Jess Tholmer

Jess Tholmer

04
Dec
november 2025, giving thanks?

november 2025, giving thanks?

I wrote about it in a newsletter a few weeks ago, but didn't fully explain the issue. I also won't do that here, but November consisted of: Feeling bad about myself because I look white but also don't look white, and I never know where to fit in or what to call myself.
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30
Nov
what else has me completely booked: november 2025

what else has me completely booked: november 2025

I started to use threads (instagram's version of twitter) a bit more and then stirred shit up on threads by having an opinion about thanksgiving's existence and my own racial identity.
4 min read
26
Nov
you paid for this: abolishing thanksgiving

you paid for this: abolishing thanksgiving

The opinion was about Thanksgiving. The fury was quick. People do not want anyone to feel negatively about their favorite holiday.
8 min read
09
Nov
notes on a celebrity: sydney sweeney sucks

notes on a celebrity: sydney sweeney sucks

But Sydney Sweeney isn't a puppy, or an inflatable, waving, smiling air tube, so even Glen couldn't pull off the chemistry.
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02
Nov
october 2025, to grinch or not to grinch

october 2025, to grinch or not to grinch

I think of kids growing up in group homes who either don't receive a single gift or have to pick from a pile of crap repurposed as charity. I think of poor families who cannot afford to buy their kids anything and try desperately to make the memories anyway.
9 min read
31
Oct
what else has me completely booked: october 2025

what else has me completely booked: october 2025

But the thing about sports is that everyone feels that way about their team, but for some reason, no one else can feel that way about their team.
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16
Oct
HelloGiggles logo featuring three cartoon heads

you paid for this: dishing on hellogiggles part I

The first time HelloGiggles paid me for EINTKILF was around...2016.
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12
Oct

An Untitled Work of Fiction: Chapter 6

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30
Sep
Cat laying in cotton

september 2025, fall quarter

I will have a Master's in Social Work in a little over a year!
8 min read
29
Sep
what else has me completely booked: september 2025

what else has me completely booked: september 2025

You need to water your plants, you need to see if you can even still "plant"? at this time of the year, you need to pay your parking tickets. You need to fix your headlights, you need to hang stuff, you need to vacuum, you need to brush the grout with baking soda.
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