J Escobedo Shepherd
@jawnita.bsky.social
Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc
The All-New Hell Gate Podcast is here! Max, Jessy, Julianne, and Nick take on Mahmoud Khalil’s lawsuit against the feds, a conflict of interest in housing court, and Albania’s rebellion against Eric Adams in the name of flamingos. youtu.be/4aZfgMqOY_4?...
The All-New Hell Gate Podcast
Everything is normal in New York City, and Hell Gate is growing once again. From the brand new Studio H, Max, Jessy, Julianne, and Nick take on Mahmoud Khali...
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I love this documentary and interviewed the director and I beseech you to see it! (This week at Film Forum in NYC!)
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 3w agoPlaywright, activist, and "La Bamba" director Luis Valdez played a significant role in documenting and defining Chicano identity in 20th century America—an endeavor that is explored in the excellent documentary "American Pachuco," opening at Film Forum tonight. Read our interview with its director:
there is no better chronicler of madonna on EARTH than @mehpatrol.bsky.social, read her about "confessions II" on the recently launched substack publication ONLYGANZ carynganz.substack.com/p/madonna-fo...
Madonna, Forever
On "Confessions II," the pop superstar turns her recent experiments in looking back into another masterful reinvention.
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A week after a sandstorm hit Coney Island beach, I asked a meteorologist from the National Weather Service whether he might abide me playing him 30 seconds of the iconic track 'Sandstorm,' by Darude, so he could tell me what it shook up. "Please do," he answered. I hit play.
We Asked a Meteorologist About Those Beach Sandstorms (by Darude)
A PSA…and a look back at one of the world's greatest trance bangers.
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seas of milkbois singing oasis ... insult to injury
i wonder if the private billionaire party at madison square garden is being asked to conserve energy right now
this is a really good one by my colleagues, esp if you're looking for TRENCHANT ANALYSIS that is funny and NOT BORING on what happened w/ the nyc primary election! give it a listen!!!
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · last mo.NEW EPISODE OF THE HELL GATE PODCAST It's frankly rude that the DSA keeps winning elections and booting incumbents. It shouldn't be allowed, and until it's outlawed, they better start working on their deep, heartfelt apologies for all their damning victories. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
LOVE TO REPORT GOOD NEWS!!! MY exclusive on this year's ADULT LAP SWIM, which is bigger and better. hellgatenyc.com/adult-lap-sw...
Exclusive: Adult Lap Swim Is Back and Much, Much Bigger This Year
But everyone will have to wait a while longer before finally diving back into the Red Hook Pool.
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ROBIN BYRD x GEORGE WHIPPLE x @markyarm.bsky.social X STEPHANIE KEITH you def want to read this it's so so so good hellgatenyc.com/robin-byrd-g...
Two NYC Cable TV Legends Finally Get Their Due
Get comfortable with Robin Byrd and George Whipple, in conversation at last.
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Tuesday's results made it clear that Zohran Mamdani is no longer just a popular politician who won the mayoralty due to star power and a confluence of terrible opponents, but a bona fide kingmaker in New York City politics, with the ability to help insurgent allies bury even established incumbents.
The People's Republic of Mamdanistan
And more news for your Wednesday.
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avila chevalier's grandfather was part of the resistance movement against trujillo in DR. hellgatenyc.com/darializa-av...
Darializa Avila Chevalier Thinks She Can Overthrow the 'Dean of Dominican Elected Officials'
Nine-year congressional incumbent Adriano Espaillat is at risk of an upset from a young DSA challenger with a brand-new Mamdani endorsement. But the oppo is pouring in.
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Here's Darializa Avila Chevalier talking to @jessyedwards.bsky.social last month
Darializa Avila Chevalier Thinks She Can Overthrow the 'Dean of Dominican Elected Officials'
Nine-year congressional incumbent Adriano Espaillat is at risk of an upset from a young DSA challenger with a brand-new Mamdani endorsement. But the oppo is pouring in.
