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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Took a trio of Zoomers on an adventure today - we hit Unclaimed Baggage (hi, Hoggle!), a retro soda fountain (caramel apple crisp ice cream OMG), and the bizarre but fascinating Patches Merchant Emporium (I see you, lady who makes terrifying recycled doll parts art).

A Hoggle puppet from the movie Labyrinth at Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Continuing my "Close Encounters with the Third Reich" film series today with LIFEBOAT (1944), starring Huntsville's own Tallulah Bankhead. #filmsky

Actress Tallulah Bankhead sits in a boat in a scene from the Alfred Hitchcock film, LIFEBOAT (1944).

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The weather was perfect and the turnout fantastic. Also, I got some fun stickers from the org booths. :) #nokings

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

My kid is playing Umamusume: Pretty Horse Derby, so I obviously had to make them watch YOU NEVER CAN TELL (1951), in which Joyce Holden plays a reincarnated race horse named Golden Harvest.

Dick Powell sits in an office chair while Joyce Holden reads the horse racing news in YOU NEVER CAN TELL (1951).

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Feeling like my co-editor and I manifested the existence of the SNW Henson puppet episode. We should only use our powers for good. #booksky

The covers of two books, Kermit Culture and Space, the Feminist Frontier, both co-edited by Jennifer C. Garlen and Anissa M. Graham.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Tonight's movie - BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955). Really wish I could find a physical copy of this one for my lifetime learners, but at least it's streaming on Criterion.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Really loved that the Lucille Ball inspired character on SNW's latest episode was named in honor of Ida Lupino.

Photograph of classic film actress and director Ida Lupino.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

The news is terrible and the heat relentless, but my cucumbers are amazing this year.

A bunch of green cucumbers sit in a wicker basket.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Here's the daylily bed in my backyard garden. I love daylilies because they are very hard to kill, even in the terrible weather and soil we have here. I hope you can be like a daylily and bloom in spite of everything, too.

Daylilies of various colors bloom against a fence in the backyard of a home.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Lettuce season is short in an Alabama garden, but it's so lovely to have while it lasts.

Fresh green lettuce from a home garden sits in a basket.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I know I'm biased, but my kid @sparkytopia.com makes some extremely cute art. This is from the outdoor art market last Friday.

Colorful prints, pins, and stickers featuring art by Sparkytopia are displayed at an outdoor art market.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Spending the weekend with my local LEGO hobby club at our brand new local store. It's always fun when someone recognizes my recreation of THE LAST UNICORN.

A LEGO recreation of the unicorn and the Red Bull from the novel and movie THE LAST UNICORN. The white unicorn rears in terror in a dark forest as the huge Red Bull approaches.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A LEGO build for May the 4th - I called this one "Be My BBY" because it's funny (even though I know perfectly well that Han and Leia don't kiss until much later).

Star Wars characters Han and Leia kiss in front of gray columns covered with vines and hearts. The entire scene is built out of LEGO bricks.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Flashback to London in January - we had such a good time seeing plays, touring Kew Gardens, and generally avoiding US news for a week.

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

How I arrived on Bluesky (love the pics everyone is choosing).

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Jennifer Garlen @virtualvirago.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Proof of spring in the garden - the green peas are still coming along, but the lettuce has been excellent.

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