jodi aleshire-claypool

writer - editor - poet

hello,

I'm a published author, poet, and freelancer based out of Indianapolis, Indiana.

clavmag • 22nd October 2025

poolside

we lie stretched across the plastic chairs at the hotel pool both puppy fat soft, fifteen and new new new with
swimsuits clinging to our skin as we look at each other like
we’ve never fucking looked at anybody else

3 Moons Mag • 3rd August 2020

TEXTS I NEVER SENT

X-R-A-Y • 21st June 2020

GIRLHOOD

A body washes ashore in the recommended section of my Spotify podcast radar. This isn’t the first or the fifth or the third time it’s happened and I’ve long since lost track of the tallies meant to keep them in check. Their faces have become nothing more than the black censored bars used with relish by shitty live television and their bodies, marionette pieces, hocks of meat articulated in a mockery of form. The podcast entices me to listen—a flashy title, a well-made header, a snappy byline—off...

Nymphs Publications • 20th May 2020

we let them eat cake

Gilded and golden and gutted, together

we were saccharine in sugar pearls and

how lovely we were. You, the lamb

sent to the slaughter, set on the rack split

for the butcher, for the king, spine pried

by lock picks. And I, the onlooker,

SlantedPress • 6th July 2019

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home

Often, we view superhero films as their own genre. Sure, there might be action and adventure, a few laughs thrown in, but ultimately, superhero films are just that--films about superheroes.

SlantedPress • 5th June 2019

Fast Fashion Isn't Helping the Whole

Come on, even the Devil wears Prada. You can pay a little more for a pair of sustainably made jeans.

SlantedPress • 3rd June 2019

Review: Booksmart

"Prepare to get bashed! In a fun way, like consensually bashed, I mean. Consensually bashed, it should say. Prepare to get consensually bashed."

SlantedPress • 28th May 2019

Temple of Doom is a Good Movie

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a good movie.There; I said it, and I'm not taking it back!

SlantedPress • 29th April 2019

A Mostly Spoiler Free Avengers: Endgame Review

WARNING: Very few spoilers ahead, but still, you've been warned. The Infinity Saga: eleven years, twenty-two movies, and one hell of a ride.

SlantedPress • 24th April 2019

The Issue of Women in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars' has continuously dropped the ball when it comes to handling its female characters. While I love Star Wars, and I mean deeply, truly, obsessively love Star Wars I can't color myself blind to some of the franchise's more apparent shortcomings.

SlantedPress • 12th April 2019

Review: Unicorn Store

Warning, mild spoilers ahead!A glittery pastel fever dream, Unicorn Store (2017, dir. Brie Larson) presents itself as a candy-coated coming of age story.

SlantedPress • 4th April 2019

Review: 10 Things I Hate About You

WARNING: Mild spoilers for a 20-year-old movie ahead: As far as teen movies go, few can ever reach the pinnacle of perfection that is 10 Things I Hate About You (1999 dir. Gil Junger). There! I said it!

SlantedPress • 29th March 2019

Review: Us

Warning! This review contains spoilers:Us, the much-awaited sophomore effort by writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out) offers a scathing look at the "haves and the have nots" perception of class and status, and the idea of personhood, all while ushering gold plated scissors into the Horror Hall of Creepy Objects.

The Broken Plate • 22nd January 2018

I Wish I'd Stop Checking Facebook to See if You Died

I haven’t lost a tooth in a decade.
But this was like the hole left in my gums –
still bloody and wrecked and foreign in my mouth –
where my tongue edged, wary and mourning.

Ball State Daily News • 7th December 2016

'A Christmas Carol' returns to Ball State in time for holiday season

While there may not be snow, Ball State will surely be in the holiday spirit as the Ball State Department of Theatre and Dance takes the stage with its remounted performance of the Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol.”

A hol...

Ball State Daily News • 12th October 2016

Student organization takes film critiquing to a new level

Still in its fledgling stage, Cardinal Film Fights (CFF), has already begun to garner a bit of attention from Ball State students.

Ball State Daily News • 23rd September 2016

Musical links past and present, brings up issues of racism, accountability

History will soon come to life on the stage as Ball State’s Department of Theatre and Dance prepares for the opening night of "Parade," a musical glimpse into a poignant event in America’s past.

Based on a true story, the production centers...

America Library of Poetry • 30th September 2015

To Be A Woman

I am not yours.
My body is not your playground, your temple at which to worship
Keep your smudged fingers off, get your dirtied hands away
My story is not yours to alter, to twist, to rewrite for you alone