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Loretta Jean (they/she)
@loretta-jean.bsky.social
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PhD in Theatre & Performance Studies. The Acadame with Game. Nerdy burlesque performer & producer in Toronto. Chronically ill. Friend to small animals. Tarot reader & witchy weirdo enby extraordinaire.
https://linktr.ee/LorettaJean
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Everyone is talking about Life of a Showgirl, meanwhile us non-billionaire showponies are out here like...
A photo of a sheet of 1 inch plywood stacked on top of a grid of 3X4 plastic milk crates. Text eads: Venue: Yes we do have a stage The Stage [text is overlaid on said plywood bed frame] Text below: Every single performer you know will see this and say, "You know what? I've danced on worse."
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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This is the silliness that myself and Nerd Girl Burlesque get up to - drag and burlesque inspired by @dropout.tv. My Vic Michaelis drag is me in an alt timeline in which I'm a suburban real estate agent. Sizzle Disco as pantless Grant is just so freaking cute! 😂
www.showpass.com/dropout-teas...
Two people in a photoshoot against a green backdrop. On the left, a masc presenting drag performer dressed as Grant O'Brien wearing glasses, a bowtie, a patterned shirt, and a heavy apron. They are smiling and holding a cocktail shaker. Sizzle is not wearing pants under the apron. On the right, a femme presenting performer, Loretta Jean, is seated and smiling up at something out of frame. They are wearing a beige pantsuit and a white silk shirt with a pussy bow. Their closet cosplay is an homage to Vic Michaelis on Very Important People.
October 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Tickets are now available for Nerd Girl Burlesque's Tease. Earl Grey. Hot., April 25 a
at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto.
Show is a masked event. 19+.

www.showpass.com/tease-earl-g...
A promo banner of Loretta Jean, in a Star Trek original series red dress uniform. They are a white, nonbinary human, with short purple hair with buzzed sides, and tattoos on their chest and left arm. They are standing in front of a wall of round lights. Next to them is a viewport into space. Text reads: Tease. Earl Grey. Hot.
March 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Calling my all nerdlesque performers, today is the last day to apply to Nerd Girl Burlesque's Star Trek themed burlesque and drag show, "Tease. Earl Grey. Hot.", happening April 25 at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto.

Send us your pitch!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Photo of Helen of Tronna wearing a Starfleet uniform. She is a white woman with wavy, long brown hair. She is framing the com badge pin with her fingers a subtle live long and prosper gesture. Text reads: Casting Call
March 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Addendum to my post about getting my foot cast off: did you know that in Doug Ford's Ontario that OHIP no longer covers casts or braces for fractures? I had to pay $100 for the fiberglass cast and they tried to charge me another $200 for an air cast today (but I already had one at home).
A photo of a price chart on the wall of the fracture clinic at Toronto Western Hospital. It lists the process of various cast and brace options. At the top it reads, "injections, casts, immobilizers are not covered by OHIP".
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Proof of life photo for today. The horrors persist but so does cat eye liner.

It's been a minute since I did a full beat. We have to find our joy where we can. I'd love to see a photo of you today. We're still here, still queer, and ready to fight like hell.
A photo of LJ, a white non-binary person. They are wearing a black puffer coat and a black and purple scarf draped over their head. They have short, dark purple hair. It is snowing and there are snowflakes in their hair and on the coat and scarf. There is snow on the street behind them.
February 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Tonight at Glad Day in Toronto:
@rosegoldeen.bsky.social presents The Crystal Gams! Join us for a special night of drag, burlesque, and music celebrating Steven Universe. ⭐💎🛸

