Jessica Variz
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Jessica Variz
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I overheard a student say “only old people have those lists in their profiles” and I’ve been terrified to write one ever since.
Zines forever! They can formative or summative and I learn so much about my students’ imaginations.
Unstuck: Ideas for Your Next Zine
I teach a high school zine class and my aim is to show young people that zines can be about absolutely anything. Zines run the gamut from the silly to the philosophical, the messy to the straightforwa...
poetry.arizona.edu
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Transactional, meditative, joyful, anxious
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
San Pedro (not in red flag zone)
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Omg I had that Bette of Roses album on REPEAT in high school. Thanks for unlocking a long forgotten memory!
January 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell, “Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu, “Borders” by Thomas King, “Jubilee” by Kirstin Valdez Quade (her whole collection is great)
December 18, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Woooow I really thought I had something for you 😅😅😅
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Last one! I think about this thing he said about grief at least once a week.

youtube.com/shorts/cAffU...
When You Lose A Lover One...💎 Via: -Hanif Abdurraqib @thescatterjoyproject
YouTube video by Hustlers N The Hood
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December 13, 2024 at 4:12 AM
poets.org/poem/it-mayb...

It’s not spoken word but this one (and really anything) by Hanif Abdurraqib
It Is Maybe Time to Admit That Michael Jordan Definitely Pushed Off
that one time in the ’98 NBA finals
poets.org
December 13, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Just bought one for myself and one for a friend. Thank you for sharing!
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Paul Robeson
That time
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November 12, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Hello! I never posted anything on the bird app but you are the reason I fell into romance reading three years ago. So glad you’re here!
November 10, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I agree!
October 1, 2023 at 1:37 AM