Jen Woronow 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
@thejauntycrow.bsky.social
🔹️International Security Studies
🔹️Visual Culture & Rhetoric of Conflict
🔹️Blogs & art when I feel like it
🔹️Co-Owner of Yankee Vandal Vintage
Not a war hawk or peace dove. Just a jaunty crow. (she/her)
https://thejauntycrow.substack.com/
🔹️Visual Culture & Rhetoric of Conflict
🔹️Blogs & art when I feel like it
🔹️Co-Owner of Yankee Vandal Vintage
Not a war hawk or peace dove. Just a jaunty crow. (she/her)
https://thejauntycrow.substack.com/
Pinned
About me:
- 🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇦 since 2023
- Latte Loyalist ☕
- Cat Mom 🐈
- Occasional blogger
- Out of practice artist
- Aging scenester of the spooky variety 🦇
- 🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇦 since 2023
- Latte Loyalist ☕
- Cat Mom 🐈
- Occasional blogger
- Out of practice artist
- Aging scenester of the spooky variety 🦇
AI is destroying so much, environmentally, economically, and intellectually. I may as well lean into the things I'm good at that can't be automated: Writing (that isn't soulless slop) and making physical works of art. Better than doomscrolling and hopelessness, I suppose.
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
AI is destroying so much, environmentally, economically, and intellectually. I may as well lean into the things I'm good at that can't be automated: Writing (that isn't soulless slop) and making physical works of art. Better than doomscrolling and hopelessness, I suppose.
Me 5 minutes into E33: "Could this game be more French? What do the characters fight with, a baguette?" 😄
Me 20 minutes into E33: *already emotionally devastated* 😭
#ClairObscur #Expedition33
Me 20 minutes into E33: *already emotionally devastated* 😭
#ClairObscur #Expedition33
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Me 5 minutes into E33: "Could this game be more French? What do the characters fight with, a baguette?" 😄
Me 20 minutes into E33: *already emotionally devastated* 😭
#ClairObscur #Expedition33
Me 20 minutes into E33: *already emotionally devastated* 😭
#ClairObscur #Expedition33
My new artwork combines archival photography and abstract painting to reflect how conflict reshapes terrain and erases identity.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
My new artwork combines archival photography and abstract painting to reflect how conflict reshapes terrain and erases identity.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
Oh that's just mean. 😅
publishorperish.games
publishorperish.games
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Oh that's just mean. 😅
publishorperish.games
publishorperish.games
Another new one. I suppose it must be obvious how much I love Anselm Kiefer's paintings.
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another new one. I suppose it must be obvious how much I love Anselm Kiefer's paintings.
I started with no plan—just textures and gradients.
What emerged was a meditation on war’s hidden aftermath: smoke, ash, radiation, and the scars that linger long after the guns fall silent.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
#Art #Sustainability #Aftermath #CreativeVoices
What emerged was a meditation on war’s hidden aftermath: smoke, ash, radiation, and the scars that linger long after the guns fall silent.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
#Art #Sustainability #Aftermath #CreativeVoices
The Lingering Shadows of War
Art, Memory, and Environmental Aftermath
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November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I started with no plan—just textures and gradients.
What emerged was a meditation on war’s hidden aftermath: smoke, ash, radiation, and the scars that linger long after the guns fall silent.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
#Art #Sustainability #Aftermath #CreativeVoices
What emerged was a meditation on war’s hidden aftermath: smoke, ash, radiation, and the scars that linger long after the guns fall silent.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
#Art #Sustainability #Aftermath #CreativeVoices
When a nation prioritizes "national security" (security for WHO?) above all else, anything becomes permissible. We saw this in the years following 9/11 and we're seeing it now.
This isn't security. This is state sponsored terror fueled by racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism.
This isn't security. This is state sponsored terror fueled by racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When a nation prioritizes "national security" (security for WHO?) above all else, anything becomes permissible. We saw this in the years following 9/11 and we're seeing it now.
