Jenny Sherman
@jennythesherman.bsky.social
Writer, editor, Minnesotaner slash NYCer, traveler, gardener, wannabeekeeper, rouser of rabble, asker of why. Raise plow!
Woot! I am wooting because one of my poems just got published in the latest issue of the #DoorIsAJar literary magazine (available for purchase here👇). Thrilled to be included in these pages!
Fall 2026
Door is a Jar is a print and digital literary magazine of poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, drama and artwork. Our publication focuses on writing that is accessible for all readers.
www.doorisajarmagazine.net
September 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Woot! I am wooting because one of my poems just got published in the latest issue of the #DoorIsAJar literary magazine (available for purchase here👇). Thrilled to be included in these pages!
That Annie Dillard died without a Nobel is the greatest bad thing to happen this side of the year 2000.
September 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
That Annie Dillard died without a Nobel is the greatest bad thing to happen this side of the year 2000.
...and another month later, the Strait of Hormuz has been ranked one of the top MMORPGs: massively multiplayer open-ended role-playing game.
Didn't really want to think that this ha-ha piece would be relevant w̶e̶e̶k̶s̶ months after I first thunk it up. But here we are.
“A board game of epic proportions.” By @jennythesherman.bsky.social
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/you-sank-my-...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/you-sank-my-...
July 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
...and another month later, the Strait of Hormuz has been ranked one of the top MMORPGs: massively multiplayer open-ended role-playing game.
The U.S. National Park Service really aims to please. Find out why in my piece @SlackjawHumor.
There’s A Sex Dungeon In Grant’s Tomb
The safeword is Appomattox.
medium.com
July 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The U.S. National Park Service really aims to please. Find out why in my piece @SlackjawHumor.
What do Goober Peas, kink, historical reenactment, and celebrating our national parks this 4th of July have in common? #FetishFridayNights
There’s A Sex Dungeon In Grant’s Tomb
The safeword is Appomattox.
medium.com
July 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What do Goober Peas, kink, historical reenactment, and celebrating our national parks this 4th of July have in common? #FetishFridayNights
WashPo's headlines today are cracking me up. "Surprising ways menopause can affect your mouth" (you mean this spicy truth-portal right here?) and "Parents are ‘going broke on berries’," a story that required 3 journalists to break. 3.
June 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
WashPo's headlines today are cracking me up. "Surprising ways menopause can affect your mouth" (you mean this spicy truth-portal right here?) and "Parents are ‘going broke on berries’," a story that required 3 journalists to break. 3.
I heard that boo last night from uptown Manhattan. Hieronymus Bosch heard it, too. (He was Dutch, so obvs a fan of the Knicks and not of that ex-NYer.) || detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights
June 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I heard that boo last night from uptown Manhattan. Hieronymus Bosch heard it, too. (He was Dutch, so obvs a fan of the Knicks and not of that ex-NYer.) || detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights
Didn't really want to think that this ha-ha piece would be relevant w̶e̶e̶k̶s̶ months after I first thunk it up. But here we are.
“A board game of epic proportions.” By @jennythesherman.bsky.social
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/you-sank-my-...
Full piece: thebelladonnacomedy.com/you-sank-my-...
June 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Didn't really want to think that this ha-ha piece would be relevant w̶e̶e̶k̶s̶ months after I first thunk it up. But here we are.
The sense of shock and loss was apparent in everyone I interviewed for this piece. Read on to find out why.
Torture survivors healed through this NYC hospital program. Where will they go when it shutters this month?
Last year, Bellevue Hospital’s Program for Survivors of Torture in Manhattan served as many as 700 people. Now, staff worry about what’s next for patients, Jenny Sherman reports.
Last year, Bellevue Hospital’s Program for Survivors of Torture in Manhattan served as many as 700 people. Now, staff worry about what’s next for patients, Jenny Sherman reports.
Where will torture survivors healed through this NYC hospital program go next?
Bellevue Hospital’s Program for Survivors of Torture in Manhattan is set to shutter this month. NYC Health + Hospitals, which oversees Bellevue, says quality care will remain the same, but staff worry...
prismreports.org
May 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The sense of shock and loss was apparent in everyone I interviewed for this piece. Read on to find out why.
Want to learn how to flaunt your naughty inner Magdalene? How to fake a Rapture? Pastor Peg's got your back. Read more in Jane Austin's Wastebasket:
I’m an Intimacy Coordinator for Evangelicals
I’ll help you take your relationship where angels fear to tread.
medium.com
March 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Want to learn how to flaunt your naughty inner Magdalene? How to fake a Rapture? Pastor Peg's got your back. Read more in Jane Austin's Wastebasket:
TBH I like Hieronymus Bosch's drones better. || detail from Haywain
March 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM
TBH I like Hieronymus Bosch's drones better. || detail from Haywain
Reposted by Jenny Sherman
to figure out whether a prohibition on drug users possessing guns that passed in 1968 is still legal in 2026, one must figure out how drunk the Founding Fathers got in 1776 --the Supreme Court, basically
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/us-v-...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/us-v-...
Supreme Court Continues to Shoot Self in Foot in Second Amendment Cases
US v Hemani, case about gun rights of drug users, shows the Supreme Court's Second Amendment standard is comically unworkable.
ballsandstrikes.org
March 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
to figure out whether a prohibition on drug users possessing guns that passed in 1968 is still legal in 2026, one must figure out how drunk the Founding Fathers got in 1776 --the Supreme Court, basically
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/us-v-...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/us-v-...
