JJ Carr
@jjcarr.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, poetry, essays, screenplays, even a cookbook, frequent ghost, creative writing instructor at Chapman University. Words in Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California pub. by Angel City Press out now.
The house is on fire, gang
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
March 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The house is on fire, gang
Stay safe out there and report abnormal animal activity. Great piece by Sam!
Surfer attacked by 'demonic' sea lion amid toxic algal bloom in California www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Surfer attacked by 'demonic' sea lion amid toxic algal bloom in California www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Surfer attacked by 'demonic' sea lion amid toxic algal bloom in California
The animal is among hundreds in California that are presumably infected with a harmful toxin.
www.sfgate.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Stay safe out there and report abnormal animal activity. Great piece by Sam!
Surfer attacked by 'demonic' sea lion amid toxic algal bloom in California www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Surfer attacked by 'demonic' sea lion amid toxic algal bloom in California www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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"Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care."
Trump administration policies will create worse health care for intersex people like me
“It seems the Trump administration is arguing that people like me are neither male nor female but simply ‘disordered,’” writes Kimberly Zieselman.
www.statnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Intersex Americans like me can’t be erased by medicine or the government. We aren’t going anywhere, and we deserve better medical care."
Another very important piece from @xoxykz.bsky.social
My latest article for @outrightintl.bsky.social reflecting on #intersex advocacy with an inspiring group of global activists at the UN General Assembly during #CSW69 in New York. 💜💪💛
Our Bodily Autonomy is Non-Negotiable: Intersex Voices at the UN
outrightinternational.org
March 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Another very important piece from @xoxykz.bsky.social
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For my latest edition of @bloomberg.com Buying Power, I wrote about the enormous economic and societal risks that come along with this week’s news that the richest 10% of Americans now do fully half of the country’s consumer spending. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rich People Are Firing a Cash Cannon at the US Economy—But at What Cost?
Industries get recalibrated, economic signals get crossed and the social fabric begins to fray.
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For my latest edition of @bloomberg.com Buying Power, I wrote about the enormous economic and societal risks that come along with this week’s news that the richest 10% of Americans now do fully half of the country’s consumer spending. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This Thursday, Feb 13, I’ll be participating in a virtual lunchtime discussion about Writing the Golden State at the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West with the amazing Romeo Guzmán, Wendy Cheng, David Helps, and David Ulin—here’s the link to register: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This Thursday, Feb 13, I’ll be participating in a virtual lunchtime discussion about Writing the Golden State at the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West with the amazing Romeo Guzmán, Wendy Cheng, David Helps, and David Ulin—here’s the link to register: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"IT TAKES ALL OF US"
This phrase could mean anything from “It Takes All of Us to Stop Musk from Turning Our Country into a Fascist Broligarchy” to “It Takes All of Us to Stop the Steal, so Let’s Dress Up Like Camo Vikings and Storm the Capitol.”
This phrase could mean anything from “It Takes All of Us to Stop Musk from Turning Our Country into a Fascist Broligarchy” to “It Takes All of Us to Stop the Steal, so Let’s Dress Up Like Camo Vikings and Storm the Capitol.”
More Politically Neutral End Zone Slogans for the NFL
"NFL to remove ‘End Racism’ messaging in end zone ahead of Super Bowl. — New York Times - - -We at the NFL have been committed to racial justice ev...
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February 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"IT TAKES ALL OF US"
This phrase could mean anything from “It Takes All of Us to Stop Musk from Turning Our Country into a Fascist Broligarchy” to “It Takes All of Us to Stop the Steal, so Let’s Dress Up Like Camo Vikings and Storm the Capitol.”
This phrase could mean anything from “It Takes All of Us to Stop Musk from Turning Our Country into a Fascist Broligarchy” to “It Takes All of Us to Stop the Steal, so Let’s Dress Up Like Camo Vikings and Storm the Capitol.”
They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/w...
They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies.
An executive order has halted refugee flights for Afghans who supported the American mission in Afghanistan and had been approved to resettle in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
They Were Waiting for Flights. Then Trump Closed a Door for Afghan Allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/w...
So excited to share my essay on Sunken City, now up at Zócalo Public Square:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/los-angeles-...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/los-angeles-...
Where I Go: Los Angeles’ Forbidden, Sunken City
In the Ruins of Los Angeles' Sunken City That Fell into the Ocean, Magic Teeters Precariously Above the Pacific
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
December 12, 2024 at 9:20 PM
So excited to share my essay on Sunken City, now up at Zócalo Public Square:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/los-angeles-...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/los-angeles-...
Okay, but I actually had this dress
November 30, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Okay, but I actually had this dress
Imagine being Drake and showing up to any US sporting event since June.
November 26, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Imagine being Drake and showing up to any US sporting event since June.
Imagine being Drake and having to listen to “Not Like Us” 72 times to try to write your clap back diss track and thinking that’s what the people are waiting for.
November 26, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Imagine being Drake and having to listen to “Not Like Us” 72 times to try to write your clap back diss track and thinking that’s what the people are waiting for.
