Charles Jensen
@charlesjensen.bsky.social
Author of SPLICE OF LIFE: A MEMOIR IN 13 FILM GENRES, poetry coll. INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN TAKEOFF AND LANDING, & more. EIC: @villaineralit.bsky.social. Genre is a construct. Opinions mine. He/him. https://charles-jensen.com
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Spent this morning visiting the wonderful MFA students at Albertus Magnus College. I had so much fun talking with them and answering so many great questions.
I love talking with students — if you direct an MFA program and would like me to visit your class don’t hesitate to reach out.
I love talking with students — if you direct an MFA program and would like me to visit your class don’t hesitate to reach out.
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spent this morning visiting the wonderful MFA students at Albertus Magnus College. I had so much fun talking with them and answering so many great questions.
I love talking with students — if you direct an MFA program and would like me to visit your class don’t hesitate to reach out.
I love talking with students — if you direct an MFA program and would like me to visit your class don’t hesitate to reach out.
This is the town where I went to high school 👀 wapo.st/47FDvtm
On edge in small-town America
In a divided nation, one Wisconsin village feels everyday life begin to fray.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is the town where I went to high school 👀 wapo.st/47FDvtm
One time a celebrity with an extremely recognizable name called the office and said, "Hello, my name is _____, an actress in LA" and I think about that level of humility all the time
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One time a celebrity with an extremely recognizable name called the office and said, "Hello, my name is _____, an actress in LA" and I think about that level of humility all the time
Software notification: "We've made it easier to--"
Narrator: They didn't
Narrator: They didn't
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Software notification: "We've made it easier to--"
Narrator: They didn't
Narrator: They didn't
What if we peed on the bugs
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What if we peed on the bugs
Welp (gift link) wapo.st/43rVKQr
House Democrats release Epstein email that claimed Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
In the 2011 email, the disgraced financier wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by polic...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Welp (gift link) wapo.st/43rVKQr
It’s not meeeeeee it’s youuuuuuu
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It’s not meeeeeee it’s youuuuuuu
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a troupe of bodybuilder drag queens called the dumb belles
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
a troupe of bodybuilder drag queens called the dumb belles
VERTIGO (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
VERTIGO (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
This old poem of mine stays relevant every November www.therupturemag.com/the-collagis...
Letters to the Editor — The Rupture
Charles Jensen
Dear November, I am tired of your rain, y...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This old poem of mine stays relevant every November www.therupturemag.com/the-collagis...
Nothing but respect for Carl’s Jr.’s continued transition into Paunch Burger
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nothing but respect for Carl’s Jr.’s continued transition into Paunch Burger
Was just massaged within an inch of my life. “This is the worst it’s ever been,” she chirped over my screams. Her name is Mimi, she’s 5’4”, and she will destroy you
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Was just massaged within an inch of my life. “This is the worst it’s ever been,” she chirped over my screams. Her name is Mimi, she’s 5’4”, and she will destroy you
The longest government shutdown in American history would be an opportune time for our political Lady Elaine Fairchilde to pop up onto the stage to critique the two-party system she seeks to topple with the regularity of a leap year
Where in the world is Jill Steindiego
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The longest government shutdown in American history would be an opportune time for our political Lady Elaine Fairchilde to pop up onto the stage to critique the two-party system she seeks to topple with the regularity of a leap year
My eyeballs tasted this poison. What don’t get defined here is “masculine virtues” of course, just a sense that there is one (1) masculinity and that masculinity is not a spectrum or sphere that intersects with or interacts with femininity.
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My eyeballs tasted this poison. What don’t get defined here is “masculine virtues” of course, just a sense that there is one (1) masculinity and that masculinity is not a spectrum or sphere that intersects with or interacts with femininity.
Where in the world is Jill Steindiego
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Where in the world is Jill Steindiego
Imagine titling an album after code for “I love you” and then after it flops so hard the only way to distance yourself from it is to get divorced
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Imagine titling an album after code for “I love you” and then after it flops so hard the only way to distance yourself from it is to get divorced
Inception team reporting successful implantation of the new Hilary Duff single
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Inception team reporting successful implantation of the new Hilary Duff single
Politely asking for oxblood pants to come back in style thank you
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Politely asking for oxblood pants to come back in style thank you
Starving their own people to own the libs…. wapo.st/47TDWPM
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order on releasing SNAP benefits
A federal judge had directed the administration to release full benefits for November. The administration is appealing the order.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Starving their own people to own the libs…. wapo.st/47TDWPM
Somehow murder feels good in a magazine like this
Shaina Nanavati whispers that the revolution will not be funded, today at Villain Era!
Keeps the Score by Shaina Nanavati
The body’stally countsays elevenyears.Rememberbut shhhhh.Learn how tofight back,how to maintaina chokehold.We’re on offense,not defense,now.I count the dollarsI earnedwhen I learnedhow to comfortcrying menfor a living.“The revolution willnot be funded,” I whisper into thesavings box thatholds folded20’s.We love war…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Somehow murder feels good in a magazine like this
Maybe the male loneliness crisis is actually a male personality crisis
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Maybe the male loneliness crisis is actually a male personality crisis
Lily really cooked here
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Lily really cooked here
This is my Waterloo
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is my Waterloo
But you’re not a stranger, Madeline
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
But you’re not a stranger, Madeline