Jett Allen
@jettdraws.bsky.social
Cartoonist and film PhD dropout who won't shut up
https://jettdraws.substack.com/
https://jettdraws.substack.com/
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A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
Two old men are sitting at a bar in Maryland. One turns to the other and says, "have you seen that show pluribus? It's crazy."
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Two old men are sitting at a bar in Maryland. One turns to the other and says, "have you seen that show pluribus? It's crazy."
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My love language is reading the phrase "love language", looking it up, discovering it's some American Christian thing, saying aloud "who am I, Billy Graham?" and watching the movie "Ronin" (1998, Directed by John Frankenhiemer) instead.
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
My love language is reading the phrase "love language", looking it up, discovering it's some American Christian thing, saying aloud "who am I, Billy Graham?" and watching the movie "Ronin" (1998, Directed by John Frankenhiemer) instead.
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LOS ANGELES: ICE is prowling Silverlake & the hills
![Text from a friend of mine:
“[Other friend] was walking her dogs a block from her house in Silverlake and ice rolled up and took two gardeners
They are going up in the hills and nabbing people. Warn your neighbors!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kba5ra5zizxsey2nq4pwnove/bafkreigqz4iwnoilpik6eghhzgw2qhftw6dd3spcjhnsk5b7g5t6xih5je@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
LOS ANGELES: ICE is prowling Silverlake & the hills
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The thing about being a trans woman is that there's literally nothing you can do to keep scary people from hating you and wanting you to die. You might as well be a completely authentic freak pervert, because no matter how polite and withdrawn you are they will hate you anyway.
December 11, 2024 at 7:20 AM
The thing about being a trans woman is that there's literally nothing you can do to keep scary people from hating you and wanting you to die. You might as well be a completely authentic freak pervert, because no matter how polite and withdrawn you are they will hate you anyway.
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Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.
January 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.
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Our government functions like a rich nuclear family with an abusive dad. You don’t even have to look too deeply to see it. It’s After-School Special shit.
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Our government functions like a rich nuclear family with an abusive dad. You don’t even have to look too deeply to see it. It’s After-School Special shit.
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TODAY on @theflytrapmedia.com, and unpaywalled for all, I'm talking about algospeak, cuteification, and the implications of softening language about hard things.
Algospeak Will Be the Unaliving of Me
Maybe we want to bare our teeth.
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
TODAY on @theflytrapmedia.com, and unpaywalled for all, I'm talking about algospeak, cuteification, and the implications of softening language about hard things.
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
Seems like a miracle to see this published in a major outlet. Thank you @emotrophywife.bsky.social
For @newyorker.com I wrote about the censorship of trans art. I spoke to many of my favorite artists from Puppies Puppies to Creighton Baxter, thought about strategic opacity, Amy Sherald, and whether or not we have had great trans artists.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The War on Trans Art
Politics and aesthetics have an uneasy alliance. Too often, trans expression is on the losing end.
www.newyorker.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Seems like a miracle to see this published in a major outlet. Thank you @emotrophywife.bsky.social
Wow I've always hated Dennis the Menace. This makes a lot of sense.
Who's the worst cartoon character?
I vote Henry, the dad from Dennis the Menace. He's a mask deliberately invented to whitewash the identity of his creator, Hank Ketcham, one of the worst men to ever make comics.
It's gonna take a thread.
I vote Henry, the dad from Dennis the Menace. He's a mask deliberately invented to whitewash the identity of his creator, Hank Ketcham, one of the worst men to ever make comics.
It's gonna take a thread.
September 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Wow I've always hated Dennis the Menace. This makes a lot of sense.
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“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:
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The crackdown on Netflix password sharing has created a rift in my family. My mom is now accusing me of stealing the Netflix account from her.
July 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The crackdown on Netflix password sharing has created a rift in my family. My mom is now accusing me of stealing the Netflix account from her.
It's sad that all these ai guys are not living up to their potential as mediocre guitar guys
June 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
It's sad that all these ai guys are not living up to their potential as mediocre guitar guys
I think I enjoy And Just Like That because it completely warps the nostalgia-tinted and sparkly world of the original series. Yes, let's see Aiden living a suburban dad nightmare!
June 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I think I enjoy And Just Like That because it completely warps the nostalgia-tinted and sparkly world of the original series. Yes, let's see Aiden living a suburban dad nightmare!
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GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS GOOD, not because it's lifesaving (though like abortion, it can be), but because it's a matter of bodily autonomy and bodily autonomy is a human right.
The state will never own what I can and cannot do with my own body.
The state will never own what I can and cannot do with my own body.
June 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
GENDER AFFIRMING CARE IS GOOD, not because it's lifesaving (though like abortion, it can be), but because it's a matter of bodily autonomy and bodily autonomy is a human right.
The state will never own what I can and cannot do with my own body.
The state will never own what I can and cannot do with my own body.
There were more people at dyke day la last weekend
June 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
There were more people at dyke day la last weekend
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when I got my academic job, my friend @jettdraws.bsky.social made me this little reminder. I taped it to the monitor of my computer in my new office, where it stayed for nine years. now I have relocated it to my home office for the next weird phase of my career
June 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
when I got my academic job, my friend @jettdraws.bsky.social made me this little reminder. I taped it to the monitor of my computer in my new office, where it stayed for nine years. now I have relocated it to my home office for the next weird phase of my career
every day I'm battling my own demons. It's called choosing to work on a memoir while the world is ending.
May 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
every day I'm battling my own demons. It's called choosing to work on a memoir while the world is ending.
Getting therapy today (getting another tattoo)
May 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Getting therapy today (getting another tattoo)
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The Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, is available to rent and screen at nootherland.com from now until May 9.
All of the proceeds will support the Masafer Yatta communities featured in the documentary.
All of the proceeds will support the Masafer Yatta communities featured in the documentary.
April 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, is available to rent and screen at nootherland.com from now until May 9.
All of the proceeds will support the Masafer Yatta communities featured in the documentary.
All of the proceeds will support the Masafer Yatta communities featured in the documentary.