Jennifer Brooks Profile picture
Star Tribune columnist 🥳 Your source for dumpster fires. I think you're pretty great.
Apr 3 10 tweets 2 min read
I would like to thank Sen. Gruenhagen for this opportunity to share my favorite Catholic school sex ed story.

Thank you Sen. Gruenhagen, you asked for it.
🧵 By rights, you should be hearing this story from my mother, a retired Catholic school teacher and former nun. She tells this story very well, if she can stop laughing long enough.
Dec 2, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
What’s this???! Virtual Holidazzle is ACTUAL HOLIDAZZLE on Nicollet Mall!
May 28, 2020 14 tweets 4 min read
A view of the protest from the Hiawatha overpass. There are streams of people running in and out of the Target loading docks. Oh, Minneapolis. The neighborhood’s two major sources of groceries — Target and Cub — are in shambles.
May 27, 2020 17 tweets 5 min read
The scene outside the Minneapolis Third Precinct right now Less tear gas than before. Infinitely more honking on Lake Street, which for some reason is not closed to traffic.
Mar 28, 2020 78 tweets 14 min read
I cannot in good conscience put off watching Tiger King any longer. *jaw hits floor*
Jan 7, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
Downtown Minneapolis park benches are covered with brand-new hats, gloves, blankets and boots for anyone who needs them. A lot of the donations are child-sized. Which is probably more heartbreaking than heartwarming.
Sep 28, 2019 5 tweets 2 min read
Everybody! It’s story time at the Richfield library! Starring Miss Richfield 1981! I am learning a LOT!