Indie Author... Burgeoning Video Essayist. Proud member of the Friendslop 24.
Semi-frequent contributor for Unwinnable.com

@jhensliterature.bsky.social
Indie Author... Burgeoning Video Essayist. Proud member of the Friendslop 24.
Semi-frequent contributor for Unwinnable.com
You know, for what it's worth, I am always surprised when someone comments that one of my pieces was insightful or resonant with them - I always have the impulse that I'm yelling at windmills when I start on a topic
he's so very sorry (but his wallet isn't!!!!) You know, I can't say for sure because it didn't happen, but if he'd stood up like a man and admitted it and talked about it openly and with some proper shame I might have forgiven him enough to still call him an inspiration. Now? I know what he is.
This week: labour, genre, physical media, and something called "CeX":
critical-distance.com/2026/10/11/o...
Increasingly the longer he goes without saying anything anywhere but here it looks like he actually said "yeah so what, I did it, what are you gonna do about it" with the confidence of a shithead who knows the answer is "nothing meaningful"
hey hey cigs arent for smoking theyre for putting out on girls who ask nicely
ICYMI: "I’ve worked a number of miserable jobs, and I’ve seen people resign themselves to the banality of thoughtless, unengaging labor for its own sake."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social on working to live vs. living to work: buff.ly/0ZE5Gzl
thank you so much <3
I gave a talk at IndieCade East 2013 (tragically not recorded) about the connection between musical theater and games. It was mostly about No More Heroes and Sondheim, comparing the way NMH uses boring bullshit minigames to further narrative to how strong harmonic dissonance can express character.
"I’ve worked a number of miserable jobs, and I’ve seen people resign themselves to the banality of thoughtless, unengaging labor for its own sake."
@jhensliterature.bsky.social on working to live vs. living to work: buff.ly/0ZE5Gzl
Hire trans people, support trans people, let trans people thrive.
New article up, where I talk about No More Heroes's dogshit minigames and why Travis Touchdown ought to stay a chud: unwinnable.com/2026/10/07/n...
I have such a bad habit of channeling my most comical 1950s smoker voice when someone tries shit with me
Thank you so much for this. I've been wrestling with so many of the same feelings. I feel more human reading this.
oh my GOD I think this means you made it dude. True hero in my book <3
LMFAO ur putting me on blast like this, whoa kinda close... Lizz is buffer I think and Alison is darker-skinned, in my head, but yeag
Consider The Woodchipper by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social
CW: sexual assault, rape
"Let me be clear: you are not a victim of what Geller did."
Read on:
I LOVE INJECTING MYSELF WITH CHEMICALS I LOVE SHAPING MY BODY UNDER MY OWN LOVING HAND
be kind to yourself. and to me. you should be extremely kind to me. you should buy me treats.
The Geller news is heartbreaking. Learning of these crimes always is. Rather than listen to a perpetrator, I recommend reading Nathalie Lawhead‘s important account of outing a rapist and games media‘s subsequent betrayal of her bravery. It must have been so heavy to write. Justice for survivors.
Die a writer or live long enough to edit a video essay.