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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I walk Ripley, I feel like she’s playing the dog version of monopoly—peeopoly?

Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In this week’s My Scholastic Summer, I dive into The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson, just in time for Halloween #jensscholasticsummer #middlegradebooks #middlegradebookreview #shirleyjackson www.instagram.com/reel/Ddy4fYg...

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Brian Eno once said that maybe 30,000 people bought The Velvet Underground and Nico (considered VU’s debut) but that all of them started bands because if it. I always think about that—your influence as a writer or artist or musician is much more than your sales or your visible success.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In SoCal we have a season called Vuori hoodie weather, which runs from October to April.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Detectives should have cute dogs with them because anyone will talk to you if you’ve got a cute dog.

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 18/09/2026

America's Mayor strikes again (We should call Mamdani "America's Mayor" while Giuliani is still alive.)

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The missus’s decorating ideas for the utility closet involve the Terminator, as I suppose do everyone’s.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sometimes I get cramps stretching.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s nothing like an early 80s Dolly Parton album—you keep expecting Michael McDonald to sing harmony on every song.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair, opening night of The Flannel and Fury tour, 9/6/26, El Cajon, CA.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“Hey nineteen/That’s Reetha Franklin” When I was a tweenager in the mid-80s just getting into bands, I thought Steely Dan was a group of really cool black guys, which I suppose would be the ultimate compliment to them.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This week on Jen’s Scholastic Summer, get ready to shed a few tears over Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. www.instagram.com/reel/Dc8l-op... #jensscholasticsummer

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Only a handful of spots left for the inaugural Rutgers-Camden weekend in Cape May, where you'll get writing instruction from me, Lauren Grodstein, & Laurie Frankel + do some serious writing + connect with other local creative people + touch the ocean writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/writers-retr...

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Writers Retreat – Writers House

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I was a traditional democrat in 2016 and vehemently defended Hillary against Bernie Bros. In 2026, I am vehemently defending DSA candidates against “moderate” democrats. The party better wake up really fast and realize I am not an outlier & that my values haven’t changed at all; theirs have.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I have no idea what Outlaw Light is, but at $5.99 a case in a grocery store in Southern California, it may as well have fallen from the sky. #cheers #outlawlight

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Check out this week’s My Scholastic Summer, wherein I discuss The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson: www.instagram.com/reel/DcqkhZs...

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Carlos Alcaraz is the hottest man alive.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“I’m ready to go to the gym” loosely translates in my house as my partner needs to do a bunch of random chores first and get sidetracked by a large box that we can break down when we get back.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What if Heaven is just a used bookstore, and every book is someone’s life?

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thinking of sending this photo in for the product review:

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I don’t know what else but my weekend will definitely include “Steel Magnolias” and “Clue.”

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If anyone deserves a shrine (or her name on the Kennedy Center), it’s Dolly.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I saw this meme once that said an entire generation of GenX men are unprepared to deal with the death of Neil Young and that’s how I feel about Dolly today. :(

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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Be a Dolly, not a Donald.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Actually grateful to have lived while the holy trinity of Betty White, Catherine O’Hara, and Dolly Parton walked the earth. We’re so lucky!

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Omg, all the journal submissions are opening this week! It’s like the gates opening to the Wonks Chocolate Factory.

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Willy Wonka's Iconic Welcome Entrance

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl...

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The ratio of chia seeds that make it to your stomach as opposed to being stuck in your teeth is pretty even.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Told my dog she was a good girl and Siri answered, “why thanks!” Yeah, Siri’s not creepy.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Remember, the dumbest people *aren’t* running the country—they just elected the ones who are.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’ve had the music to Paperboy stuck in my head for days—send help.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I just started playing Yahtzee (for the first time!) on my phone and I think I might survive this dystopian nightmare after all.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Can you imagine if Attny General Eric Holder was also Obama’s personal attorney? Thom Tillis would be calling to lynch both of them.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

All these IG reels of people rescuing baby animals and birds and feeding them with droppers and i like, what’s in that? McFlurry?

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Robert E Fuller Feeds Hungry Baby Weasel

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My colon all morning: My colon five minutes before exercise class: hold on

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Welcome to week 2 of my Scholastic Summer! Today I review The Sign of the Beaver. Have you read it, or The Witch of Blackbird Pond? Let me know in the comments! Each comment is an entry to win my entire lot of Scholastic Summer titles! #jensscholasticsummer #middlegradebooks #bookreviews

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’m just realizing that Lean Cuisine no longer carries this four-cheese cannelloni am super mad about it. Why???

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I’m really tired of men who scream “protect the girls” from trans people when they haven’t said a f*cking thing about their own sex raping girls since the dawn of time.

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Alt Acadia National Park @altacadia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It's insane that we even need to say NO DATA CENTERS ON PUBLIC LAND! Sign on to the petition below, and follow @biologicaldiversity.org for more ways to oppose this next threat against OUR lands.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains.

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My first review at Jen’s Scholastic Summer: Just Plain Cat!

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Jen Michalski @socalwritergirl.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The look Ripley gives you when you are eating pizza bites.

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