“Christian pop is like the uncanny valley of music—almost, but unsettlingly not quite.” Writer and editor @joellekidd.bsky.social reminisces on what it was like growing up in a world where pop culture and faith collided in strange ways: thewalrus.ca/the-agony-and-th...

Jesusland by @joellekidd.bsky.social is an August Spotify Editors' Pick! open.spotify.com/genre/0JQ5IM...

The First Thousand Trees by @premeemohamed.com, Jesusland by @joellekidd.bsky.social and Reconciling by Larry Grant are all included in Indigo's Most Anticipated Canadian books! www.indigo.ca/en-ca/sale/b...

My favourite ritual is getting coffee and reading @thegrindto.bsky.social cover to cover. Amazing issue! Everyone pick it up and support local journalism!

Upset that when I look at news headlines I keep seeing the words "blood worm moon"

Every episode of Between the Covers should be cherished. This one, feels like sitting down with the sacred and taking account.

let me say it loud and clear: absolutely nobody wants this (and if you do, i’d love to talk to you) futurism.com/netflix-ai-u...

what if i wanted to take a mental health year

In addition to the larger systemic issues ... It is so baffling that the rent allowance in the last TWENTY YEARS has gone up by $55.

We're always happy when Access Copyright Foundation grantees get in touch with us, like @joellekidd.bsky.social. We're thrilled to hear that the Research Grant she was awarded has resulted in her new book from @ecwpress.bsky.social on evangelical Christian pop culture. ecwpress.com/products/jes...

Help every time I see this "I could open a stoahr for red-headed girls to buy cosmetics. From somebody who understands!" Runs through my brain

Sending out the second installment of this series tomorrow and I would love to hear what you're cooking in these hard times! ❤️🍲❤️ open.substack.com/pub/joelleki...

"The incoherence of this idea — that the middle of the road is located off the beaten path — should be obvious." 🙌

After fifteen months of outcry from the literary community, the Giller Prize has cut ties with Scotiabank.

Reflections on writing my book, and a link to preorder ✨ joellekidd.substack.com/p/my-book-is...

Reading Edmund White's City Boy is healing me

I briefly forgot Bluesky existed but I want to start sharing things on here again!! To that end: here's a recent newsletter that prompted a friend to gently suggest, "Maybe it's time to put down the Boygenius." joellekidd.substack.com/p/not-strong...

“Watching Taylor Swift is watching the self-consciousness of our age played out on an intensely public scale.” Writer @joellekidd.bsky.social makes the case for why Swift has emerged as the prototypical millennial star: thewalrus.ca/taylor-swift...

A newsletter, about maintenance and metaphor and all the books I read in the last half of 2023. joellekidd.substack.com/p/my-year-in...

Visiting parents is weird. Spotify algo has pushed my dad into 2000s emo. He just asked me if I'd ever heard of a band called "effervescence" (evanescence)