Tickets still available. Door at 7:30, show at 8 PM. bit.ly/crystalgams
A poster for The Crystal Gams, featuring a background of pink and purple clouds. The name of the show is in the Steven Universe font. Performers portraits are featured in diamond shaped frames with their names overlaid. Clockwise for the center, they are: Kanna Worms, Archie Called, Loretta Jean, DeVery Bess, Matcha Latte. Text reads: bit.ly/crystalgams a Steven Universe Tribute Show January 29th 8:00 PM Glad Day Bookshop Masked Event Featuring: Drag, Burlesque, and Music A poster for The Crystal Gams, featuring a background of pink and purple clouds. The name of the show is in the Steven Universe font. Performers portraits are featured in diamond shaped frames with their names overlaid. Clockwise from top right they are: Bliss, Roz Poutine, Davrielle, Madame Bits Text reads: bit.ly/crystalgams a Steven Universe Tribute Show January 29th 8:00 PM Glad Day Bookshop Masked Event Featuring: Drag, Burlesque, and Music
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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When you're a very sleepy puppy that lives with showfolks. (The panties are stretched on a throw pillow so they can be rhinestoned without them all popping off when you put them on.)
A medium sized white and strawberry blonde dog is slumped on a pink throw cushion on top of a pink velvet sofa. The throw cushion has a pair of light blue satin panties stretched out over it. The dog's face is on the fancy underwear.
January 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Every single day! I am so blessed to live with two adorable senior lady cats who just want to cuddle 24/7, a rambunctious young male cat who is so playful but will also fall asleep on your chest for hours, and a middle-aged mystery mutt dog who is shy with strangers but so lovinlg with her humans.
Mija, a white and ginger mutt doggo with a black nose, black lips, and dark brown eyes. She is sitting on a giant pile of cushions. A photo of two senior shorthair cats lying together on a bed with a dark floral duvet cover. On the left is Mercy, a grey cat with green eyes. On the right is Serafina, a black cat with a rust undercoat, some white whiskers alongside the black, and big yellow eyes. A closeup of Mojo, a shorthaired grey and white tuxedo cat on top of a cat tree. He has big green eyes, a pink nose with grey freckles, and a grey goatee.
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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There are less than 5 tickets total left for Thirst on Feb 8. Don't miss out on this most exclusive vampiric council. 🦇🧛🏻‍♀️🩸

bit.ly/ThirstBurles...
Delicia Pastiche is a fair skinned person wearing a curly blonde wig. They have one hand on their hip and another posed close to their face. They have tattoos on their arms, torso, and legs. They are wearing a white lingerie set with a gold chain body harness. Text reads: Delicia Pastiche as Baron Afanas. A photo of Sugar Holiday wearing a high necked old fashioned looking blouse, a corset, and long brown skirt. She is wearing a long black wig with bangs. Sugar is leaning on a small antique sofa. Text reads: Sugar Holiday as Nadja of Antipaxos A black and white photo of Mina Minou. They are smiling and showing their fangs. They are wearing an elaborate cloak, fur stole, and embroidered coat. Mina has a dark beard and long hair pulled back. Text reads: Mina Minou as Nandor the Relentless. A portrait of Helen of Tronna posed on a velvet sofa in a lush red room. Wears a long black dress, pointed black boots, and a very elaborate black felt hat with a sloping top. She is wearing a long blonde wig. Text reads: Helen of Tronna as The Guide
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Update on Sugar Holiday and Nerd Girl Burlesque's upcoming co-production, Thirst. There are less than 12 tickets remaining! Yell "BAT!" and fly to get them now. 🦇🧛🏻‍♀️🩸 bit.ly/ThirstBurlesque
A poster for a What We Do In the Shadows inspired burlesque show called Thirst. Featuring Smokin' Delores as Guillermo Henrietta VIII as Laszlo Sugar Holiday as Nadja Helen of Tronna as The Guide A photo of Smokin' Delores as Guillermo de la Cruz, vampire hunter. They have a bandolier of stakes across their chest. They hold stakes in each hand. Behind them is a bookshelf with many leather bound volumes, candles, and a vase of red roses.
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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This is my old lady & best friend, Mercy. Last week we celebrated her 15 year adoption anniversary (aka the annimersary). She is going blind, has chronic sinusitis, arthritis, and epic permanent RBF. She is the most loving and sweet cat I have ever met. Best decision I ever made!
An all grey cat with green eyes sits in a fuzzy grey cat bed. She looks at the camera. Her pupils are widely dilated. In the background behind her there is a large beige cat tree with multiple levels. The cat tree is situated in front of a bay window.
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Last night we watched S2E6 last night, "Melora" ft. an ensign from a low gravity planet who needs mobility devices when in humanoid gravity. On DS9, she has a wheelchair, as well as a supportive exoskeleton used with a cane, and a wheelchair.
Screenshot from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine featuring (left right): Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax, Daphne Ashbrook as Melora Pazlar, and Alexander Siddig as Julian Bashir. Dax and Bashir are standing, Pazlaris seated in an "anti-grav" wheelchair. Pazlar is wearing a metal exoskeleton braces attached to her arms, legs, and outside of her torso.
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I just heard that Thirst: A Burlesque Tribute to What We Do In the Shadows is 50% sold out!

