J Ryan Parker

PhD in film and religion. Work in film/tv marketing and development. Creator and editor of Pop Theology. Into film, TV, comics, video games, and travel.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

So I’m trying a new thing over at @substack. Pop Culture Rx is a weekly newsletter with prescriptions for one film, tv series, & book to help you cut through the clutter. Thanks for subscribing and sharing. https://t.co/4EC9lZNkxV

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

I don’t know that trying over and over to dunk on @ChetHolmgren is a game-winning strategy for the @PelicansNBA. Maybe switch that up a bit.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

Thanks for helping identify the seats that could flip in the next election.

[Governor Tate Reeves @tatereeves]

This week was not a great week in our fight to beat Obamacare Medicaid Expansion.

The good news: 16 conservative Republicans voted NO.

But ALL 16 Democrats joined Lt Governor Hosemann’s leadership team and voted YES, and they were able to advance the bill.

There is still a long way to go in this battle, and while I may be disappointed, I want to focus today on the courage of the 16 conservatives in the Senate.

They fought and won a decisive victory to significantly limit the welfare expansion in the bill that ultimately passed. They stood up to all of the lobbyists. They stood up to the big money folks in Big Business. They stood up to the Democrat activists masquerading as “journalists.” And they even had the courage - when threatened with everything you can imagine - to stand up to their own “leadership.”

That’s not easy.
But that earns my respect.
And my admiration.
And my support and thanks.

Those 16 patriots are:

Senator Jason Barrett
Senator Andy Berry
Senator Jenifer Branning
Senator Lydia Chassaniol
Senator Kathy Chism
Senator Joey Fillingane
Senator Angela Hill
Senator Chris Johnson
Senator Tyler McCaughn
Senator Michael McLendon
Senator Rita Parks
Senator Brian Rhodes
Senator Mike Seymour
Senator Daniel Sparks
Senator Ben Suber
Senator Neil Whaley

On behalf of the 418 thousand Mississippians who voted for me, I say THANK YOU.

And if you know them or see them, you should too.

They deserve it!

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@landonhowell

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@karl_vault Hammond and I want to know where you’re watching this game.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

And also, the underrated NORMAL.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “Batman Begins” and whose work spanned film, TV, and stage, died Saturday. He was 75. https://t.co/irLSyo6Wgw

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

Yooooooo!! #LetsGoCrépeau. Let’s go @LAFC

[Brandon Jones @brandoncjones]

Just saw Saltburn in Pearl, Mississippi with @jryanparker. Desirous, disgusting, dangerous— the reason we have movie theaters.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

Ok @Netflix now do the Pastor Effiong #sexeducation spin-off.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@tatereeves Just gonna leave this here: 1 John 3:17.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@shadwhite @MarshallRamsey Seems a weird ditch to die in here Shad but you do you.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@tatereeves How many guns would Jesus buy?

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@LAFC @realsaltlake Sick

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@trippfuller @TommyGHall1 @DanKoch @masonmennenga @skyroach @jonestony There!

[Brandon Jones @brandoncjones]

The only reason the Governor of Mississippi would weigh in on a cultural argument about a music video shot at the site of an infamous lynching & race riot is because he thinks it is good politics. For the love of God, white Mississippians, can we please demonstrate it is not?!?

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@tatereeves So much for a culture of life…

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@tatereeves The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t give two shits about Mississippians…just like you.

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

Congratulations! Keep shining a light.

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

Anna Wolfe and Mississippi Today have won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for the welfare scandal investigative series The Backchannel! 🥂
https://t.co/oT9d24YcxP

[Theology Nerd @HomebrewedXnty]

PUMPED to share this convo w/ @hughhowey @jryanparker about #SILO on @AppleTV. It is one fantastic story!

https://t.co/qgGqX59bdd

[J Ryan Parker @jryanparker]

@sternpinball Lebowski, dude.