Jenna Park
@jennapark.bsky.social
Recovering UX/product designer. Artist, writer, mom, Gen X New Yorker. Mostly here for politics. Blogging since 2000, I now write a weekly newsletter at jennapark.substack.com
"there’s a crack forming in the system of patriarchal abuse, that what you are starting to witness is a fraying of our social order. That what was once quietly circulating in elite circles under layers of secrecy is now a giant house of cards ready to collapse." My god, I hope this is coming true.
It probably happened to you too
Complicity as infrastructure. Every woman has a story.
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He likes to be charmed and he likes winners. Mamdani is very charming—he totally charmed him today. Still, it was bizarre. Can't wait to see this cold open on SNL this weekend.
Thinking of Virginia Giuffre today. We all should be. It's heartbreaking that she's not here.
An American Muslim immigrant is now the mayor of NYC. A huge win for the people and a big fuck you to all the billionaires who tried to stop him. I love my city! 🎉💙🎉
This is sad and all too suspicious. Teen Vogue had some of the best political journalism in a sea of journalism lacking moral clarity.
Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 11mo agoI was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
One of my favorite things about Halloween in NYC. Diane Keaton, I see you doing the Thriller dance back there. Halloween this year felt special. One night to get our minds off *waves arms around* all this. Pure fun and joy.
Thriller Dance Halloween Parade 2025 New York
YouTube video by Good Morning New York
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As always, Jenna Park, on point. Follow her if you aren't yet. And then subscribe to her newsletter! She's terrific.
Jenna Park@jennapark.bsky.social · 11mo agoWe used to own things, but subscribe to them instead. This model of convenience over ownership benefits corporations who own our data. What’s insidious about a subscription society is the marketing of an illusion of infinite choice, but how much convenience are you willing to trade for dependence?
We used to own things, but subscribe to them instead. This model of convenience over ownership benefits corporations who own our data. What’s insidious about a subscription society is the marketing of an illusion of infinite choice, but how much convenience are you willing to trade for dependence?
America is one big subscription service
We used to own things, but now we subscribe to them instead.
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Please donate to your local food bank. It's really unfathomable that in a few days time, SNAP benefits will run out and millions to go hungry. This government doesn't take care of its own, so what is left to do but for communities to look out for each other?
The fact that an influencer gets the American flag flown at half-staff while an elected government official does not is a pretty accurate snapshot of America right now.
This is an absolute shit show of a day in America. I don't wish gun violence on anyone, not even that guy. Who do we want to be as a country? Not this.
This is just going to erode trust from the S. Korean govt after pledging $150B investments in the US. Why would any company want to build here. He wants to bring manufacturing to the US but then pulls this shit where workers are chained & shackled? They should pull out—foreign employees are at risk.
US Hyundai raid: South Korea vows support for citizens detained by ICE
US immigration officials detained 475 workers on Thursday - most of them South Korean nationals - saying they were working illegally.
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I did not know that survivors of Epstein and Maxwell's abuse are speaking out today until I read Jenna's piece here. Spotlight needs to be solely on them until the Trump administration quits being cowardly and releases everything relevant to the investigation. jennapark.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We need to believe them
The symphony of cicadas, the silencing of women, and the muse of Manhattan.
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Jenna Park@jennapark.bsky.social · last yr.Today, I stand with the Epstein survivors. We need to listen to these women. We need to believe them. Not Ghislaine Maxwell, not Speaker Johnson or Nancy Mace, and not the president. They've been silenced for decades and need our support as they stand at the Capital steps and tell their stories.
Today, I stand with the Epstein survivors. We need to listen to these women. We need to believe them. Not Ghislaine Maxwell, not Speaker Johnson or Nancy Mace, and not the president. They've been silenced for decades and need our support as they stand at the Capital steps and tell their stories.
In America, we don't protect our children. Not from pedophiles or rapists, and not from guns. Today, Minneapolis, and the school year has just begun.💔
Every once in a while I miss being an active designer in a community where we critique the shit out of a rebrand. Holy hell this is bad. Kerning that makes it look like a feminist mag, the flag shape, lines in the tagline that read like navigation. This is supposed to look like a source we trust?
It's absolutely mind boggling that only 1000 new jobs were added in NYC in the first half of the year. This is compared to 66,000 jobs the same time last year. You can feel the slowdown in tourism in the city too. This is only the beginning of the fallout of his nonsense policies. It's coming.
“There is no science without fancy, and no art without facts.” We’ve been conditioned to think there's a rift between artistic intuition and scientific reasoning but they're interconnected and rooted in observation and inquiry. Art and science are just different expressions of how we see the world.
What Nabokov’s butterflies can teach us about science and art
Butterflies, biomaterial experiments, and why the Liberal Arts matter again.
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Lawyers trying to paint Ghislaine Maxwell a victim and a scapegoat who's been treated unfairly and living under terrible conditions is such a slap in the face to survivor victims.
Caught in the middle of this Epstein file drama are the survivor victims who are reliving their trauma in the news every single day. Children were raped. Powerful people covered it up. Multiple victims have already sued the FBI for failing to protect them. Why do we always protect the wrong people?
It's gonna be weird not seeing the Late Show marquee at the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway after next May. This wasn't "purely financial," this is about media control. Hope Colbert goes scorched earth in the next 10 months. CBS doesn't deserve his show & I'm sorry for the 200 people out of a job.
Overheard in Seattle: a mom explaining to her elementary school-aged kid how Mamdani won the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor but that Cuomo might still run as an independent. 3,000 miles away and it really is the summer of Zohran.
Rich men get away with the worst shit. Full stop. And it's a signal to other men that they might be able to get away with it too. But they're still abusive assholes.
I know it's like a million degrees out in NYC, but if you are physically able in this heat, PLEASE VOTE in the mayoral primary!
Sometimes it feels trivial to write and send newsletters when the world is burning. But humans are not meant to live as digitally-herded entities and many of us are longing for more human experiences. If it has to be done through the glass of a machine, let’s figure out how to make it more human.
What makes a newsletter worth reading?
Notes on being more human through our screens.
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Brooklyn holding it down for a No Kings rally and Brooklyn Pride fest, despite the rainy weather. Vibes are good out there today!
All eyes on L.A. tonight. Stay safe, everyone. And thank you for standing up for what's right and humane.
The most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. These are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are.