Don't take a super slumber on getting your tickets, or you might be disappointed and miss the most prestigious gathering of vampires in the new world.

bit.ly/ThirstBurles...
Poster for Thirst: A Burlesque Tribute to What We Do in the Shadows Feat. Smokin' Delores as Guillermo Henrietta VIII as Laszlo Sugar Holiday as Nadja Helen of Tronna as The Guide
January 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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My heart feels heavy and we need art. We need joy. We need community. In my PhD thesis, I wrote about nerdlesque as a queer world-making activity - a way to imagine the world other than it is. 💖

If you're in Toronto, please join us. bit.ly/crystalgams
A promo photo of The Crystal Gams at Glad Day Bookshop, featuring a photo of me (Loretta Jean) wearing black lingerie and a red robe. Text reads: bit.ly/CrystalGams The Crystal Gams A Steven Universe Tribute Show masked event January 29th 8:00 PM Glad Day Bookshop featuring: drag, burlesque, and music A promo photo of The Crystal Gams at Glad Day Bookshop, featuring images of some of the performers: Matcha Latte, Kanna Worms, Archie Called, DeVery Bess, Loretta Jean Text reads: bit.ly/CrystalGams The Crystal Gams A Steven Universe Tribute Show masked event January 29th 8:00 PM Glad Day Bookshop featuring: drag, burlesque, and music
January 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Yesterday was the 15th Anni-merce-sary (adoption anniversary) of my grey cat, Mercy. The black kitty, Serafina Pekkala, was adopted 14 years ago come May. 'Fina is Mercy's cat - the cat's cat, if you will. Senior cats are the best. They just keep getting cuter with age.
Two senior cats lounge on a bed, nestled up to a human's torso. The human is wearing a patterned floral dress in shades of red, purple, and orange. The cat on the left is all grey with green eyes. The cat on the right is black with yellow eyes.
January 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I have two nerdlesque shows coming up in Toronto. Both are masked events. 😷✌🏻

Jan 29 - The Crystal Gams (produced by @rosegoldeen.bsky.social) at Glad Day Bookshop bit.ly/CrystalGams

Feb 8 - Thirst: A Burlesque Tribute to What We Do In the Shadows at St. Stephens in the Field
bit.ly/ThirstBurles...
A poster for the Crystal Gams show, featuring a background of pink and purple clouds with gold and red text. It features photos of the performers named. Text reads: bit.ly/CrystalGams The Crystals Gams A Steven Universe Tribute Show January 29th 8 PM Glad Day Bookshop Masked Event Featuring: Drag, Burlesque, and Music [The names of performers] Matcha Latte Kanna Worms Archie Called DeVery Mess Loretta Jean A poster for Thirst: A Burlesque Tribute to What We Do in the Shadows The photo features the following performers dresses as characters from the series. Smokin' Delores as Guillermo, holding a feather duster Henrietta VIII as Laszlo sitting on a loveseat, holding hands with Sugar Holliday as Nadja @helenoftronna as The Guide Nadja is holding Dolly Nadja Henrietta is wearing the Cursed Witch's Hat
January 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Forever thinking about this Tank Girl panel. I really do want to turn this shit around. I want to be part of a kinder, more community-care centered world.
Tank Girl is sitting on a rock, pulling up her butts. She is smoking a cigarette. Text reads: "I can't let things be this way. We can be wonderful. We can be magnificent. We can turn this shit around."
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Meta is trash. I want to be less dependent on it. Sadly for performers like me, we use their products as a main means of advertising shows. I want to try to divest and move off all their platforms.
A screenshot of a Wired article with the headline "Meta Now Lets Users Say Yay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'". The screenshot includes a photo of Mark Zuckerberg holding a microphone and speaking.
January 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM