Junlper#Suspension from Twitter

{{Infobox person

| name = JUNlPER

| image = Junlper.jpg

| alt = A drawing of a purple worm-looking thing wearing a reporter's hat with the word "Press" on it.

| caption = Twitter profile picture of the @JUNlPER account, created by @PfpDrawer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|11|1}}

| years_active = 2019–present

| known_for = Twitter shitposting

}}

June Sternbach (commonly referred under her online username Junlper (stylized as JUNlPER;{{efn|Stylized with a lowercase "L" instead of an uppercase "i".}}{{efn|She is also known as June, Juniper (with an 'i' rather than a lowercase 'L'), pudding person, transgender marx, and transsexual marx.}})) born November 1, 1995{{Cite tweet |user=JUNlPERBOT |number=1719714533420212367 |title=turned 28 today. let's get this fuckin party started!}}) is an American left-wing social media personality, podcaster, and Social Media Editor for The Onion.{{Cite news |title=onion person (@junlper.beer) |url=https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3llfa2wzisc2a |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250429113530/https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3llfa2wzisc2a|archive-date=April 29, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=Bluesky Social}} Junlper rose to prominence in the early 2020's for shitposting on Twitter, especially using satirical screenshots of fabricated news stories. She is credited with popularizing the term "goblin mode" and creating a viral hoax about the "dick vein" being removed from Snickers candy bars.

In October 2023, after satirically suggesting that the site's owner Elon Musk was a pedophile to protest a Twitter policy that removed headlines from posted articles, Junlper's multiple accounts were suspended. Junlper currently posts from the account @CantEverDie, and on Bluesky.

Twitter activity

Junlper originally created her Twitter account in early 2019 in order to support the 2020 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, but later pivoted towards mocking people she considered her political enemies.{{Cite news |last=Weekman |first=Kelsey |date=December 29, 2022 |title=We Spoke To Twitter Troll Juniper About Manufacturing Moral Panics, Creating 'Goblin Mode', And Dealing With Elon Musk |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/juniper-twitter-troll-meme-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006234935/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/juniper-twitter-troll-meme-interview |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2023 |work=BuzzFeed News}} Her original account's profile falsely claimed that she was a reporter for The New York Times.

=Popularizing "goblin mode"=

In February 2022, Junlper made a tweet featuring an edited Fox News headline of an interview with the American actress Julia Fox, purporting her to have used the phrase "goblin mode".{{Cite news |last=Dodgson |first=Lindsay |date=February 24, 2022 |title=The person behind a fake Julia Fox headline about "goblin mode" says they did her a favor by distracting from her breakup with Ye |url=https://www.insider.com/goblin-mode-julia-fake-headline-creator-2022-2 |access-date=September 14, 2022 |work=Insider |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008051138/https://www.insider.com/goblin-mode-julia-fake-headline-creator-2022-2 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Zimmer |first=Ben |date=November 25, 2022 |title='Goblin Mode': A State of Not Caring What Other People Think; A viral phrase for slovenly behavior is a timely candidate for Word of the Year |work=Wall Street Journal |via=Proquest}} The image prompted a large increase in online searches for 'goblin mode', and led Fox to respond, saying, "Just for the record. I have never used the term 'goblin mode{{'-}}". In 2022 Junlper defined goblin mode as "the opposite of trying to better yourself".{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=Kari |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going 'goblin mode'? |work=The Guardian (Online) Guardian News & Media Limited |via=Proquest}}

In June 2022, the term was defined by Dictionary.com as "a slang term for a way of behaving that intentionally and shamelessly gives in to and indulges in base habits and activities without regard for adhering to social norms or expectations".{{Cite web |title=Check Yourself, Have You Fallen Prey To "Goblin Mode"? |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/goblin-mode/ |access-date=September 14, 2022 |website=Dictionary.com |date=June 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914052724/https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/goblin-mode/ |url-status=live }} In December 2022, online respondents selected the term from Oxford Languages' shortlist, which also included metaverse and #IStandWith, as the Word of the Year.{{Cite news |last=Schuessler |first=Jennifer |date=December 4, 2022 |title=The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html |access-date=December 5, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204235343/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Bellware |first=Kim |date=December 6, 2022 |title=What is 'goblin mode', anyway? It's Oxford's 2022 Word of the Year. |url-access=registration |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/06/goblin-mode-meaning-oxford/ |access-date=December 6, 2022 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206121738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/12/06/goblin-mode-meaning-oxford/ |url-status=live }} The Oxford University Press attributed the spike in the phrase's popularity to Junlper's tweet.{{Cite web|title=Oxford Word of the Year 2022|url=https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2022/|last=|access-date=November 16, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121132621/https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2022/|url-status=live}}

