--- title: Jenny Holzer Mom Twitter Parody Account Is Back From the Dead description: WE MISSED YOU canonical: https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-17T15:49:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:51.922Z og:title: It Is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Follow @JennyHolzerMom og:description: The beloved Twitter account is back from the dead og:url: https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9eae166768a0bab7/698685cdf983e7030004cc7b/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-47-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-03-17 at 11.47.40 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: It Is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Follow @JennyHolzerMom twitter:description: The beloved Twitter account is back from the dead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9eae166768a0bab7/698685cdf983e7030004cc7b/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-47-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # It Is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Follow @JennyHolzerMom by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 17, 2014 3:49 PM CUT  Twitter by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Mar 17, 2014 3:49 PM CUT [@JennyHolzerMom](http://www.twitter.com/jennyholzermom/ "undefined"), the only Twitter parody account worth following, has risen from the ashes and begun tweeting again, for the first time since October 2012. The account mashes up the truisms of artist [Jenny Holzer](http://projects.jennyholzer.com/ "undefined") with parental advice, imagining what it would be like to have Holzer as your mom. It’s amazing. Here are some of our favorite tweets: > [](https://twitter.com/JennyHolzerMom/status/254227689555238913) > [](https://twitter.com/JennyHolzerMom/status/445585879361273856) > [](https://twitter.com/JennyHolzerMom/status/445585499084701696) > [](https://twitter.com/JennyHolzerMom/status/253868308883972096) > [](https://twitter.com/JennyHolzerMom/status/253868037936123904) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/"},"headline":"It Is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Follow @JennyHolzerMom","datePublished":"2014-03-17T15:49:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:51.922Z","description":"WE MISSED YOU","url":"https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9eae166768a0bab7/698685cdf983e7030004cc7b/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-47-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Roy","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9eae166768a0bab7/698685cdf983e7030004cc7b/screen-shot-2014-03-17-at-11-47-40-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-03-17 at 11.47.40 AM","caption":"","creditText":"Twitter","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/27344/it-is-in-your-self-interest-to-find-a-way-to-follow-jennyholzermom/","name":"It Is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Follow @JennyHolzerMom"}}]}] ```