- The govt "state of exception" (emergency powers) suspends constitutional protections
- Detention, once <72 hours, is now up to 15 days
- The sole organization campaigning to decriminalize abortion is shuttering
Tennessee or El Salvador?
- Detention, once <72 hours, is now up to 15 days
- The sole organization campaigning to decriminalize abortion is shuttering
Tennessee or El Salvador?
March 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
- The govt "state of exception" (emergency powers) suspends constitutional protections
- Detention, once <72 hours, is now up to 15 days
- The sole organization campaigning to decriminalize abortion is shuttering
Tennessee or El Salvador?
- Detention, once <72 hours, is now up to 15 days
- The sole organization campaigning to decriminalize abortion is shuttering
Tennessee or El Salvador?
You could read "The Overstory" by Richard Powers to realize the horror of cutting old-growth forests, of bringing down a tree that has stood since before the printing press existed. Time's short, tho—read these resources for now and COMMENT to stop the BLM's plan. I did.
You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians they’ve paid off.
Leave your comment here:
eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...
Leave your comment here:
eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...
BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.
morethanjustparks.substack.com
March 2, 2026 at 4:48 AM
You could read "The Overstory" by Richard Powers to realize the horror of cutting old-growth forests, of bringing down a tree that has stood since before the printing press existed. Time's short, tho—read these resources for now and COMMENT to stop the BLM's plan. I did.
Lovin' this NYC blizzard stuff. Doubtful that the promised 20+ inches will arrive, but the woods are lovely, white and deep.
February 22, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Lovin' this NYC blizzard stuff. Doubtful that the promised 20+ inches will arrive, but the woods are lovely, white and deep.
Realizing that Hieronymus Bosch—who seemed to be tripping balls while painting flatulence, creepy critters, and vice—kinda nails the current administration and state of affairs. Global tariffs || detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights.
February 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Realizing that Hieronymus Bosch—who seemed to be tripping balls while painting flatulence, creepy critters, and vice—kinda nails the current administration and state of affairs. Global tariffs || detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Reposted by Jenny Sherman
This ice “fish-fluencer” wants ICE to get out of Minnesota.
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
February 11, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This ice “fish-fluencer” wants ICE to get out of Minnesota.
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
Nate Pischke has turned his indignation and outrage about the largest deployment of masked and armed ICE agents in US history into a call for hunters and fishermen to speak out.
"Nobody wants these ding dongs in our fucking city."
War-doing is a cycle
of trial and error.
—Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain
of trial and error.
—Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain
February 7, 2026 at 5:04 AM
War-doing is a cycle
of trial and error.
—Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain
of trial and error.
—Mai Der Vang, Yellow Rain
Reposted by Jenny Sherman
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Jenny Sherman
A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
When one mother was taken by ICE, another stepped in to donate breastmilk
Moms in Minneapolis are donating diapers, food and time to help families who have been ripped apart by ICE.
19thnews.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
Her mother risked going into work when ICE took her away. At home waiting for her were her 16yo daughter and the 3mo baby
The teen tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail 19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
The importance of being caffeinated.
The No Coffee Tax Act, a Poem After Billy Collins
Today, as I ricocheted rapidly
off Bluesky posts in my feed,
pinging from Racket to Solnit,
from Alt National Park Service to random…
medium.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The importance of being caffeinated.
$ to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota? ✅
$ to Mercado Central? ✅
$ to rent/food support for the Deaf immigrant community? ✅
A little glitter here, a little glitter there...
$ to Mercado Central? ✅
$ to rent/food support for the Deaf immigrant community? ✅
A little glitter here, a little glitter there...
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM
$ to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota? ✅
$ to Mercado Central? ✅
$ to rent/food support for the Deaf immigrant community? ✅
A little glitter here, a little glitter there...
$ to Mercado Central? ✅
$ to rent/food support for the Deaf immigrant community? ✅
A little glitter here, a little glitter there...
Some kiddos in Minnesota don't feel safe enough right now to go play on the ice with their team. I'm anti-ICE-skating here in NYC for you today, Minneapolis-St. Paul Starwhals!
Ice rink was a sanctuary for this girls hockey team until ICE arrived in the Twin Cities | Strib Varsity
Hockey Across Minnesota: A youth hockey club dedicated to diversity sees attendance dip amid federal agents’ presence.
varsity.startribune.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Some kiddos in Minnesota don't feel safe enough right now to go play on the ice with their team. I'm anti-ICE-skating here in NYC for you today, Minneapolis-St. Paul Starwhals!
🖤 Art is not neutral
💚 Connection is an act of resistance
🩷 Gathering is community care
🧡 JOY IS DEFIANCE!
Quote courtesy of the cool folks at artshantyprojects.org. Especially that last one....
💚 Connection is an act of resistance
🩷 Gathering is community care
🧡 JOY IS DEFIANCE!
Quote courtesy of the cool folks at artshantyprojects.org. Especially that last one....
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 PM
🖤 Art is not neutral
💚 Connection is an act of resistance
🩷 Gathering is community care
🧡 JOY IS DEFIANCE!
Quote courtesy of the cool folks at artshantyprojects.org. Especially that last one....
💚 Connection is an act of resistance
🩷 Gathering is community care
🧡 JOY IS DEFIANCE!
Quote courtesy of the cool folks at artshantyprojects.org. Especially that last one....