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@jesswhite.bsky.social
· Nov 16
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delighted to announce that i have a crush, just in time for the festive season. the best time to have one! this will end terribly but i will deal with that later
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
delighted to announce that i have a crush, just in time for the festive season. the best time to have one! this will end terribly but i will deal with that later
it turns out that staying out drinking until 3am is akin to being flayed the next day
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
it turns out that staying out drinking until 3am is akin to being flayed the next day
writing something on scent and christianity and accidentally wrote ‘scentury’, which i am choosing to think of as charming :-)
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
writing something on scent and christianity and accidentally wrote ‘scentury’, which i am choosing to think of as charming :-)
forget about my favourite jumper every year and am beside myself when i discover it again
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
forget about my favourite jumper every year and am beside myself when i discover it again
liverpool football club what if this was my last straw
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
liverpool football club what if this was my last straw
have started playing a game called the blueberry lottery. it’s where i eat blueberries and don’t know if the next one is going to be the worst thing i’ve ever eaten
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
have started playing a game called the blueberry lottery. it’s where i eat blueberries and don’t know if the next one is going to be the worst thing i’ve ever eaten
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Here’s the cover for LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, out 16 April with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
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Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here’s the cover for LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, out 16 April with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
🐈⬛ 🐈⬛ 🐈⬛
my nails don’t even look real
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
my nails don’t even look real
a good photo of some absolutely shite football
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
a good photo of some absolutely shite football
don’t understand why we have ai nonsense when we have not fixed basic things that need urgently addressing, such as how to peel a boiled egg in a way that doesn’t make you feel like you’re going cuckoo
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
don’t understand why we have ai nonsense when we have not fixed basic things that need urgently addressing, such as how to peel a boiled egg in a way that doesn’t make you feel like you’re going cuckoo
system update (dyed my hair)
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
system update (dyed my hair)
learning that a lot of perfume historians have real beef with the novel perfume, because it promotes a sense of savagery in scent
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
learning that a lot of perfume historians have real beef with the novel perfume, because it promotes a sense of savagery in scent
wearing wide leg trousers and just got an errant tree branch stuck in them
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
wearing wide leg trousers and just got an errant tree branch stuck in them
two matches in four days - my throat is in shreds
September 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
two matches in four days - my throat is in shreds
rest in peace my kindly-faced king
August 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
rest in peace my kindly-faced king
feeling feelings never felt before
August 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
feeling feelings never felt before
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I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
completely and thoroughly revived by a return trip to anfield. every player acted clinically insane despite it being a friendly. god bless the footy
August 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
completely and thoroughly revived by a return trip to anfield. every player acted clinically insane despite it being a friendly. god bless the footy
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if you missed it when it came out then here's a reminder to tune in to our most listened to episode so far!
host Jess @jesswhite.bsky.social spoke to David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social about film writing, Eric Rohmer and French New Wave.
open.spotify.com/episode/2wbT...
host Jess @jesswhite.bsky.social spoke to David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social about film writing, Eric Rohmer and French New Wave.
open.spotify.com/episode/2wbT...
Eric Rohmer, French New Wave and Writing on Film
The Bibliography · Episode
open.spotify.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
if you missed it when it came out then here's a reminder to tune in to our most listened to episode so far!
host Jess @jesswhite.bsky.social spoke to David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social about film writing, Eric Rohmer and French New Wave.
open.spotify.com/episode/2wbT...
host Jess @jesswhite.bsky.social spoke to David Hering @davidhering.bsky.social about film writing, Eric Rohmer and French New Wave.
open.spotify.com/episode/2wbT...
keep mixing up patricia highsmith and patricia lockwood’s names in my head, and have created a third, more powerful patricia: patricia locksmith 🔐
July 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
keep mixing up patricia highsmith and patricia lockwood’s names in my head, and have created a third, more powerful patricia: patricia locksmith 🔐
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only one thing can truly fix everything wrong with all of us: another massive and extravagant world’s fair in chicago
July 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
only one thing can truly fix everything wrong with all of us: another massive and extravagant world’s fair in chicago
