Winnipeg Free Press columnist/arts writer.🗞Author of the newsletter NEXT, a weekly look forward at culture.💌 jen.zoratti@freepress.mb.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mroffl3flc2aReally enjoyed writing this one/talking to Indigenous cultural consultant and Osage Nation member Julie O'Keefe and Ojibwe actor Meegwun Fairbrother about the new Little House on the Prairie. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2026/07/27/changing-the-narrative-228 Jul 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroffl3flc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mroffl3flc2aReally enjoyed writing this one/talking to Indigenous cultural consultant and Osage Nation member Julie O'Keefe and Ojibwe actor Meegwun Fairbrother about the new Little House on the Prairie. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2026/07/27/changing-the-narrative-228 Jul 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroffl3flc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mrizaabg6k2hObviously wrote about Jimothy. I hope you survive your fame, little buddy! https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2026/07/25/long-may-you-scamper-sweet-little-jimothy25 Jul 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrizaabg6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mr4br7eq2s2rI wrote 12 of ‘em! It’s a massive team effort that I can’t believe we pull off every year 🎭📝 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4br7eq2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mqfgztzbnk2oThis is a must read — congrats to one of the greats! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfgztzbnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mpttkfxy422r‘90s Summer is trending, so I wrote about mine 🌞✌🏻https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2026/07/04/the-dream-of-the-90s-is-alive-in-summertime04 Jul 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpttkfxy422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mnmnx3wcm22a“The copy practically leers, describing her smile as ‘a lipstick bomb of bliss‘ and noting ‘the sparkly nightclub splendour of those curves.‘ Who wrote this, an awooga-ing cartoon wolf?” Marilyn is unforgettable. The way she’s remembered is unforgivable. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/movies/2026/06/06/marilyn-monroe-cursed-to-be-hot-forever06 Jun 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmnx3wcm22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mnhu2bywq22yPersepolis is one of my all-timers. What a loss. 💔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhu2bywq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mnhpjwwyr22eYou MUST go see Sarah Anne Johnson’s extraordinary House on Fire, a series exploring her grandmother’s harrowing MK Ultra experience and the aftermath, at Plug In ICA. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/2026/06/03/ripple-effects?briefing_id=602320147&utm_campaign=headstart&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--KkmjRUVBeuF67FWUh7z9GC_8pexhMKeIGasNBkp9FNN88JQELkgrYYWgjE1bu8A6G28vC0LTFPnfY_2ld6p6caSyG-QdR2RuPspxCzX3rTGn9TK0&_hsmi=16044866&utm_source=hubspot04 Jun 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhpjwwyr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mnb43bwtv22rYou should go visit Robert Pasternak’s tiny gallery! 90 original artworks, 1:12 scale! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnb43bwtv22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mnatj7vclk2iWhat are people really craving when they wax nostalgic for cigarettes? A column https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/2026/05/30/it-seems-cigarettes-are-having-a-moment-again01 Jun 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnatj7vclk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmx4nie54s2nThis book made me cry at my desk 🤍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx4nie54s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmwwxrnfhc2mI LOVED chatting with this comedy diva who, among others, served as the inspo for Deborah Vance in Hacks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwwxrnfhc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmhlldp7v22bIt's also because fewer teenagers are having babies. I'm not kidding. Teen pregnancy has fallen dramatically since the early 1990s. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhlldp7v22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmfdfzql3s2aWe do not have to accept "forced inevitability." To borrow a bit from John Lennon: AI is over if you want it. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/actually-you-can-say-no-to-ai21 May 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfdfzql3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmfbjdz54c2aOK but like I don't want this either21 May 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfbjdz54c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mmeoj74quk2hI have a free culture newsletter that will arrive to your inbox every Wednesday! Sign up here: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/newsletter/next21 May 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeoj74quk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenzoratti.bsky.social/post/3mm7x7k6toc2s"Oh naurrrrr" — this frog, I'm guessing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:eblej54ot7a35bprvns3rmj4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7x7k6toc2s