Jessica Shortall

@jessicashortall

Twin Cities MN

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Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

Old @owensdamien tweet: "I'm 50. All celebrity news looks like this: 'CURTAINS FOR ZOOSHA? K-SMOG AND BATBOY CAUGHT FLIPPING A GRUNT'" - QT'ing an @SBNation tweet that reads "Is Baby Gronk the new Drip King, or is he just getting rizzed up by Livvy?"

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

this is, frankly, creepy.

"Moderate exercise supports fertility and mental well-being far more reliably than does the high-intensity, elite model of sports, which, as science shows, produces Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) and elevated rates of menstrual disruption in many top-notch female athletes. Between 26 percent and nearly 50 percent of women who exercise"

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

I'm going to have a stroke. "scholarships...are hardly the main concerns for most female athletes"??? "Trans girls are going to take your daughter's athletic scholarship" has been one of the core arguments to parents to oppose trans kids' participation in youth sports.

"History and the nature-denying extremism of today’s Title IX enforcement compel us to consider basic questions: What goods do women themselves get from sports and physical activity? What goods do men get? What goods does society derive from women’s participation? From male participation? Podiums, scholarships, or the cultivation of a conquering spirit are hardly the main concerns for most female athletes. Much less of a concern is having a career in professional sports."

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

Oh yeah, guess what, I was right. Sports are too aggressive for girls and teach them that they are strong and can be "less deferential" (he doesn't say less deferential TO WHOM but the answer can only be: To men. To husbands.)

"For leading feminists inspired by thinkers like Beauvoir and others, expanding competitive sports for women was never merely about fairness or “opportunity.” Promoting assertive athletics formed a core element of a broader project to remake female character itself—producing a new woman who would be more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces."

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

Please someone explain to me like I'm five how this new approach to women's sports (not requiring parity with men's sports in terms of opportunity) serves the "broader good" of "family." Because that sure sounds like closing doors to women in sports so they can get married and have babies?

"A better approach is possible. By unwinding our current regime and accommodating real sex differences, public institutions can expand genuine opportunity for women, improve lifelong habits of participation for women and men, and serve the broader goods of health, family, and human flourishing. True equality under Title IX requires policies that are grounded in human nature, not a world without sexual difference."

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· 29d

Look who is actually anti-women's sports You're never going to be able to guess it on your own You will def never guess it's the people who have been SAVING WOMEN'S SPORTS from approximately 28 trans girls nationwide. www.heritage.org/gender/repor...

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 11

The Norwegian goal scorer rn

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 8

This woman has been the subject of three NYT pieces in 2025-26

screenshots of three NYT articles featuring Emma Waters of Heritage Foundation, two of which were written by Caroline Kitchener

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 7

Bro the Belgium jersey is a multi layered homage to René Magritte and nobody told me???

Bubbles on jersey and bubbles in Magritte painting

Woman on horse behind trees and stripes on Jersey

Inside neck of jersey reads “Ceci n’est pas un maillot” ???!!!

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 7

Live look, USMNT has taken off its shoes and one of its socks

Announcer: That’s 72 unforced errors for Richie Tenenbaum. He’s playing the worst tennis of his life. What’s he feeling, Tex Hayward?
Tex Hayward: I don’t know, Jim, there’s obviously something wrong with him. He’s taken off his shoes and one of his socks and. . .actually, I think he’s crying.

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Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 1

My friend here watches it all. He’s seen a lot. I think he thinks we will make it through.

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 1

Reflecting pool

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 1

The Lincoln memorial needs nothing at all to make it more special, but the sunset pitched in anyway

Lincoln Memorial with the sunset behind it

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 1

This is the view as you walk along the mall past all the Smithsonian museums

Sidewalk blocked off by plastic barriers and fencing covered with freedom 250 fabric

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jul 1

Our national celebration on the mall, through a fence because my work bag is too big for me to get past security.

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Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 23

Got em

Venmo notification that a Facebook privacy litigation settlement has paid me $5.29

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 22

favorite* part of my job is when political groups scrape my email and sign me up for shit like this

Right now, millions of illegal aliens are invading our country and crossing our borders. Some are even giving birth to "anchor babies" on American soil, taking advantage of a citizenship granting amendment to our Constitution.

Where do you stand? Do you support birthright citizenship?

VOTE YES: END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
VOTE NO: KEEP BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
The Supreme Court has the power to step in and END Birthright Citizenship for the children of illegal aliens once and for all.

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 22

Henry's face here is so funny I think the kids call this mogging

Thierry Henry celebrating smoking Lalas with a funny look to the camera

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 22

Alexi Lalas is the kind of guy who doesn’t try when he knows he’s outmatched because he thinks he can pretend that getting casually smoked like this was just because he couldn’t be bothered.

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 20

It’s time to get re-trained as an election judge / poll worker. I cannot imagine how much harder the job of running elections has become. Our trainer is excellent at setting expectations and affirming that we are how democracy works, regardless of our personal opinions.

Booklet with election judge training materials. Features state of Minnesota image with American flag overlaid.

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 19

In America, people with HIV are more likely to die from smoking than from causes related to HIV itself. Yesterday I was lucky to host two experts who broke down why, and what healthcare and public health folks can do about it, with compassion and pragmatism. www.rstreet.org/events/hiv-a...

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 14

Coastal elites gonna coastal elite, even when they think they’re complimenting you. He’s right on “freezing” (not right now - it’s gorgeous) and usually right on “pragmatic.” Everything else is just lazy, broad-brush invention

“A major new study finds that the number one state in quality of life is Minnesota. Yes, just a bit boring Minnesota. Freezing Minnesota. Calm, pragmatic, not very ideological Minnesota.” - Nick Kristof

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 13

This dog is actually perfect

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 11

If you’re going to spend your evening reading about methadone, it might as well be someplace like this

Lake Minnetonka, sun setting, clouds scuttling across the blue sky, grass dotted with clover

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 11

If you drag a $100 bill through my TL this is what you’ll get

Jessica Shortall@jessicashortall· Jun 9

what do you think it's like to process thoughts in this way