j. m.
@unobstructedspace.bsky.social
san diego-based writer & editor. read my substack, INGESTING CULTURE, for all your longform pop culture commentary needs
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as i'm hard work on a new post for INGESTING CULTURE, here's one from the archives! with 'petals for armor' turning five this week, i re-share a blog post i did, with some alterations, on the 1st EP that preceded its release.
Vulnerability and Bravery on Hayley Williams' ‘Petals for Armor I’
With the full-length 'Petals for Armor' turning five, I re-share a blog post I wrote for the 'Petals for Armor I' EP that preceded its release.
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May 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
as i'm hard work on a new post for INGESTING CULTURE, here's one from the archives! with 'petals for armor' turning five this week, i re-share a blog post i did, with some alterations, on the 1st EP that preceded its release.
new day, which means new INGESTING CULTURE post is out! in it, i share my thoughts on saou ichikawa's brilliant 'HUNCHBACK,' my pick for the best novel you'll read this year.
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/brief-thou...
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/brief-thou...
Brief Thoughts on Saou Ichikawa's 'Hunchback'
Ichikawa's short yet striking literary masterwork is one of the best books of the year
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April 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
new day, which means new INGESTING CULTURE post is out! in it, i share my thoughts on saou ichikawa's brilliant 'HUNCHBACK,' my pick for the best novel you'll read this year.
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/brief-thou...
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/brief-thou...
a day late, but new INGESTING CULTURE post! with the release of Kate Folk's SKY DADDY, i wrote about how she's deftly explored alienation, disattachment, and the formation of genuine relationships since OUT THERE, and how her skills are brilliantly at play in this great first novel! link in reply
April 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
a day late, but new INGESTING CULTURE post! with the release of Kate Folk's SKY DADDY, i wrote about how she's deftly explored alienation, disattachment, and the formation of genuine relationships since OUT THERE, and how her skills are brilliantly at play in this great first novel! link in reply
🚨NEW INGESTING CULTURE POST🚨
in the second installment of a once-dormant series, which i've since renamed to 'things i'm reading and listening to,' i talk about some impactful things i've recently consumed
in the second installment of a once-dormant series, which i've since renamed to 'things i'm reading and listening to,' i talk about some impactful things i've recently consumed
Things I'm Reading and Listening To, Ep. II
In a new installment of this recurring series, I talk about the impactful things I recently consumed.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨NEW INGESTING CULTURE POST🚨
in the second installment of a once-dormant series, which i've since renamed to 'things i'm reading and listening to,' i talk about some impactful things i've recently consumed
in the second installment of a once-dormant series, which i've since renamed to 'things i'm reading and listening to,' i talk about some impactful things i've recently consumed
sup y'all. new edition of the INGESTING CULTURE substack drops tomorrow, before noon. y'all know the drill at this point—don't subscribe yet? link below, put your email in, and you'll get this and future editions of the newsletter the second they're available
Ingesting Culture | J M | Substack
I write about my personal adventures in the world of pop culture. Not for the media illiterate. Click to read Ingesting Culture, by J M, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
sup y'all. new edition of the INGESTING CULTURE substack drops tomorrow, before noon. y'all know the drill at this point—don't subscribe yet? link below, put your email in, and you'll get this and future editions of the newsletter the second they're available
very proud with myself in maintaining my substack. went from “i’ll finish this piece when i finish it, even if it takes a couple months,” to “if i takes me longer than a week to write, revise, and publish this piece, i will crash tf out!” in record time. growth!!
March 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
very proud with myself in maintaining my substack. went from “i’ll finish this piece when i finish it, even if it takes a couple months,” to “if i takes me longer than a week to write, revise, and publish this piece, i will crash tf out!” in record time. growth!!
i have a new substack post! i write about dusting off my pokémon games, and after not playing them in a while, i look back on my history and fondness for the series, while also owning up to some gameplaying sins i committed.
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/re-opening...
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/re-opening...
Re-opening the Poké Ball
I apologize for my video-game transgressions as a child.
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February 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i have a new substack post! i write about dusting off my pokémon games, and after not playing them in a while, i look back on my history and fondness for the series, while also owning up to some gameplaying sins i committed.
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/re-opening...
unobstructedspace.substack.com/p/re-opening...
new substack post in the mornin', around 11ish, est
don't subscribe yet? you can do that at the link below. please subscribe, i work really hard on all of my posts
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don't subscribe yet? you can do that at the link below. please subscribe, i work really hard on all of my posts
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Ingesting Culture | J M | Substack
I write about my personal adventures in the world of pop culture. Not for the media illiterate. Click to read Ingesting Culture, by J M, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
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February 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
new substack post in the mornin', around 11ish, est
don't subscribe yet? you can do that at the link below. please subscribe, i work really hard on all of my posts
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don't subscribe yet? you can do that at the link below. please subscribe, i work really hard on all of my posts
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anybody still listen to Boygenius?
February 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
anybody still listen to Boygenius?
here it is, new substack post! i talk about my search for george eliot's MIDDLEMARCH, how slightly annoying it was having to search all those bookstores, but also how the annoyance was worth it in the end
Searching for 'Middlemarch'
Why do we put ourselves through this?
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February 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
here it is, new substack post! i talk about my search for george eliot's MIDDLEMARCH, how slightly annoying it was having to search all those bookstores, but also how the annoyance was worth it in the end
posting this as many places as i can, including here. in case y'all weren't already aware, i run a substack centered on pop culture and the ways it intersects with my life. i'm hard at work editing a new post and it'll be up tomorrow. subscribe at the link below
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Ingesting Culture | J M | Substack
Talking about the pop culture I've been taking in as of late, as well as their many highs and lows. Click to read Ingesting Culture, by J M, a Substack publication. Launched 3 years ago.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
posting this as many places as i can, including here. in case y'all weren't already aware, i run a substack centered on pop culture and the ways it intersects with my life. i'm hard at work editing a new post and it'll be up tomorrow. subscribe at the link below
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y'all know better fight cards exist and are out there for your enjoyment, right guys?
