jaded + bemused

DIY/Maker * Public Intellectual * Artist/Photographer * Writer * Performer * Cool Chic of Nuanced Opinions BA, MA, MFAW 40-something Yoga, Fashion,Theater, Comedy, Self-Portrait/Selfie Culture, Pop Culture, Junk Food, Artisan, & Healthy Eats Foodie, Always Online JillWrites, Geek Girl

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Why am I not GIDGET right now, you guys. #jadedandbemused #artist #studio #contemporaryart #socialmediaart Hoping to have a bunch of writings generated soon on self-portraiture & selfie in the social media age. Reading work on Digital Folklore for reference in my essay manifesto on my #SocialMediaArt. #goddamngodbless Cindy Sherman also as always. https://www.instagram.com/p/Byu6QGiBgW6/?igshid=1b7497hn76tge

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Repost of a recent iPhone mirror selfie from my personal Instagram; caption from my comedy Twitter. #blogger #comedy #photographer #writer #fashion #streetfashion #iphoneography #artist #jadedandbemused #Repost @jillwrites ・・・ My comedy Twitter is a alive and well, and so are my aspirations of never having to wear a business suit. Drop on by, and selfie your own personal runway or whatevs. Keep on keepin’ on, kids. Comedy homepage in the works. Think of me when booking your next podcast, variety stage performance, or general event ballyhoo. Best, JillWrites #JillWrites Twitter: @JillRitesComedy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1RYRFBWOn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ejbd5dr7xrjm

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this is totally on brand. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvwSuQxBJHp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pvy0hrxhi4ep

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THE GOLDEN PAC-MAN (Staten Island, 2007. Nikon D50 / Reprocessed 2019. iPhone 7. ©️ Jill Jichetti / JillWrites) #jillwrites #jadedandbemused #art #woman #blogger #photography #dslr #nikon #nikonphotography #Flickr #archive #Twitter #iphoneography #fashion #jewelry #80s #00s https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrdNBwB8iN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12r01lf6kjfqq

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IT’S SUGAR (Atlantic City, 2007. Nikon D50 / Reprocessed 2019. iPhone 7. ©️ Jill Jichetti / JillWrites) #jillwrites #jadedandbemused #art #woman #blogger #photography #dslr #nikon #nikonphotography #Flickr #archive #Twitter #iphoneography #iphone https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrZ12dhDk2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wckvxn0t731s

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This look includes my BatMan: The Ride hoodie from Six Flags & Eiffel Tower leggings from H&M. (Self-Portrait. Shot & Processed on iPhone 7. 2019) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6MaMdh1hr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oul74ikk1ys2

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3pm photo shoot #10. (Nikon D50. July 2007.) Here’s a self-portrait from a shoot about 10 months into my 365 Days project. Wanted to get in a few words about this make-up color palette. I thought of fishing this photo out of my archive today for this reason—the frost, glimmer, & sparkles used in all of the holiday lines. Dammit. Cashmere, sequins, shiny things—come on back. (It’s probably just the Seasonal Affective Disorder talking.) #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #photography #selfportrait #selfie #00sfashion #dslr #nikon #nikonphotography #Flickr #365days #archive https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3LnP_AX8T/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3mfcxgp5d5ko

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Recent iPhone selfie. (iPhone 2018 / Re-processed 2019. Originally posted my my comedy Twitter: @JillRitesComedy.) Me in my Bat-Man: The Ride hoodie from Six Flags & Merlin robe pajama pants from Five Below. Room full of IKEA furniture—I’ve since been back to IKEA & tried their Veggie Hot Dog. I’ve got some yoga challenge screenshots to share on @jillwrites_yoga, & then there will be more content on @jadedandbemused later. Plus, I’m looking forward to shooting with the DSLR in the upcoming snow. See @jillwritesart for my photography work. #blogger #comedy #archive #photographer #writer #fashion #foodie #iphoneography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv8ehogYtS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w6f019k1lhrq

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(Self-Portrait. 2011. iPhone.) Here’s a flashback to 2011 walking around the Staten Island Mall. It was February, so of course that means mix winter white with winter boots. (I’m joking—I think. By the middle of February, I want spring, so that’s probably a closer reason to why I’d be wearing this.) Strawberry tank top. And dark hair. Also, I was just beginning to shoot more on the iPhone—by 2012, I was beginning to shoot entire daily photography & self-portrait projects solely on the iPhone. And I really appreciate the photo-processing options on the variety of apps. Also, I enjoy it—I just damn love photo processing. #art #woman #blogger #fashion #StatenIsland #StatenIslandMall #mall #shopping #retail #affordablefashion #narrative #photography #selfportrait #selfie #Flickr #archive #iPhone #iphoneonly #iphoneography (at Staten Island Mall) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsdtt9cgFj1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t5nh3jnq1u85