=Snickers "dick vein"=

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In April 2022, Junlper satirically claimed in a tweet that Snickers was removing the "dick vein" design from the top of the candy bar, prompting a backlash from unwitting Snickers fans. Due to the volume of response, Snickers clarified in its own viral tweet that the "veins remain".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/snickers-dick-vein-dont-let-this-flop-podcast-1343163/|title=Meet the Shitposter Who Started a Right-Wing Moral Panic About the Snickers Dick Vein|last1=Dickson|first1=EJ|magazine=Rolling Stone|quote=After her tweet went viral – as well as a follow-up photo of an apparently veinless Snickers bar, which she says she pulled from an old Reddit post – many on Twitter believed it to be true, to the degree that Snickers itself had to post a tweet reassuring fans that the vein wasn't going anywhere.|date=April 27, 2022|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703163318/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/snickers-dick-vein-dont-let-this-flop-podcast-1343163/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SNICKERS/status/1516463576143257603|title=Good news, contrary to what's trending on Twitter... THE VEINS REMAIN!|author=@SNICKERS|date=April 19, 2022|access-date=May 4, 2022|archive-date=August 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819001755/https://twitter.com/SNICKERS/status/1516463576143257603|url-status=live}} The tweet spawned follow-up hoaxes including a viral fake image of Tucker Carlson talking about the "dick veins" on his Fox News show, alluding to Carlson's comments about "unsexy" M&M's characters earlier that year.{{Cite web |first1=Ciara |last1=O'Rourke |title=No, this isn't a real Fox News chyron about Snickers |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/viral-image/no-isnt-real-fox-news-chyron-about-snickers/ |access-date=May 16, 2023 |website=PolitiFact |date=April 26, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516163113/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/apr/26/viral-image/no-isnt-real-fox-news-chyron-about-snickers/ |url-status=live }}

=Other tweets=

In response to a December 2022 Elon Musk joke that his preferred gender pronouns were "Prosecute/Fauci", Junlper responded that "we didn't ask for your woke pronouns", alluding to Musk's views on transgender issues.{{cite web |last1=Khemeani |first1=Purvi |date=December 13, 2022 |title='Didn't Ask for Your Woke Pronouns': Twitter User Schools Elon Musk After 'Fauci' Tweet |url=https://www.news18.com/buzz/didnt-ask-for-your-woke-pronouns-twitter-user-schools-elon-musk-after-fauci-tweet-6608785.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112204621/https://www.news18.com/buzz/didnt-ask-for-your-woke-pronouns-twitter-user-schools-elon-musk-after-fauci-tweet-6608785.html |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |access-date=12 January 2024 |website=news18.com |publisher=News 18}}

In February 2023, Junlper said that controversy regarding the 2023 Hogwarts Legacy video game was manufactured in terms of 'TERFs' pointing out the games' success despite boycotts. She also said that despite saying that people should feel free to buy it, they should not attempt to get "good ally points" for disliking J. K. Rowling.{{cite web |last1=Jennings |first1=Rebecca |date=February 15, 2023 |title=How the Harry Potter video game became an ethical minefield |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23599799/hogwarts-legacy-review-rowling-trans |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024409/https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23599799/hogwarts-legacy-review-rowling-trans |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Vox}}{{cite magazine |last1=Knee |first1=Miles |date=February 10, 2023 |title='Hogwarts Legacy' Is the Biggest Game on Twitch – But It's Facing Culture War Fallout |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hogwarts-legacy-game-jk-rowling-transphobia-1234676730/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024405/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/hogwarts-legacy-game-jk-rowling-transphobia-1234676730/ |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Later, in June of that year, Junlper criticized U.S. states that prohibit medical gender transitioning for adults.{{cite web |last1=Valens |first1=Ana |date=June 7, 2023 |title=The Right Wants To Stop Trans Adults From Transitioning, Because Kids Weren't Enough |url=https://www.themarysue.com/the-right-wants-to-stop-trans-adults-from-transitioning-because-kids-werent-enough/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024408/https://www.themarysue.com/the-right-wants-to-stop-trans-adults-from-transitioning-because-kids-werent-enough/ |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=The Mary Sue}}

