J Escobedo Shepherd
@jawnita.bsky.social
Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Cofounder Hearing Things, hearingthingsco.bsky.social. Flaming Hydra, Hell Gate, etc. Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books
Also, if you want to know what I was doing the day The Dress dropped (plus the nightmare of SEO, the worst thing to happen to the internet pre-AI) talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/chasi...
Chasing the Dress Into the Viral Traffic Abyss
Gawker Media’s Nolita office, where the blog conglomerate was located until the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Also, if you want to know what I was doing the day The Dress dropped (plus the nightmare of SEO, the worst thing to happen to the internet pre-AI) talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/chasi...
Spoke with Jinkx and DeLa about xmas music, Tales from the Crypt, and going ham on the holidays
A chat with Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme about the music of their annual holiday spectacular, which this year takes a sci-fi/horror turn. "I can’t tell you what the Top 40 songs are, but I can hum you the opening theme song for 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴."
Let Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme Usher You Into Hell (the Holiday Season)
The drag performers’ holiday show gets weirder and more spectacular every year. They shared the secrets of their upcoming sci-fi Christmas extravaganza, which takes inspiration from 'Tales From the Crypt' and 'Freaky Friday.'
www.hearingthings.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Spoke with Jinkx and DeLa about xmas music, Tales from the Crypt, and going ham on the holidays
"He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible... Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible... Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday."
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Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time
A campaign for an affordable NYC
ourtime.nyc
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Very exciting to see activists launching a new nonprofit today to keep building on the community of volunteers that came together to get Mamdani elected.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
Our Time is a 501(c)(4) and plans to start events in December.
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one last thing then some of us (me) still have jobs to do.... if your headlines could be cited as supporting evidence of a hostile work environment in a sex discrimination claim......
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one last thing then some of us (me) still have jobs to do.... if your headlines could be cited as supporting evidence of a hostile work environment in a sex discrimination claim......
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Danny Brown has been to rehab, fallen back in love with rap, and is days away from dropping his latest album, Stardust. We spoke to the audacious Detroit rap veteran about his love for hyperpop and grime, and finding the tribe to put this album together
Danny Brown, Back for the First Time
The audacious rap veteran on sobriety, platforming trans artists, and working with the next generation of hyperpop stars on his latest album, ‘Stardust.’
www.hearingthings.co
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Danny Brown has been to rehab, fallen back in love with rap, and is days away from dropping his latest album, Stardust. We spoke to the audacious Detroit rap veteran about his love for hyperpop and grime, and finding the tribe to put this album together
mayor-elect mamdani immediately put former ftc chair and SUPERSTAR lina khan on his transition team :)
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
mayor-elect mamdani immediately put former ftc chair and SUPERSTAR lina khan on his transition team :)
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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OH FUCK YES WE GOT A WARTIME MAYOR
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 AM
OH FUCK YES WE GOT A WARTIME MAYOR
This is the best political speech I've ever heard in my life
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is the best political speech I've ever heard in my life
MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
Cuomo has ended his political career in a steaming pile of racism, Islamophobia, hubris, and continually dismissing the 13 women who accused him of sexual harassment, and is currently "conceding" like he's still running. Girl u r not gnna be president
November 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Cuomo has ended his political career in a steaming pile of racism, Islamophobia, hubris, and continually dismissing the 13 women who accused him of sexual harassment, and is currently "conceding" like he's still running. Girl u r not gnna be president
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MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI!!!!!!!!!!!
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They aren't afraid of Mamdani, they are worried about what he would unleash among VOTERS. That those voters would say: "actually, we're not buying this centrist bullshit you've been shoveling for decades, we want something else." That's what's being litigated in these Dem elites are worried essays.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They aren't afraid of Mamdani, they are worried about what he would unleash among VOTERS. That those voters would say: "actually, we're not buying this centrist bullshit you've been shoveling for decades, we want something else." That's what's being litigated in these Dem elites are worried essays.
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Every time one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground… I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Every time one of these mass murderers dies without having faced any consequence for the massacres they ordered, the lives they destroyed, the societies they razed to the ground… I realize how far we are from a world with justice. Rest in hell Dick Cheney. Your legacy is death.
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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1/5 EXCLUSIVE: I’m in Kampala, Uganda, where I’ll be living & reporting this month. Since it’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s hometown, I wanted to share a bit of the pride the people of Kampala have on NYC’s Election Day for their hometown boy (full video here, feel free w credit to thrashery)
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
1/5 EXCLUSIVE: I’m in Kampala, Uganda, where I’ll be living & reporting this month. Since it’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s hometown, I wanted to share a bit of the pride the people of Kampala have on NYC’s Election Day for their hometown boy (full video here, feel free w credit to thrashery)
november surprise: the two most hated people in the US endorsed you the night before election day 🙂
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
november surprise: the two most hated people in the US endorsed you the night before election day 🙂
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[Dick Cheney on his way to hell] My belief is I will, in fact, be greeted as a liberator
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
[Dick Cheney on his way to hell] My belief is I will, in fact, be greeted as a liberator
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UPDATE: With Dick Cheney croaking and Zohran Mamdani rising today, Anna Wintour couldn’t have timed the death of the Teen Vogue politics desk for better effect to silence the progressive media
ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
UPDATE: With Dick Cheney croaking and Zohran Mamdani rising today, Anna Wintour couldn’t have timed the death of the Teen Vogue politics desk for better effect to silence the progressive media
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ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ON THE LITERAL EVE OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR BEING ELECTED, ANNA WINTOUR KILLS PROGRESSIVE AND PROFITABLE TEEN VOGUE POLITICS DESK WHICH HAD JUST INTERVIEWED HIM
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
*That’s* the headline.
(Unfortunately there’s hardly any news outlet left to run it 😭)
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🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
as if all this werent enough... what the fuck jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
Crocodile risk rises as Hurricane Melissa floods communities
Residents across Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine and St Thomas are being urged to exercise extreme caution as heavy rains and flooding associated with Hurricane Melissa may drive crocodiles out of their natural habitats into communities. The...
jamaica-gleaner.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
as if all this werent enough... what the fuck jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
keep thinking about how the mega-ruling class does not have incentive to do anything about climate change (while normal ppl painstakingly recycle to little comparable effect) and continually lie about it because they all have survival bunkers in new zealand and think they'll be personally fine
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
keep thinking about how the mega-ruling class does not have incentive to do anything about climate change (while normal ppl painstakingly recycle to little comparable effect) and continually lie about it because they all have survival bunkers in new zealand and think they'll be personally fine