Jess Tholmer

Jess Tholmer

11
Aug
Billy Crystal in the 1970s

you paid for this: I hated billy crystal's memoir

4 min read
08
Aug
notes on a celebrity: justin timberlake sucks

notes on a celebrity: justin timberlake sucks

5 min read
02
Aug
july 2025, hot pink

july 2025, hot pink

Friendship is such a big beast of a joyous part of life.
10 min read
01
Aug
what else has me completely booked: july 2025

what else has me completely booked: july 2025

But for now, here's what else has been keeping me busy.
5 min read
21
Jul

An Untitled Work of Fiction: Chapter 3

He would claim that he grew up in a "privileged but middle-class" household. He grew up religiously repressed, which tends to make people feel like they're part of some lesser class when usually it means quite the opposite.
7 min read
02
Jul
Tamir Rice would have graduated high school this month, a sign from 2020

june 2025, protests everywhere

My disclaimer, in case you missed it: I'm Black! I am Black and whit,e so yes, I am also white, but when I say "white people," I mean fully white people who don't have Black parents or any biologically Black family.
10 min read
30
Jun
overcast sky from university of washington in seattle

what else has me completely booked

Here's what else has me completely booked, meaning everything occupying my time that isn't reading or listening to books.
5 min read
05
Jun
may 2025, i am not a mom

may 2025, i am not a mom

I hate to think of hurting anyone's feelings, the people who struggle with infertility, who want nothing more than to parent, or more specifically, to be a mom.
12 min read
25
May
IUD

you paid for this: menstrual cramps and the ibuprofen police

I asked for ibuprofen at the gynecologist the other day, and the medical assistant paused and then told me she'd either be back with some or the doc herself would give me some.
6 min read
06
May
an ice cream sundae with flowers

april 2025, jojo's season

jess tholmer's april 2025 reads!
7 min read