Archive - Aca.Journo.Fangirl.Other.

Arms length, small talk and then some company

Or, using Sam Fender's 'People Watching' to think about community, vulnerability and friendship

May 2 •

Jenessa Williams

January 2025

Things I Read in 2024

And some general ramblings about where I'm at in 2025.

Jan 5 •

Jenessa Williams

May 2024

Stans, music reviews and the rise of 'report card' fandom

Thoughts on the current tensions between stan-fans and music journalists, both in search of the perfect score

May 11, 2024 •

Jenessa Williams

January 2024

Paradise Diner Jukebox #1: My favourite K-Pop songs of 2023

A look back at the biggest K-Pop bangers of the year (or rather, the imminent domination of the world at the hands of NewJeans)

Jan 3, 2024 •

Jenessa Williams

December 2023

Have TIME infantilised their Person of the Year?

Some thoughts on Taylor Swift's most recent interview, but rather a wider climate of music journalism that unhelpfully equates conversational…

Dec 8, 2023 •

Jenessa Williams

August 2023

Ways to make money as a freelance music journalist in 2023

God, it's brutal out here...

Aug 29, 2023 •

Jenessa Williams

Lemon water, Living room

Life, stillness and a burnt-out PhD student's tentative steps into a new era

Aug 10, 2023 •

Jenessa Williams

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