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Jen Palmares Meadows

@jenpmeadows.bsky.social
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Creative Nonfiction Writer. Essays. Memoir in Progress. Work in Lit Hub, The Rumpus, Fourth Genre, Brevity, Denver Quarterly, Hobart. Sacramento Valley via SoCal. jenpalmaresmeadows.com

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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thank you!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 27/02/2026
"Adrift in hollowed out artificial logs, we trailed our fingers in the chlorinated river, then stood, arms wide, daring the darkness to strike us." From "Knott's Berry Farm, 1996," a new essay by @jenpmeadows.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/n6pbseP
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Thanks especially to @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social for his keen edits, and to @roxanegay.bsky.social for pulling my work from the slush a decade ago!
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I’m deeply proud to share my essay, “Knott’s Berry Farm, 1996.” Thanks so much to @therumpus.net for their continued support of my writing. This essay is 30 years in the making and a love letter to the time, to the age, to all the girls, and to that place, Knott’s 1996.
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Knott’s Berry Farm, 1996 - The Rumpus
At thirteen, we were not afraid to speak aloud what we already knew—we would rather die than let them see the secrets of our bodies exposed. They had taught us enough about hiya, that we feared the we...
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Stop AAPI Hate Action @stopaapihateaction.org · 20/01/2026
It's more important than ever to know what to do if ICE shows up at your door. Head to our website now to access our Know Your Rights guides and other multilingual resources. ⬇️ stopaapihate.org/community-resources
stopaapihate.org
Community Resources - Stop AAPI Hate
This is a central hub for information, training, and direct services for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and AA/PI-serving advocates and organizations. If you can’t find what you’re looking for,…
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
“large parts of the internet are information deserts, in which the only available brain food is junk.”
theguardian.com
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
ANMLY #41 is here! We’re thrilled to share new translations, fiction, a double issue of poetry, CNF, with a folio on autistic protest poetry! >>> anmly.org/ap41 And we're open for new work until February 1 >>> anmly.submittable.com
Grayscale geometric design with glyphs that almost look like words. The "words" "kinship" and "adjoining" can be made out, but not many others.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
For shame, USA. We must do better! Our children deserve better. “The agency enforces the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the law creating a free and appropriate education for children with disabilities, and funds special education services to the tune of around $15 billion.”
abcnews.go.com
Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources
The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Terrifying. Nightmare on my Street.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Horrific.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Sing it!
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Asking people if they took Tylenol when they were pregnant is not helpful. It is perpetuating a stigma against autistics.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you are thinking about asking friends or relatives if they took Tylenol when they were pregnant, STOP. No one has to justify their TYLENOL use, and you are not helping.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Lovely!
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This is so interesting to me and can be applied in so many ways. How is our moral health impacted when we ignore injustice around us, when we don’t speak out or speak up for others?
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Yan Yan is my favorite!
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
lol. Read the flavor aloud to my 11yo and his one word reply: No.
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Meghan Phillips @mcarphil.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Happy Star Trek Day! forever grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for taking a chance on my sad-jeans Star Trek poem all those years ago www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/y...
barrelhousemag.com
Yellowshirt Elegy, by Meghan Phillips — Barrelhouse
Down in engineering you can’t even see the stars. Dad was so proud when I was reassigned— the heart of the ship, the heart of the ship,
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Queen of Spades, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of Art Nouveau and the Glasgow School #WomensArt
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/09/2025
No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops on our streets are bound by the Constitution. For more information, go to aclu.org/deployment_kyr.
White and blue text: "Know Your Rights when interacting with federal agents, local law enforcement, or military troops: If you get stopped, ask if you’re free to go. If they say yes, walk or drive away.
If you’re questioned, you can say, “I want to remain silent.” In some cases, you may be required to provide your name, address, immigration status, and/or ID.
If an official asks to search you or your belongings, you have the right to say no, but do not obstruct access. They may have authority to conduct the search anyway. If they begin searching you or your vehicle, say clearly: “I do not consent to a search.”
You do not have to unlock your phone or give government officials your password without a warrant. For additional security, turn off biometric identification such as Face ID.
If law enforcement officers arrest you, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say, or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries."
Light blue ACLU logo. Blue arrow pointing to the right. Black background.White and blue text: "Know Your Rights when witnessing federal agents, local law enforcement, or military activity in public:
You have the right to talk about and publicize truthful information that you obtain lawfully, including about what law enforcement officers are doing and where they are doing it.
You have the right to tell people their legal rights. If you are a lawyer, make clear you are not giving legal advice.
