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Loretta Jean (they/she)
@loretta-jean.bsky.social
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
Everyone is talking about Life of a Showgirl, meanwhile us non-billionaire showponies are out here like...
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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...
October 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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...
March 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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...
March 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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).
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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.
February 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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
January 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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.)
January 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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.
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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...
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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!
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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.
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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...
January 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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
January 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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.
January 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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...
January 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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.
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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.
January 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM