes because obviously.
Happy anniversary to us!
January 31, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Ditto what Stephanie said! It’s always been a great blog! 🙂
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. 🙂
1. Vertebrate Zoology (we dissected so many things.)
2. Spy Fiction (The 39 Steps! Graham Greene! Le Carre)
3. 15-251 (Theoretical CS with Steve Rudich. So hard.)
4. Playwriting!
5. New Delhi & London, two cities.
1. Vertebrate Zoology (we dissected so many things.)
2. Spy Fiction (The 39 Steps! Graham Greene! Le Carre)
3. 15-251 (Theoretical CS with Steve Rudich. So hard.)
4. Playwriting!
5. New Delhi & London, two cities.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college.
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
Physics 2 (whoa, FIELDS?!?)
Astronomy 2 (whoa, order of magnitude thinking/proportional reasoning?!?)
Origins of Life
History of WWII
Relativity & Cosmology
5 classes in college that most influenced me
intro to labor relations (why I am a union member) by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Calling BS by @carlbergstrom.com
Sex, Gender and Disability by Joanne Woiak
Intro to special education by Sarah Arvey Tov(why I went into sped)
Assessment by Katie Lewis
intro to labor relations (why I am a union member) by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
Calling BS by @carlbergstrom.com
Sex, Gender and Disability by Joanne Woiak
Intro to special education by Sarah Arvey Tov(why I went into sped)
Assessment by Katie Lewis
January 31, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. 🙂
1. Vertebrate Zoology (we dissected so many things.)
2. Spy Fiction (The 39 Steps! Graham Greene! Le Carre)
3. 15-251 (Theoretical CS with Steve Rudich. So hard.)
4. Playwriting!
5. New Delhi & London, two cities.
1. Vertebrate Zoology (we dissected so many things.)
2. Spy Fiction (The 39 Steps! Graham Greene! Le Carre)
3. 15-251 (Theoretical CS with Steve Rudich. So hard.)
4. Playwriting!
5. New Delhi & London, two cities.
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hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 AM
hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download
Awhile ago, I bought a five pack of frog-shaped fidget toys from Bree. I'm here to tell you they're excellent, and that my kids regularly fight over who gets to have the rainbow frog.
I can only assume they everything else in the shop is similarly awesome, so you should definitely order things. 🙂
I can only assume they everything else in the shop is similarly awesome, so you should definitely order things. 🙂
Folks keep asking how they can support me while I'm focused on whistles. I super appreciate it, but also I get very self-conscious. So if you REALLY WANT TO, you can support us at ko-fi.com/kitrocha but I'd rather you get something in return!
LIKE CRANKY CLICKERS?
thebrokencircle.etsy...
LIKE CRANKY CLICKERS?
thebrokencircle.etsy...
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Awhile ago, I bought a five pack of frog-shaped fidget toys from Bree. I'm here to tell you they're excellent, and that my kids regularly fight over who gets to have the rainbow frog.
I can only assume they everything else in the shop is similarly awesome, so you should definitely order things. 🙂
I can only assume they everything else in the shop is similarly awesome, so you should definitely order things. 🙂
A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao, which is the second book in an excellent mystery series set in WWI-era Fiji. 🙂
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao, which is the second book in an excellent mystery series set in WWI-era Fiji. 🙂
The briefest of reminders that my daughter is selling cookies. ❤️
Also, a small technical note that if you received a cookie email from us, there was a problem with the links—something went terribly wrong with the Girl Scouts IT—so please click the cookie link below. 🙂
Also, a small technical note that if you received a cookie email from us, there was a problem with the links—something went terribly wrong with the Girl Scouts IT—so please click the cookie link below. 🙂
Hello, I am delighted to let you know that my eight year old is once again selling Girl Scouts cookies! If you would like to order some, please feel free to do so at the link below. She's very excited to be doing this, and it's for a good cause. 🙂
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ruby17...
Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today
That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The briefest of reminders that my daughter is selling cookies. ❤️
Also, a small technical note that if you received a cookie email from us, there was a problem with the links—something went terribly wrong with the Girl Scouts IT—so please click the cookie link below. 🙂
Also, a small technical note that if you received a cookie email from us, there was a problem with the links—something went terribly wrong with the Girl Scouts IT—so please click the cookie link below. 🙂
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The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
Children are delightful, especially when they learn to make their own food... until, of course, they accidentally track honey across the kitchen floor. 😅
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Children are delightful, especially when they learn to make their own food... until, of course, they accidentally track honey across the kitchen floor. 😅
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I love this quote. ❤️
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I love this quote. ❤️
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
I love this quote. ❤️
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I love this quote. ❤️
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
"Nevertheless, there is right and there is wrong. There is good and there is evil. It is wrong to tell lies. It is wrong to disguise the nature of evil. It is not forward-looking to pretend that these deportations did not happen and that they did not inflict immense suffering."
Me: *explaining to my husband that I'm not sure why people like this story that I wrote* It's like 90% vibes.
My husband: That's all of your stuff--that's why they like it.
🙃
My husband: That's all of your stuff--that's why they like it.
🙃
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Me: *explaining to my husband that I'm not sure why people like this story that I wrote* It's like 90% vibes.
My husband: That's all of your stuff--that's why they like it.
🙃
My husband: That's all of your stuff--that's why they like it.
🙃
Apparently, our local Costco is mobbed with people getting gas before the storm.
We, on the other hand, are off to get bread and milk, the venerable cornerstones of storm preparedness. 🙃
We, on the other hand, are off to get bread and milk, the venerable cornerstones of storm preparedness. 🙃
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Apparently, our local Costco is mobbed with people getting gas before the storm.
We, on the other hand, are off to get bread and milk, the venerable cornerstones of storm preparedness. 🙃
We, on the other hand, are off to get bread and milk, the venerable cornerstones of storm preparedness. 🙃
Wow, I hate the formatting of the new SFWA reading list. So much fun.
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Wow, I hate the formatting of the new SFWA reading list. So much fun.
14 year old: Why do they take yearly photos? Just for funsies?
Me: I guess so.
14 year old: This year's photo theme is Mean Girls! Next year is Heathers!
Me: I guess so.
14 year old: This year's photo theme is Mean Girls! Next year is Heathers!
Swiss federal council photo really giving ״mall glamour shot but make it a 90s indie film” energy
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 AM
14 year old: Why do they take yearly photos? Just for funsies?
Me: I guess so.
14 year old: This year's photo theme is Mean Girls! Next year is Heathers!
Me: I guess so.
14 year old: This year's photo theme is Mean Girls! Next year is Heathers!
I am on the train. It is 18 F out right now. This apparently causes the train doors to malfunction. And the conductor has just announced that if the door doesn't open, we all need to run the length of the car to the next door, so no one misses their stop. 😂
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I am on the train. It is 18 F out right now. This apparently causes the train doors to malfunction. And the conductor has just announced that if the door doesn't open, we all need to run the length of the car to the next door, so no one misses their stop. 😂