You have the right to photograph or film anything in plain view, including federal buildings and law enforcement.
These officials can’t confiscate or demand to view your photographs or video without a warrant, nor can they delete data under any circumstances. However, they may order you to move a reasonable distance away. If you think a command is unlawful, it’s safest to follow the order, document the interaction, and challenge it later.
You can ask for officers’ names and badge numbers, as well as who to call if there are follow-up questions."
Light blue ACLU logo. Black background.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I enjoyed your story!
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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 05/09/2025
"I'll walk through the front door and everyone will cheer, like I'm a fan favorite in a sitcom." "All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me" by @mackenziemcgee.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
okaydonkeymag.com
All the Friends I Could Have Made are Having Fun Without Me by Mackenzie McGee
Alexis throws a big party and everyone’s invited. She lives a half-hour drive from her childhood home, the one with the big bay window and the basement where we had sleepovers every other weekend f…
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HAD @havehashad.com · 05/09/2025
another "5" list, today from Rachel Beachy, that kinda sneaks up on you and then just knocks you out "After you wished for a horse for the backyard, I said maybe next year. You asked if I had fun at Chuck E. Cheese." www.havehashad.com/25jix
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Lies I Told the Day You Turned Five by Rachel Beachy
A bird flew into the window and you asked if it was asleep. When I played the video of Dolly Parton singing “Happy Birthday,” you thought she had recorded it just for you. You asked if I put the same…
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
“Thank GOD the National Guard is here while I EAT MY PIZZA,” shouts a woman at Red Light on 14th in DC as yet another trio of guardsmen walk by.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“With great cunning, Persephone seduced Sisyphus into trying Zeus’s Thunderbolt, a hot new app that promised to mass-unsubscribe him from spam newsletters. But it was a trick, and Zeus’s Thunderbolt instead flooded him with scores of emails hawking meme coins.” —Hyginus, Fabulae, via Alex Baia
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Sisyphus’s Inbox
“And I saw Sisyphus in agonizing torment, drafting a reply to Kayleigh’s ten urgent UX questions. He hit ‘send,’ and immediately received an autore...
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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 20/08/2025
Big news for authors with out-of-print prose books looking for a new home: We're opening up submissions to our Lost/Found imprint on 9/3! We were so happy to rehome Brooke Shaffner's COUNTRY OF UNDER last year + now we're ready to rehome more. Full details forthcoming, but the pertinent ones are:
Lost/Found Submissions! Looking to home your out-of-print book? Try us at Lost/Found, a new imprint at Split/Lip Press. Rolling submissions begin on 9/3!
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I hate getting a new phone and transferring info, uploading new apps and logging in to everything. It’s the worst. I don’t get people who really enjoy new devices. I just want my phone to work and stay working.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Congratulations Grace!!!
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Holly Smith @hsmithwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
Photo of armed customs and border patrol agents and cars on the plaza in front of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.
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LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 15/08/2025
Make a Zine! You! Yes, you! We couldn't agree more, Imogen GENDERTRASH From Hell Pre-orders close at the end of August 😱 www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/gende...
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Bring back pieing politicians. Sandwiching also works.
jezebel.com
Let's Bring Back Pieing Politicians
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
For when you are working with students or sending your kids off to school.
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Back at the casino.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Thank you, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. With gratitude from viewers like me.
m.youtube.com
Corporation For Public Broadcasting (1996)
YouTube video by PBS Fanatic
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The plan is to hide from her until it’s time to leave or else tell her I left her winnings in the car.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
At the casino with parents. Mom won a bit at craps and I told her if she handed over 1K we could come back tomorrow. Now she’s just playing with her original seed money.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Dad refuses to eat ramen now because of what he read on “the Facebook.” Also cashews.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This Tuesday feels like Monday.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Blasting some Rush at 11 would really improve my mood/outlook right now, but the fear of exacerbating my tinnitus stops me.
m.youtube.com
Spirit of Radio Rush Official Video (1980)
YouTube video by Itzy Izna Babymonster
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
“We were saying, “Art is not enough; do something more.” When we did it, we were thinking, art is not enough; fundraising is not enough; memorials are not enough. You know, it was a call to people to get off their asses and do something more.” - Mark Simpson of Gran Fury
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This Friday feels like Monday.
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Jinwoo Park @jinwoo-park.com · 26/06/2025
What people want with AI is not literature, it’s products. What people often want to create with AI is not art, it’s a product that they would’ve bought or commissioned from an artist, but these companies now provide this workaround for you so you can bypass the process altogether.
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Jen Palmares Meadows @jenpmeadows.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
That’s what sticky fingered filchers do.
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