Imagine being Drake and having to listen to “Not Like Us” 72 times to try to write your clap back diss track and thinking no one else listened to it that much.
November 26, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Imagine being Drake and having to listen to “Not Like Us” 72 times to try to write your clap back diss track and thinking no one else listened to it that much.
Imagine being Drake and thinking you have a mandate before all the listens are counted up.
November 26, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Imagine being Drake and thinking you have a mandate before all the listens are counted up.
Vroman’s Bookstore has named Writing the Golden State one of its 2024 Nonfiction Holiday Recs. And might I humbly recommend it for your gift-giving needs this season…
vromansbookstore.com/list/2024-ho...
vromansbookstore.com/list/2024-ho...
Nonfiction Holiday Recs
vromansbookstore.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Vroman’s Bookstore has named Writing the Golden State one of its 2024 Nonfiction Holiday Recs. And might I humbly recommend it for your gift-giving needs this season…
vromansbookstore.com/list/2024-ho...
vromansbookstore.com/list/2024-ho...
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Here are the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024, according to me!
Gift link: wapo.st/3YZnwRl
Gift link: wapo.st/3YZnwRl
The 11 best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024
These stories feature questions about robot personhood, journeys into enchanted forests and much more.
wapo.st
November 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Here are the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024, according to me!
Gift link: wapo.st/3YZnwRl
Gift link: wapo.st/3YZnwRl
November 17, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Romeo Guzman writing about putting together this beautiful book (and all the homes we find for ourselves in California):
“At the risk of sounding like a poet and having my historian credentials revoked, my body recognized Goleta as home—I’m from here, it said.”
themetropole.blog/2024/11/14/t...
“At the risk of sounding like a poet and having my historian credentials revoked, my body recognized Goleta as home—I’m from here, it said.”
themetropole.blog/2024/11/14/t...
The Metropole Bookshelf: Writing the Golden State: the New Literary Terrain of California
The Metropole Bookshelf is an opportunity for authors of forthcoming or recently published books to let the UHA community know about their new work in the field. Other entries in the series can be …
themetropole.blog
November 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Romeo Guzman writing about putting together this beautiful book (and all the homes we find for ourselves in California):
“At the risk of sounding like a poet and having my historian credentials revoked, my body recognized Goleta as home—I’m from here, it said.”
themetropole.blog/2024/11/14/t...
“At the risk of sounding like a poet and having my historian credentials revoked, my body recognized Goleta as home—I’m from here, it said.”
themetropole.blog/2024/11/14/t...
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French cinematographers long ago developed a technique of submerging their cameras in the river to capture a watery, diffuse light.
They call it mise en Seine.
They call it mise en Seine.
November 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
French cinematographers long ago developed a technique of submerging their cameras in the river to capture a watery, diffuse light.
They call it mise en Seine.
They call it mise en Seine.
So excited to announce Writing the Golden State is available for pre-order! I am honored and frankly beside myself to have my work alongside such a great list of authors (seriously, check out the list of contributors here!)
July 18, 2024 at 6:24 AM
So excited to announce Writing the Golden State is available for pre-order! I am honored and frankly beside myself to have my work alongside such a great list of authors (seriously, check out the list of contributors here!)
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Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall: A good reminder that really old men, whether well-meaning and idealistic or power-hungry and narcissistic, don't make good leaders. Also a reminder that both business and government are destroyed by sloppiness and incompetence.
February 26, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Katja Hoyer's Beyond the Wall: A good reminder that really old men, whether well-meaning and idealistic or power-hungry and narcissistic, don't make good leaders. Also a reminder that both business and government are destroyed by sloppiness and incompetence.
Behold, the French taco, which is… a burrito?
This will never not be funny to me, a Southern Californian, whose partner is a dual Swiss/US citizen. (The Kebab here, however, are phenomenal, and really, how does Los Angeles have a dearth of Turkish stands?)
This will never not be funny to me, a Southern Californian, whose partner is a dual Swiss/US citizen. (The Kebab here, however, are phenomenal, and really, how does Los Angeles have a dearth of Turkish stands?)
January 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Behold, the French taco, which is… a burrito?
This will never not be funny to me, a Southern Californian, whose partner is a dual Swiss/US citizen. (The Kebab here, however, are phenomenal, and really, how does Los Angeles have a dearth of Turkish stands?)
This will never not be funny to me, a Southern Californian, whose partner is a dual Swiss/US citizen. (The Kebab here, however, are phenomenal, and really, how does Los Angeles have a dearth of Turkish stands?)
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The people in the Facebook 12ft Skeleton Owners Group are on an unsustainable trajectory of absurdity and I’m 100% here for it
December 20, 2023 at 8:40 PM
The people in the Facebook 12ft Skeleton Owners Group are on an unsustainable trajectory of absurdity and I’m 100% here for it
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"Everyone laughs at you and calls you names."
Rankin and Bass’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or Stephen King’s Carrie?
1. Your magical powers can light up a room.
2. Everyone laughs at you and calls you names.
3. A red biological emission is the source of deep shame...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 19, 2023 at 6:28 PM
"Everyone laughs at you and calls you names."