Reminder that, unless a creative freelancer has a spouse with a day job that offers health insurance, they likely have an ACA plan. And with the hits to creative industries the past few years, I'm guessing many qualify for subsidies. Related reminder that comic creators are freelancers.

all the staffers at teen vogue who just got laid off I hope yall feel how appreciated your work has been by so many.

I was due to take part in an event at @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight but now I’m choosing not to go because I won’t cross a picket line. Solidarity to @pcsunion.bsky.social and the British Library workers.

With the Trump administration cutting off SNAP benefits, I think it's really time to pull together. I made a little donation to City Harvest, and if you donate to any food bank and tell me what your small problem is, I'll give you a pep talk in Monday's newsletter! (Send me your receipt too!)

The Complaint Apparatus open.substack.com/pub/feminist...

If you ever think you're doing something new with visitor centered practice in museums, a children's museum has probably already done it.

Opinion | Trans pride in the museum 🏳️‍⚧️ Margaret Middleton on how Manchester Art Gallery has opened its doors to transgender communities.

How can museums stand in solidarity with their local transgender communities? “I think the biggest thing is opening their doors to us,” said trans activist Arlo West. “When museums stand up and say, ‘We support trans people,’ it sends a powerful message.” www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

After the British museum theft and now the Louvre heist, the premise of Euro-custodianship of global south heritage is more than debatable. Return the possessions to their community custodians.

#Frauds is fun, I love a heist, I love queer museum antics, this was MADE for me. But jfc they better make out in series 2 or I will lose my mind.

Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts? According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

When in Cymru #Museums2025

Colonial-loot museum is hosting an Indian-themed gala. I don't know what's more offensive: normalising engaging with colonial loot -- did the funds dry up -- or 'fancy-dressing up' Indian.

How Do You Design One Space That Works for All Ages? blog.orselli.net/2025/10/how-...

It's not a coincidence that the first ai actor is a young white woman

Been saying [some version of] this at least since Michael articulated it so well on You're Wrong About... Excluding bigots from cultural and political influence because of their behavior is fundamentally different than bigots excluding people because of their identities and physical attributes...

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Exhibitions Lead, National Museums Liverpool. Deadline 15 October www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/217... #Museumjobs

You know how when you're editing and you sing 🎵para... para... para-graph🎵 a la coldplay? No? Just me?

Yes.

there are almost certainly more people — more blue collar laborers, specifically — involved in the cultivation and production of chardonnay grapes and wine than in coal

American nostalgia is dangerous, especially because this country collectively prefers (American) dreams and myth-making instead of accurately remembering our history. Many of us are especially bad when it comes to nostalgia for our childhood and teen years, especially if we were or felt protected.

Museums as allies! Check out my interview with Trans Pride Manchester organiser Arlo West: manchesterartgallery.org/a-venue-for-...

Cmon yall must have opinions

Just watched Hostage on Netflix and now I MUST read feminist and Irish reviews of the show- link me up!!

This was from banning trans girls from girls sports. Just so you understand the reality of what's going on here.

I am co-editing the Trans Museology issue with @magmidd.bsky.social ! Please share with your circles and consider submitting for this incredibly important issue!

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Love that @youaregood.bsky.social did an ep about PRIDE. Fans of the film should add the People's History Museum in Manchester to their bucket lists.

Rookie mistake - ordering a corn dish in the UK 🙄

Great that they’re doing this project but this stuff should not be volunteer work. Pay people. “But we don’t have money!” Yeah I know, us either, tax the rich

Literally didn't know what to do with myself in Bradford city centre which seems to be a bit of a ghost town on a Tuesday night. Found myself in a pub where absolutely everyone said cheers, see you later when I left.

It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.

I have never noticed hotels asking my nationality before- is that typical? Why is that important information? (Not a survey, a mandatory field in reservation form)

My inbox is full and that's just the way I like it.

Okay the Earl of Grantham I wasn’t familiar with your game

Pro tip for covering pregnancy-related arrests: don't use the word 'infant' before finding out what actually happened. More often than not, these are miscarriages, but outlets will repeat the language cops use - smearing women in the process www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

i went to a Chicago Public Library branch that I had never been to before and happened across these very cool Archival Grab and Go Kits with an invitation to archive your stories

My allergy to flags began as a teen in the wake of 9/11 and the rampant jingoism freaked me all the way out. I don't find any comfort in flags. They are not cute, they are the accessories of bullies.

“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division." Words that very much need to be said.

I'm no historian so correct me if I'm wrong but it seems weird for a pirate to be flying both Roger AND Jack?

"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."

A woman was convicted of sexual assault because her partner didn't know she was trans. This is a product of the stereotype that trans people are deceptive. For this reason, museum folks pls don't describe trans people in the past as being "in disguise" or "convincing." www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/u...