Other posts in 2023 included calling YouTuber MrBeast "demonic" and creating a fake image of a Walmart "product zoner" job after he suggested that his fans should arrange his Feastables chocolate brand and disarrange Hershey's chocolate bars displays in stores,{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Christian |date=March 6, 2023 |title=MrBeast under fire after fans mess with Feastables competitors at supermarkets across U.S. |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/mrbeast-under-fire-after-fans-mess-with-feastables-competitors-at-supermarkets-across-u-s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006234938/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/mrbeast-under-fire-after-fans-mess-with-feastables-competitors-at-supermarkets-across-u-s |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2023 |website=dotesports.com |publisher=Dot Esports}}{{cite web |last1=Menon |first1=Aravind |date=March 8, 2023 |title=No Need to Spread Lies: MrBeast Addresses the 'Job' Advert Which Has Confused the Internet |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-no-need-to-spread-lies-mrbeast-addresses-the-job-advert-which-has-confused-the-internet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021031413/https://www.essentiallysports.com/esports-news-no-need-to-spread-lies-mrbeast-addresses-the-job-advert-which-has-confused-the-internet/ |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=EssentiallySports}} accusing MrBeast of lying about being invited on the Titan before the Titan submersible implosion,{{Cite news |last=Plunkett |first=Luke |date=June 25, 2023 |title=YouTube Star Mr. Beast Says He Was 'Invited' On The Titanic Submarine |url=https://kotaku.com/youtube-mr-beast-titan-titanic-submarine-disaster-1850575265 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006234956/https://kotaku.com/youtube-mr-beast-titan-titanic-submarine-disaster-1850575265 |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2023 |work=Kotaku}}{{Cite news |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |date=June 26, 2023 |title=MrBeast claims he was invited to join that Titan voyage. Why some fans aren't buying it |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-26/mrbeast-decline-titan-submersible-invitation-youtube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006234934/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-06-26/mrbeast-decline-titan-submersible-invitation-youtube |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times}} and falsely claiming that US President Joe Biden had been removed from the White House in a body bag.{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Nur |date=July 3, 2023 |title=No, This Video Doesn't Show Biden's Body Being Wheeled Out of the White House |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-body-bag/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021024409/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-body-bag/ |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |access-date=October 19, 2023 |website=Snopes}}

= Suspension from Twitter =

File:Pudding Person Suspension.png

On October 6, 2023, Junlper was suspended from Twitter.{{cite web |last1=Tenbarge |first1=Kat |title=X's fresh temporary ban of several prominent journalists raises alarm |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-temporary-ban-journalist-accounts-raises-alarm-rcna133084 |website=nbcnews.com |date=January 10, 2024 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111004017/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/x-temporary-ban-journalist-accounts-raises-alarm-rcna133084 |url-status=live }} The previous day, an update to Twitter had removed headlines from posts which link to news articles.{{Cite news |last=Sands |first=Leo |date=October 5, 2023 |title=Elon Musk strips news headlines from X, posing challenge for media outlets |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/05/twitter-x-news-headlines-removed/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010073353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/05/twitter-x-news-headlines-removed/ |archive-date=10 October 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=6 October 2023 |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}} In response, Junlper exploited this to make a satirical tweet in which she claimed that "growing evidence [suggested] that" Musk was a pedophile. Junlper and her secondary account were terminated hours later, for which no official reason was given. She was briefly unbanned.{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Zachary |title=Elon Musk Bans Popular Poster Who Skewered Him For Eliminating Headlines on X |date=October 7, 2023 |url=https://themessenger.com/tech/elon-musk-bans-popular-poster-who-skewered-him-for-eliminating-headlines-on-x |work=The Messenger |access-date=9 October 2023 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010020600/https://themessenger.com/tech/elon-musk-bans-popular-poster-who-skewered-him-for-eliminating-headlines-on-x |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |last=Hurler |first=Kevin |date=October 6, 2023 |title=12 Times Elon Musk's Headline Decapitation Hilariously Backfired on Him |url=https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-musk-headline-removal-backfired-on-him-1850906283 |work=Gizmodo |access-date=6 October 2023 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010095434/https://gizmodo.com/twitter-x-musk-headline-removal-backfired-on-him-1850906283 |url-status=live }} For a short time, Junlper used the account @junegoblinmode but was again suspended on October 7. On October 8, she created the account @JUNlPERBOT,{{cite web |title=was not planning on launching the JUNLPER BOT until later this week but it was a good time as andy ngo decided to dox me, figured it was a good time to launch it and address him, but yes it is official |url=https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3kbc2fvge2m2y |website=bsky.app |date=October 9, 2023 |publisher=Junlper |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=April 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250429114737/https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3kbc2fvge2m2y|url-status=live }} which was subsequently suspended.{{cite web |title=@JUNlPERBOT |url=https://twitter.com/JUNlPERBOT |website=twitter.com |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111005621/https://twitter.com/JUNlPERBOT |url-status=live }} In November, she created the account @CantEverDie, which {{as of|lc=y|March 2025}} has not been suspended and is currently active.{{cite web |title=i haven't officially announced it here but my current twitter account is @canteverdie if anyone here still uses twitter too |url=https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3kjcczpyh5s26 |website=bsky.app |date=January 19, 2024 |publisher=Junlper |access-date=19 January 2024 |archive-date=April 29, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250429114708/https://bsky.app/profile/junlper.beer/post/3kjcczpyh5s26|url-status=live }}