This isn't security. This is state sponsored terror fueled by racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism.
This isn't security. This is state sponsored terror fueled by racism, xenophobia, and white nationalism.
Did you know I run a vintage clothing business with my husband, @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social? We have Vietnam, Korea, and Persian Gulf era uniforms in stock! Find out why they can be a great addition to your everyday wardrobe!
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Marching Orders for Your Closet
The Case for Military Surplus Style in a World of Fast Fashion Fatigue
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November 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Did you know I run a vintage clothing business with my husband, @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social? We have Vietnam, Korea, and Persian Gulf era uniforms in stock! Find out why they can be a great addition to your everyday wardrobe!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Oh, by the way. Every so often I actually make art and stuff.
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Oh, by the way. Every so often I actually make art and stuff.
I'm watching a mini-series about Mussolini's rise to power from 1919-1925, and it's wild. There's a scene with the Blackshirts moshing, then M stagediving and crowdsurfing.
a man sitting at a table with a reviewonrivere.com website displayed
ALT: a man sitting at a table with a reviewonrivere.com website displayed
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November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I'm watching a mini-series about Mussolini's rise to power from 1919-1925, and it's wild. There's a scene with the Blackshirts moshing, then M stagediving and crowdsurfing.
Imagine if every disappearance caused by US immigration enforcement was marked with flowers, photos, and grief. How many memorials would line our streets?
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What If We Memorialized Every ICE Detention?
A Reflection on Immigration, Loss, and Resistance Memorializing the missing feels deeply appropriate for what’s happening in the U.S. right now. Memorials honour the dead, but they also commemorate wh...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Imagine if every disappearance caused by US immigration enforcement was marked with flowers, photos, and grief. How many memorials would line our streets?
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
What happens when government recruitment borrows the brushstrokes of nostalgia to paint exclusion as a form of patriotism? The US government’s latest ads promote a wholesome veneer, but within these sentimental scenes lie a dangerous myth about who belongs.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
Make America White Again? ICE Recruitment and the Weaponization of Nostalgia
Mass Deportation and the Imagined Past. What happens when government recruitment borrows the brushstrokes of nostalgia to paint exclusion as a form of patriotism? The US government’s latest ads promot...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What happens when government recruitment borrows the brushstrokes of nostalgia to paint exclusion as a form of patriotism? The US government’s latest ads promote a wholesome veneer, but within these sentimental scenes lie a dangerous myth about who belongs.
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
open.substack.com/pub/thejaunt...
@tattooedhistorian.bsky.social and I started a blog for our small business, Yankee Vandal Vintage.
Meet John: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-john-...
Meet Jen: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-jen-w...
Pictured below: Jen's interpretation of the movie "Beyond the Black Rainbow"
Meet John: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-john-...
Meet Jen: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-jen-w...
Pictured below: Jen's interpretation of the movie "Beyond the Black Rainbow"
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@tattooedhistorian.bsky.social and I started a blog for our small business, Yankee Vandal Vintage.
Meet John: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-john-...
Meet Jen: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-jen-w...
Pictured below: Jen's interpretation of the movie "Beyond the Black Rainbow"
Meet John: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-john-...
Meet Jen: yankeevandalvintage.substack.com/p/meet-jen-w...
Pictured below: Jen's interpretation of the movie "Beyond the Black Rainbow"
In case the world feels like too much and you're questioning if anything matters anymore:
"It wasn't meaningless as long as you, yourself, believe it wasn't meaningless. After all, that's why I've continued to exist."
(I post far too many #Xenosaga references.)
"It wasn't meaningless as long as you, yourself, believe it wasn't meaningless. After all, that's why I've continued to exist."
(I post far too many #Xenosaga references.)
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In case the world feels like too much and you're questioning if anything matters anymore:
"It wasn't meaningless as long as you, yourself, believe it wasn't meaningless. After all, that's why I've continued to exist."
(I post far too many #Xenosaga references.)
