Saeed Jones
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Also, I teach creative writing at Harvard Medical School.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World, The People’s Project.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Took my class to a tiki bar to celebrate the end of the semester! Forgot my ID, got carded, had to drink a mocktail, lol. It was tasty tho!
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Took my class to a tiki bar to celebrate the end of the semester! Forgot my ID, got carded, had to drink a mocktail, lol. It was tasty tho!
The question was “if your husband died while cheating on you, what would do with his ashes?” I said “make his mistress eat the ashes.” my friend thought I was crazy.
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The question was “if your husband died while cheating on you, what would do with his ashes?” I said “make his mistress eat the ashes.” my friend thought I was crazy.
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all.
Recently on VIBE CHECK, I learned that Toni Braxton is married to Birdman and I received this news in a very calm way.
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Recently on VIBE CHECK, I learned that Toni Braxton is married to Birdman and I received this news in a very calm way.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
Being hungover in Mexico City after going to a gay rave on the Day of the Dead is so chic. It was in a former women’s prison. 10/10.
November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Being hungover in Mexico City after going to a gay rave on the Day of the Dead is so chic. It was in a former women’s prison. 10/10.
Every Wednesday, I live in fear of the memes our intern comes up with for VIBE CHECK. She’s hilarious and diabolical. Anyway:
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Every Wednesday, I live in fear of the memes our intern comes up with for VIBE CHECK. She’s hilarious and diabolical. Anyway:
Keri Russell is coming for that Emmy. #TheDiplomat
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Keri Russell is coming for that Emmy. #TheDiplomat
It was such an honor to give the keynote at the Decatur Book Festival last night. Thank you and thank you and thank you to contributors Victoria Chang and Aruni Kashyap for helping me bring THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT to live. And big love to everyone who joined us.
October 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It was such an honor to give the keynote at the Decatur Book Festival last night. Thank you and thank you and thank you to contributors Victoria Chang and Aruni Kashyap for helping me bring THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT to live. And big love to everyone who joined us.
Am I tripping or are airports starting to incorporate “chic” hostile architecture into their redesigns?
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Am I tripping or are airports starting to incorporate “chic” hostile architecture into their redesigns?
A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.
Columbus showed up and showed out for the launch of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT. We love y’all so much! Now it’s on to New York… and then Boston… and then Burlington and then… and then… 💙
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Columbus showed up and showed out for the launch of THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT. We love y’all so much! Now it’s on to New York… and then Boston… and then Burlington and then… and then… 💙
HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
HEHEHEHEHEHE!! I LOVE THESE WEIRDOS!! I FEAR THEM, BUT I LOVE THEM!!!
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont made this incredible storefront display for THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and I will be there in person on 9/13 for an event with @alexanderchee.bsky.social and we’re so excited!!!!
Anyway, stream “Operation Fortune.” Y’all are welcome.
September 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Anyway, stream “Operation Fortune.” Y’all are welcome.
I’m watching “Zodiac” for the first time — it’s very good — but I just clocked an old fashioned soda vending machine in this scene and it triggered a memory. They had one of these at my first barbershop in Memphis! I loved it so much! I was like five years old and obsessed with it.
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m watching “Zodiac” for the first time — it’s very good — but I just clocked an old fashioned soda vending machine in this scene and it triggered a memory. They had one of these at my first barbershop in Memphis! I loved it so much! I was like five years old and obsessed with it.
Thus far, every episode of #Peacemaker this season has featured a hot guy in his underwear.
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thus far, every episode of #Peacemaker this season has featured a hot guy in his underwear.
An… interesting post-script:
August 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
An… interesting post-script:
““This idea that Republicans hate gays, that’s just so not the case, as clearly evidenced by all of us,” Mr. Flores said, referring to all of his gay friends who moved to Washington to work for Mr. Trump. “We’re so over it. We just want to help the country.””
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
““This idea that Republicans hate gays, that’s just so not the case, as clearly evidenced by all of us,” Mr. Flores said, referring to all of his gay friends who moved to Washington to work for Mr. Trump. “We’re so over it. We just want to help the country.””