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(2010. Nikon D50.) I know I’ve been writing this narrative in chronological order more or less, showing work from the first year I began shooting—a year in which I shot a self-portrait every day. But let me fast forward a few years to 2010 and share this clone shot of me doing yoga on a tree trunk in High Rock Park. One me doing bridge on the trunk, one me with the camera remote in the foreground. Both me’s in gray tights & a Star Wars shirt I bought in the boys’ section of Old Navy. Also those white & silver Puma slip-on sneakers I found in the Puma Outlet Shop upstate (New York). I also had them with hot pink detailing, but I parted with them in my great closet clean-out of 2007. Hey Puma—I’d buy them again. You know when you give something away because you’re into making a big change—but then you kinda wish you hadn’t. I parted with some great stuff. #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #photography #selfportrait #selfie #Flickr #archive #cloneshot #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #bridgepose #StatenIsland #nature #outdooryoga (at High Rock Park Conservation Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsbHbU4AVdJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qnkgt9nyrhez

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Day 95/365: Monday, December 4, 2006. (2006/2018. Sony Cybershot DSC-V1 / iPhone 7.) #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #photography #selfportrait #selfie #00sfashion #iphoneography #Flickr #365days #archive https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTcR08gAah/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1em47n45gmo1u

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On the Brooklyn Bridge. Day 78/365. Friday, November 17, 2006. (2006/2018. Sony Cybershot DSC-V1 / iPhone 7.) #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #photography #selfportrait #selfie #00sfashion #iphoneography #Flickr #365days #archive (at Brooklyn Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLS5KgAcBa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d2tv8bflgnew

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#art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #archive #photography #selfportrait #selfie #iphoneography #Flickr #comedy #internet #socialmediaartist #Mall #shopping #retail #affordablefashion https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvARn1gjZK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qjekub1qd173

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(2018. iPhone 7.) Here’s a shopping mirror iPhone selfie from a few months ago. The tote bag says “Believe in Your Selfie”. It’s been over 12 years since I began teaching myself photography and shooting self-portraits. This culture of deriding teens for posting selfies often gets toxic. Sure, there are dangers, but insulting young people into not sharing their creativity and identity self-exploration is not the way to solve it. Trolling is never okay. I’m 43 years old, and I’ve been teaching college-age students for 20 years now. We know smartphones and a camera in every pocket is not going away. There are better ways to advance the creative and responsible use of new technologies. Send a positive message to teens. #BelieveinYourSelfie I’m also wearing a Star Wars hoodie here. #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #archive #photography #selfportrait #selfie #iphoneography #Flickr #comedy #internet #socialmediaartist #Mall #shopping #retail #affordablefashion #shoppingmirrorselfie https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGU7nFAU1c/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17jnkovf327vc

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Day 86/365. Friday, November 25, 2006. (2006/2018. Sony Cybershot DSC-V1 / iPhone 7.) Nearly 3 full months thru the project, and I was still shooting with the Cybershot. By this point, I had to have gotten used to setting up an impromptu studio. Every photo was a lesson. I had also gotten used to making a post every day—some self-portrait, and maybe writing about it. I had been blogging without photography content for about a year before I began the 365 Days Project, but daily content hadn’t been the defining aspect of the undertaking. * And then I began trying to teach myself standard beauty shots. And as anyone who’s attempted self-portraiture knows, whatever portrait style you’re attempting, it’s ten times harder to do it as a self-portrait. The logistics are a process to master. * But have you noticed I haven’t mentioned the fashion yet? Oh, why even mention the fashion at the moment—choosing the clothing and accessories are the fun part. Beauty shots necessitate a far greater hell—focus on the make-up and hair styling. And that also was a thing I’d be doing for myself. I’m not saying I was the only photographer experiencing this learning curve—the Flickr 365 Days group was increasing in membership every day. But as a woman who’d always loved affordable fashion and accessories, but never really liked make-up as much—except for just wowing thru the tons of colors in the drug store make-up aisle— I had the added commitment of becoming my own suitable-for-closeups make-up artist. Not as easy as it sounds. And overall, the whole project—on a daily basis—is more time-consuming than one first expects. #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #archive #photography #selfportrait #selfie #00sfashion #iphoneography #Flickr #diptych #365days #archive https://www.instagram.com/p/BryhLi1gvhx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g5h2j9g08na8

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* Save The Drama Book Shop (2018. iPhone 7.) iPhone🤳🏻 in a SAVE THE DRAMA BOOK SHOP hoodie I purchased on Tee Public to support Drama Book Shop’s efforts at staying afloat and finding a new location. I’ve been a fan of them since the mid-90s, when I was an undergrad at NYU majoring in Dramatic Literature, Theater History, and Cinema. #art #woman #blogger #fashion #narrative #hoodie #hoodieswillnevergooutofstyle #photography #selfportrait #selfie #iphoneography #NYC #Manhattan #DramaBookShop (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsREMzqAkdQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u8nvcgbt8vkj