The move to ban Junlper was condemned by journalists Erin Reed and Ben Collins, as well as civil rights attorney Alejandra Caraballo. The move was supported by Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok.{{cite news |last1=Wiggins |first1=Christopher |title=Elon Musk and Libs of TikTok Team Up on Transgender Activist |url=https://www.advocate.com/news/elon-musk-alejandra-caraballo-raichik |work=The Advocate |date=October 7, 2023 |language=en |access-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010013856/https://www.advocate.com/news/elon-musk-alejandra-caraballo-raichik |url-status=live }} Mike Masnick of Techdirt contrasted the suspension with Musk's previous claims of being a "free speech absolutist".{{cite web |last1=Masnick |first1=Mike |title=Elon Musk Decides 'Who Needs Headlines, When We Can Just Have Pretty Pictures?'; Suspends Account That Made Fun Of Him |url=https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/06/elon-musk-decides-who-needs-headlines-when-we-can-just-have-pretty-pictures-suspends-account-that-made-fun-of-him/ |website=Techdirt |date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012000957/https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/06/elon-musk-decides-who-needs-headlines-when-we-can-just-have-pretty-pictures-suspends-account-that-made-fun-of-him/ |url-status=live }} The Messenger described the incident as Musk banning "a popular poster who skewered him". The Advocate framed the incident as Musk and Chaya Raichik teaming up on Junlper. NBC News listed Junlper as an example of suspended leftist accounts under Musk.

A 2024 commentary article in the Postdigital Science and Education journal characterized Junlper's post as an example of weaponized multimodality in service of protesting site governance.{{Cite journal |last=Hagh |first=Anita |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Critical Postdigital Literacies as Resistance Against Platform Governance on Twitter |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42438-024-00495-z |journal=Postdigital Science and Education |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=8–10 |doi=10.1007/s42438-024-00495-z |via=Springer Nature|url-access=subscription }}

''The Onion''

In September 2024 JunIper began contributing to The Onion.{{Cite web |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/CantEverDie/status/1840862630694830498 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930230625/https://x.com/CantEverDie/status/1840862630694830498 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |url-status=live }} Junlper is currently the Social Media Editor for The Onion.{{bettersource|date=May 2025}}

Personal life

Junlper is a food inspector for the state of Wisconsin. She is a transgender woman{{Cite news |last=Jennings |first=Rebecca |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Welcome to the era of the trans it-girl |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/23775516/antoni-bumba-blizzy-mcguire-uniekue-selyna-brillare-junlper-kay-poyer-trans-it-girls |access-date=6 October 2023 |work=Vox |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006234935/https://www.vox.com/culture/23775516/antoni-bumba-blizzy-mcguire-uniekue-selyna-brillare-junlper-kay-poyer-trans-it-girls |url-status=live }} and co-hosts the internet culture podcast Western Kabuki. She has been described as a leftist and identifies as a Marxist.