Rebecca Bodenheimer
@rmbodenheimer.bsky.social
Freelance writer & cultural critic with a PhD in ethnomusicology
Host of The Clave Chronicles, a Cuban music podcast
she/her, bilingüe, fat, 🏳️🌈 , Oaktown
Hire me: [email protected]
https://rmbodenheimer.com
Host of The Clave Chronicles, a Cuban music podcast
she/her, bilingüe, fat, 🏳️🌈 , Oaktown
Hire me: [email protected]
https://rmbodenheimer.com
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Hey all!
I'm a freelance writer & editor with a PhD in ethnomusicology.
I write about music (Cuban/Latin/Caribbean, hip hop), TV, film, Cuba, parenting & fat representation. I host a podcast about Cuban music (see bio)
I’m also a mom, bi, Bay Area native, bilingüe, foodie, dancer, & Niners fan
I'm a freelance writer & editor with a PhD in ethnomusicology.
I write about music (Cuban/Latin/Caribbean, hip hop), TV, film, Cuba, parenting & fat representation. I host a podcast about Cuban music (see bio)
I’m also a mom, bi, Bay Area native, bilingüe, foodie, dancer, & Niners fan
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Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now only did White House pool reporters not stick up for their colleague who Trump repeatedly called “stupid” but you can hear them thanking Trump a few minutes later after he ended the Q&A. Sad stuff.
Drag Hegseth's ass to the Hague
(i very much know this will not happen)
(i very much know this will not happen)
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Drag Hegseth's ass to the Hague
(i very much know this will not happen)
(i very much know this will not happen)
fucking hell - only the good die young
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
fucking hell - only the good die young
FYI this is a root veggie found in Cuba, Brazil and other Afro-diasporic countries. In Cuba it’s called ñame.
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
FYI this is a root veggie found in Cuba, Brazil and other Afro-diasporic countries. In Cuba it’s called ñame.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Formation 🐝
Aterciopelados
Janelle Monae
Madonna Blond Ambition
OutKast circa 2000
Formation 🐝
Aterciopelados
Janelle Monae
Madonna Blond Ambition
OutKast circa 2000
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
Muse
N'Sync
Ray LaMontagne
Bush
Wynton Marsalis
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Eliott Smith
Juana Molina
Moldy Peaches
Camper Van Beethoven
Gillian Welch
Eliott Smith
Juana Molina
Moldy Peaches
Camper Van Beethoven
Gillian Welch
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Formation 🐝
Aterciopelados
Janelle Monae
Madonna Blond Ambition
OutKast circa 2000
Formation 🐝
Aterciopelados
Janelle Monae
Madonna Blond Ambition
OutKast circa 2000
I watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) for the first time last night. As an SF native I should be ashamed lol
I was not prepared for how crucial an influence it was for Pluribus (and many other sci-fi projects of course).
Also I don’t believe we really gave Donald Sutherland his flowers.
I was not prepared for how crucial an influence it was for Pluribus (and many other sci-fi projects of course).
Also I don’t believe we really gave Donald Sutherland his flowers.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) for the first time last night. As an SF native I should be ashamed lol
I was not prepared for how crucial an influence it was for Pluribus (and many other sci-fi projects of course).
Also I don’t believe we really gave Donald Sutherland his flowers.
I was not prepared for how crucial an influence it was for Pluribus (and many other sci-fi projects of course).
Also I don’t believe we really gave Donald Sutherland his flowers.
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I'll go above and beyond this ridiculous bullshit.
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
thank you for putting a wide variety of $600+ items on your holiday gift guides. I never know how to spend my gift budget of $600+ per person
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'll go above and beyond this ridiculous bullshit.
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
Reposted by Rebecca Bodenheimer
Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thanksgiving Conversation Devolves Into Just Stating Things Dog Is Currently Doing https://theonion.com/thanksgiving-conversation-devolves-into-just-stating-th-1840069525/
Oh man Cuba really needs this - there are multiple mosquito-borne illnesses that have reached epidemic level on the island rn, including dengue
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Oh man Cuba really needs this - there are multiple mosquito-borne illnesses that have reached epidemic level on the island rn, including dengue
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A 🧵 of my kids helping me prepare the thanksgiving turkey, 2014-2024
You’re welcome ☺️
You’re welcome ☺️
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A 🧵 of my kids helping me prepare the thanksgiving turkey, 2014-2024
You’re welcome ☺️
You’re welcome ☺️
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Oh FFS
Another invented moral panic
Another invented moral panic
Who, pray tell, is worshipping the liberal arts? Where is the mythical university alluded to here where STEM and business courses are criticized and somehow disincentivized by those in power?
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Oh FFS
Another invented moral panic
Another invented moral panic
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Classic dinner convo:
"Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
"Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Classic dinner convo:
"Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
"Let me understand, you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A 🧵 of my kids helping me prepare the thanksgiving turkey, 2014-2024
You’re welcome ☺️
You’re welcome ☺️
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A 🧵 of my kids helping me prepare the thanksgiving turkey, 2014-2024
You’re welcome ☺️
You’re welcome ☺️
"Everybody has an origin story, and all these people in power have been rejected by polite society. There are 2 ways to handle that: you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian. Most of them chose the second" 💯 @bencollins.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Everybody has an origin story, and all these people in power have been rejected by polite society. There are 2 ways to handle that: you can reform and be a better person and look inward, or you can go and become a full fascist authoritarian. Most of them chose the second" 💯 @bencollins.bsky.social
Rock is not my area of expertise but I am VERY pleasantly surprised that @billboard.com included two Spanish-language rock bands: Cafe Tacuba and Maná
My personal fave in rock en español is Aterciopelados, but I recognize how iconic the other two are
My personal fave in rock en español is Aterciopelados, but I recognize how iconic the other two are
@billboard.com magazine’s TOP 50 ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME or “SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE COUNTRY TO FIGHT ABOUT." Sound off!
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Rock is not my area of expertise but I am VERY pleasantly surprised that @billboard.com included two Spanish-language rock bands: Cafe Tacuba and Maná
My personal fave in rock en español is Aterciopelados, but I recognize how iconic the other two are
My personal fave in rock en español is Aterciopelados, but I recognize how iconic the other two are
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
fuuuuuckkkkkk this disgusting selfish POS forever.
I wish I believed hell was real cuz I need him to suffer in the afterlife
I wish I believed hell was real cuz I need him to suffer in the afterlife
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
fuuuuuckkkkkk this disgusting selfish POS forever.
I wish I believed hell was real cuz I need him to suffer in the afterlife
I wish I believed hell was real cuz I need him to suffer in the afterlife
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
I'll go above and beyond this ridiculous bullshit.
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
thank you for putting a wide variety of $600+ items on your holiday gift guides. I never know how to spend my gift budget of $600+ per person
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'll go above and beyond this ridiculous bullshit.
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
FUCK YOUR GIFT GUIDES
I hate gift guides. Why would I buy something you recommend when we don't even know each other & you don't know the people I'm gifting to?
Plus, why are you trying to get ppl to buy more when capitalism is destroying the world?
Reposted by Rebecca Bodenheimer
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