"It wasn't meaningless as long as you, yourself, believe it wasn't meaningless. After all, that's why I've continued to exist."
(I post far too many #Xenosaga references.)
If you need something humiliating to yell at ICE:
"Is that costume your gender affirming care or does Daddy just like it when you dress up for him?"
You're welcome.
"Is that costume your gender affirming care or does Daddy just like it when you dress up for him?"
You're welcome.
October 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you need something humiliating to yell at ICE:
"Is that costume your gender affirming care or does Daddy just like it when you dress up for him?"
You're welcome.
"Is that costume your gender affirming care or does Daddy just like it when you dress up for him?"
You're welcome.
If your nation cannot even provide basic human necessities, than it cannot achieve any meaningful state of national security.
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If your nation cannot even provide basic human necessities, than it cannot achieve any meaningful state of national security.
"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my [paper]. So [cite] me, maybe?"
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my [paper]. So [cite] me, maybe?"
Systems often treat people as problems to be fixed rather than as individuals to be understood. If fiction can spark empathy, maybe it can help bridge the divide between civilians and #veterans.
#Xenosaga #MentalHealth
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#Xenosaga #MentalHealth
thejauntycrow.substack.com/p/how-a-sci-...
How a Sci-Fi Role Playing Game Became the Most Honest Portrait of a Veteran's Mind
The tragic arc of a video game character explores survivor’s guilt, identity loss, and the power of shared experience. If fiction can spark empathy, maybe it can help bridge the divide between civilia...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Systems often treat people as problems to be fixed rather than as individuals to be understood. If fiction can spark empathy, maybe it can help bridge the divide between civilians and #veterans.
#Xenosaga #MentalHealth
thejauntycrow.substack.com/p/how-a-sci-...
#Xenosaga #MentalHealth
thejauntycrow.substack.com/p/how-a-sci-...
Reposted by Jen Woronow 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
👕 What happens when fashion goes extremist?
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👕 What happens when fashion goes extremist?
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
Join Bellingcat’s @colborne.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide as they trace far-right brands, symbols & the people behind them, Thursday at 5pm CEST/11am EDT.
Ask your own questions live: discord.gg/hSRQ9RpQ?eve...
I'm not sure if I should be embarrassed or inspired (maybe both?) that I've gotten this far in my life and am only now learning about Nietzsche's philosophy from ResonantArc's analysis of a 20+ year old JRPG. #xenosaga
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a projector screen .
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October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm not sure if I should be embarrassed or inspired (maybe both?) that I've gotten this far in my life and am only now learning about Nietzsche's philosophy from ResonantArc's analysis of a 20+ year old JRPG. #xenosaga
I renamed my blog "No Fighting in the War Room," and if you know me, this should come as absolutely no surprise.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I renamed my blog "No Fighting in the War Room," and if you know me, this should come as absolutely no surprise.
Reposted by Jen Woronow 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈
I'll never forget recreating some of the work of the US Army Graves Registration men at a WW2 event and having a re-enactor come up and say "You're ruining my weekend." That led to discussions with others about our responsibilities in studying conflict.
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📚Call for Chapters! Ethics in Conflict Studies
It's time to consider our engagement with narratives of hostility
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October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'll never forget recreating some of the work of the US Army Graves Registration men at a WW2 event and having a re-enactor come up and say "You're ruining my weekend." That led to discussions with others about our responsibilities in studying conflict.
open.substack.com/pub/thetatto...
open.substack.com/pub/thetatto...
"America has NEVER been antifascist. It has always been a fascist nation. And the merch I’m seeing floating around is just another example of white liberal politics, because one thing y’all will do is make merch before you make a plan.”
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The Original Antifa?
Decentering Whiteness in America’s Fascist Mythmaking
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October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"America has NEVER been antifascist. It has always been a fascist nation. And the merch I’m seeing floating around is just another example of white liberal politics, because one thing y’all will do is make merch before you make a plan.”
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