November 16, 2024 at 6:35 AM
y'all know better fight cards exist and are out there for your enjoyment, right guys?
last 4~ the trailer for M:I - FINAL RECKONING got me hyped, so i've been having me a lil M:I rewatch marathon goin'on, but i also finally decided to tackle the APU trilogy, as well as the rest of Ray's available films, i've decided
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 AM
last 4~ the trailer for M:I - FINAL RECKONING got me hyped, so i've been having me a lil M:I rewatch marathon goin'on, but i also finally decided to tackle the APU trilogy, as well as the rest of Ray's available films, i've decided
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October 17, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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far more important than my own little feelings - there's a GFM for Ryan's friends & family. it's already over 3x funded but if you're affected by all of this, it's here:
www.gofundme.com/f/ryan-carso...
www.gofundme.com/f/ryan-carso...
Ryan Thoresen Carson, organized by Tammie Marie David
Hi everyone.
We are a collective of Ryan's close friends, reeling from a b… Tammie Marie David needs your support for Ryan Thoresen Carson
www.gofundme.com
October 5, 2023 at 4:28 PM
far more important than my own little feelings - there's a GFM for Ryan's friends & family. it's already over 3x funded but if you're affected by all of this, it's here:
www.gofundme.com/f/ryan-carso...
www.gofundme.com/f/ryan-carso...
if the folks at THE BEAR ever decide to publish annotated versions of the scripts for the show, i'd buy that shit in a heartbeat and i ain't kidding. some of the best writing i've seen in a show in a while
September 7, 2023 at 11:31 PM
if the folks at THE BEAR ever decide to publish annotated versions of the scripts for the show, i'd buy that shit in a heartbeat and i ain't kidding. some of the best writing i've seen in a show in a while
writing is dumb.
there, i said it.
there, i said it.
September 5, 2023 at 11:32 PM
writing is dumb.
there, i said it.
there, i said it.
err'body go follow my beautiful and wonderful gf who just joined today. my only wish and only message for today. good day.
Just a kidlit writer trying to find her community again 💛
August 24, 2023 at 4:33 PM
err'body go follow my beautiful and wonderful gf who just joined today. my only wish and only message for today. good day.
started submitting to lit mags again. the fuck am i doing with my life
August 15, 2023 at 9:20 PM
started submitting to lit mags again. the fuck am i doing with my life
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“Glaze uses machine-learning algorithms to essentially put an invisible cloak on artworks that will thwart AI models’ attempts to understand the images.”
Artists fighting back against AI
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/12/tech/ai-images-photos-protection/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/12/tech/ai-images-photos-protection/index.html
'It gave us some way to fight back': New tools aim to protect art and images from AI's grasp | CNN B...
For months, Eveline Fröhlich, a visual artist based in Stuttgart, Germany, has been feeling “helpless” as she watched the rise of new artificial intelligence tools that threaten to put human arti...
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August 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM
“Glaze uses machine-learning algorithms to essentially put an invisible cloak on artworks that will thwart AI models’ attempts to understand the images.”
hot labor summer 🥵🥵🥵
BREAKING: Next week 150,000 members of the United Auto Workers will hold strike authorization votes for General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis.
The massive UAW contract for these workers expires in just one month, on September 14th.
The massive UAW contract for these workers expires in just one month, on September 14th.
August 15, 2023 at 9:17 PM
hot labor summer 🥵🥵🥵
love it when yr football hasn't put their clean and choice 3rd kit up for sale yet on their online store and yr over here suffering, wondering if you'll even get to snag one when it finally does get released 😊😊😊😊🙂😊😊
August 12, 2023 at 4:06 AM
love it when yr football hasn't put their clean and choice 3rd kit up for sale yet on their online store and yr over here suffering, wondering if you'll even get to snag one when it finally does get released 😊😊😊😊🙂😊😊
really incredible how bruno delbonnel put his whole delbonnussy into the cinnamon tography of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 😫😫😩👌👌👏👏
August 11, 2023 at 1:19 AM
really incredible how bruno delbonnel put his whole delbonnussy into the cinnamon tography of INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 😫😫😩👌👌👏👏
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in case you haven’t seen it yet: there’s an open letter to the Pulitzer Prizes for literature, asking that they change the prizes’ citizenship rules 🌱 please share if you’d like
https://lithub.com/dear-pulitzer-prizes-its-time-to-recognize-literature-by-noncitizens/
https://lithub.com/dear-pulitzer-prizes-its-time-to-recognize-literature-by-noncitizens/
Dear Pulitzer Prizes: It’s Time to Recognize Literature by Noncitizens
Dear Pulitzer Prizes for Literature: We, the undersigned, are readers and lovers of literature, undocumented writers, first- and second-generation immigrants, Native and Black writers, past winners…
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August 10, 2023 at 2:23 AM
in case you haven’t seen it yet: there’s an open letter to the Pulitzer Prizes for literature, asking that they change the prizes’ citizenship rules 🌱 please share if you’d like
https://lithub.com/dear-pulitzer-prizes-its-time-to-recognize-literature-by-noncitizens/
https://lithub.com/dear-pulitzer-prizes-its-time-to-recognize-literature-by-noncitizens/
thinking of restarting my substack focused on art/pop culture but with a focus on reviewing books idk
August 10, 2023 at 5:21 AM
thinking of restarting my substack focused on art/pop culture but with a focus on reviewing books idk