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Jess Joho

@jessjoho.bsky.social

freelance journalist & culture critic (LA Times, Mashable, Vice, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Paste, Kill Screen) πŸ‡§πŸ‡·πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ @benningtonwriting.bsky.social fiction writer working on a ghost love story πŸ‘»β™₯️

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same goes for art and critique! if they keep the public starved of self and societal reflection, devalue the act of thinking critically about the world we live in, there’s less and less resistance to them doing whatever the fuck they want with it. the goal is your apathy. bsky.app/profile/jonf...

04.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the WaPo layoffs aren’t about money in the same way that every billionaire acquisition of a newspaper was never about making a profit. we are in an information war. it’s not mismanagementβ€”the whole point is to gut these institutions that inform the public on what the elite do.

04.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

where are the excruciatingly sincere takes on video games as a salve from our crumbling reality??? i need 3k overwrought words stat on HOW ARC RAIDERS RESTORED MY FAITH IN SURVIVING AN INHUMAN WORLD THROUGH KINDNESS

03.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it feels like we finally achieved the dream of an online game with (mostly) positive player interactions, but now there’s no games media left to give such a feat its proper laurels and discourse 🫠

03.02.2026 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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me when I was right about AI being the latest overvalued, underperforming tech bolstered by the hell trifecta of bro CEOs, idiot VC money, and the sycophantic press

20.08.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

these guys have been dumb for so long

16.07.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

one of my pride and joys πŸ™πŸŽΎ

16.07.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the incommunicable relationship between an autistic girl and her metro system

17.06.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s like they design pharmacy hold music to get mentally ill ppl to kill themselves

21.05.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah like he’s definitely a bad guy, but I genuinely thought he was characterized as a shit father figure too. extremely controlling, protective in a way that actually risked ellie’s life because of a need to infantilize her, total inability to be there for her emotionally after the david trauma

20.05.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

like, *maybe* if you’re a TV-watcher onlyβ€”but he’s a real bastard to ellie throughout a LOT of the first game, right? and definitely implied to have been physically abusive toward tommy…am I misremembering?

20.05.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

chat, ppl saying joel isn’t an abusive father figure ??

20.05.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

was looking at sam seder and it finally hit me: it’s the SAD EYEBROWS. i’m horny for a β€œπŸ˜©β€ kinda lookin guy, you know what I mean?

16.05.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how tf is RFK the only kennedy not getting assassinated

14.05.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

13.05.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you! the fantastic writer of that article (@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social ) is unsurprisingly one of the very best editors I ever got to work with too πŸ™

13.05.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

felt like I spent the entire game mourning her, not joel πŸ˜”

13.05.2025 04:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the whole thing is just the most emotionally convoluted experience imaginable! like why does the narrative have to twist this way and that just to ensure I dislike or misunderstand every single character? for what? nothing compelling to be gained from it. just forced brutality.

13.05.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

oh I couldn’t sympathize with that impulse more! unfortunately, it was mostly the madness crowd that found this article back then, so i’m very glad it can finally find the right readers πŸ™ not all TLOU2 haters are trash 😭✊ there are dozens of us with legitimate critiques

13.05.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my gosh I blush THANK YOU πŸ˜­πŸ™πŸ«Ά

13.05.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you for reading πŸ₯Ί when I wrote it, only angry reddit gamers seemed to notice lmao

13.05.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

when the show introduced the seraphites via ANOTHER daddy-daughter duo who die at the cost of violent revenge i lost it like does literally any other human relationship get to matter in this allegedly sprawling emotionally complex world orrrrrr ???

13.05.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

igenuinely want someone to give me a compelling argument for why TLOU2 isn’t just your standard revenge violence-begets-violence story

13.05.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How 'The Last of Us Part II' fails its women protagonists Forget Joel. Ellie deserved better than this.

yes THANK YOU! like this is still a whole problem and no one ever seems to talk about it!! mashable.com/article/last...

13.05.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

i’ve been using a mug to eat soup and, lemme tell you, you’ve all been HAD by Big Bowl

20.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nothing but respect for MY commissioner and chair of the fec 🫑🫑 thank you for standing up for the people.

08.02.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you are so incredibly vital and I can’t wait to keep watching you slay the greatest beasts of our time!! 🫢🫑

05.02.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

and who can they fucking turn to for help when this country is rounding up legal immigrants and citizens and sending them to concentration camps? how close do these disasters need to get to us before we all wake up and realize none of us are safe when our leadership considers life this disposable?

01.02.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

that plane crashed in a heavily brazilian working class area of PA, nearly burning down the house of the incredible caregiver who was my dying mother’s greatest companionship in her final hours. the terror and devastation this crash reigned down on her and her community is indescribable.

01.02.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

joan baez cameo omg 😍 - your mom

31.01.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0