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Hasan Piker is streaming live right now with @hellgatenyc.com's Adlan Jackson from Claire Valdez's election night party in Brooklyn hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
Hell Gate Is Going Live on Primary Night (Again)
Here's how to watch our live coverage of Tuesday's results.
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Hell Gate's Jessy Edwards is broadcasting live from Darializa Avila Chevalier's election night party at Sofrito uptown: hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
Hell Gate Is Going Live on Primary Night (Again)
Here's how to watch our live coverage of Tuesday's results.
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Hell Gate just called NY-7 for Claire Valdez and Jessica González-Rojas in SD-13 hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
Hell Gate Is Going Live on Primary Night (Again)
Here's how to watch our live coverage of Tuesday's results.
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Returns are coming in and Brad Lander has won NY-10, tune in to the @hellgatenyc.com livestream for to-the-minute analysis and excellent graphics (reincarnated Brad .gifs) hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
Hell Gate Is Going Live on Primary Night (Again)
Here's how to watch our live coverage of Tuesday's results.
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I'm reporting to you live from the "control room" (my couch) of @hellgatenyc.com's primary night livestream... watch our live broadcast starting NOW! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
Hell Gate Is Going Live on Primary Night (Again)
Here's how to watch our live coverage of Tuesday's results.
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I love this voter/philosopher from @hellgatenyc.com's (ongoing!) primary day liveblog: hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...
Here are the bars that'll be showing tonight's Hell Gate Election Livestream coverage, starting at 8 p.m. Run a bar? Bartend? Friendly with the bartender? DM or email at info@hellgatenyc.com and we'll add you to the list! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...
The Hell Gate primary day liveblog is here! All leading up to tonight's big primary election livestream. I spoke with voters in Jackson Heights about an election hinging on a new casino coming to the area. Plus, got to hang with a first-time voter, Zinat. hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...
Hell Gate's NYC Primary Day 2026 Live Blog
The stakes are high and the air is muggy.
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We are BACK in the live blogging business kicking off the Primary Day 2026 Live Blog. Our first dispatch is from Jackson Heights where it's Jessica vs. Jessica for a state Senate seat. Keep refreshing this all day—we'll have updates from polling sites across NYC! hellgatenyc.com/2026-primary...
had a lovely chat with john early about "maddie's secret," which is great and also if he makes the sequel we discussed you will need to internalize the lore
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · last mo."I thought I was doing this fun, kind of melodramatic tone for me and my friends to live in," Early said, "but I immediately gave over to the emotion in it, and before I knew it I was like, 'Is this funny at all? I just fully bought in and was like, 'I love Maddie, I want to protect her.'"
Many of State Senator Jessica Ramos's Democratic peers are fed up with her and want her gone. They've lined up Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas to take her place. Can the most spiteful primary of this election succeed? We go long on the Jessica's, both good and bad.
just revisiting one of the greatest nights of my life
J Escobedo Shepherd@jawnita.bsky.social · last yr.Thank u to the man sitting next to me last night at the beyonce concert who pulled up the knicks game on his phone, they won as she floated past us in the air on a prop cadillac while singing "16 carriages," UNREAL MOMENT!
My flight got canceled. I got hit by an egg in a drive-by. I had to take trains, planes, and automobiles. But NOTHING could stop me from seeing the Knicks on Saturday night. I wrote about the greatest sports weekend I will ever have and a strange joy we all now feel. hellgatenyc.com/knicks-fans-...
Knicks Fans Messed With Texas—and Won
A canceled flight and a frozen egg would not stop me from witnessing history.
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This @maxrn.bsky.social hero's journey/missive from Texas (and Game 5!) made me laugh AND CRY
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 2mo agoAsked by the TSA agent whether they'd had a nice time in San Antonio, another Knicks fan just let out a long cackle, wiped their eyes, and said it was the best night of his life. Read our dispatch from San Antonio: