‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

Studios kissing the ring are not going to hold the line. They're gonna roll back as far as they're asked to.

“Instead of more typical teenage worries…my concerns are about what happens if kids feel emboldened by their [Texas Bluebonnet Bible-infused Curriculum] lessons to bully my little sister…It has worsened the hopelessness I continuously feel as a Muslim person in the U.S” #EduSky

I wrote about why Nicole Kidman, and lots of other great midlife actresses, are having a moment on TV. (Let's hope it's longer than a moment.) ministryofpopculture.substack.com/p/the-menopa...

@tvconfidential.bsky.social Show No. 670.6 What James Gandolfini Brought to The Sopranos w/guest @jmkarmstrong.bsky.social now available for LOD via www.listennotes.com/e/c9310e5730... via @listennotes.com #Podcast

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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY

Sometimes, good things still happen in TV. Netflix just ordered a second season of A Man on the Inside.

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“Only thing I can think of [writing] is a meta story about how everyone rushes to find everything someone has ever done online, and how that is often like a useless act.” www.404media.co/luigi-mangio...

The News Media Alliance has asked the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to probe recent changes to Google's search algorithm, which the organization says is depriving major news publishers out of millions of dollars.

Honestly, "Snitch unlikely to get paid due to same sorts of labyrinthine rules that healthcare companies use to avoid paying for medical care" is about the most American story that could come out of this. I'm getting this ominous sense that our dystopian Cyberpunk future draws ever closer.

Win an annotated copy of the NYT-bestseller SEINFELDIA from author @jmkarmstrong.bsky.social! 📖 e.givesmart.com/events/Frv/i...

What is karma, exactly? Not really what pop culture wants you to think. culturetrip.substack.com/p/is-karma-a...

This year's Authors for Voices of Color online auction is now live! We're so proud of this lineup ... get your holiday shopping and do-gooding done in one place: people.com/authors-for-...

Who are the new Pop Star Goddesses? I wrote about them here: ministryofpopculture.substack.com/p/the-new-po...

Planning to watch some #Friends Thanksgiving episodes this week? Read this great behind-the-scenes interview with writer Greg Malins at Ministry of Pop Culture first: ministryofpopculture.substack.com/p/iconic-fri...

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

Trump had no problem getting on podcasts: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... whereas the vice president was deemed too political: www.thedailybeast.com/hot-ones-tur...

Hot damn I made the New York Times 100 Notable Books! 🪩🍸

The @nytimes.com was smart enough to list Emily Nussbaum's CUE THE SUN in its Notable Books of the Year, and kind enough to mention When Women Invented Television just beneath it, and Emily said nice things about it! A good day on the internet for me and my ladies.

i have been a dedicated libro.fm user for over a year now and at no point do i feel that i am missing out on anything from not using audible. also! if you subscribe you can direct a part of your subscription a local book shop

“‘Mean Girls’ isn’t unlike Shakespeare in a lot of ways. The point remains that this is Anthropology 101 behavior and that’s probably why we keep going back to it. And it’s perfectly named.” @jmkarmstrong.bsky.social

In all great writing, there's a touch of magic that transports people out of their current, daily lives. Writing and stories that are greater than just the writing rules they follow. An author's touch and some of the character's input written into the story. - Wrtr #amwriting #author #writing

black panther both printed money and was one of the most critically successful MCU movies, which is to say that the people who complain about diverse casts don’t do so because they are concerned with making a better product, they do so out of an aesthetic (and ideological) objection to diversity

I reviewed Judith Butler's new book through the lens of Russia's efforts to repress queer life, what is has in common with similar efforts in the US, and the shared traits of both in upholding ultra-nationalism and liberal identities open.substack.com/pub/autonomy...