Making people buy their freedom back from the government isn't just wrong, it also increases crime. www.salon.com/2025/09/20/c...

I have big news: I wrote a book! It’s called The Price of Mercy, and it’s about the violence, cruelty, and dysfunction baked into our legal system, and what we can do about it. It’s full of real-world stories, hard data, and the voices of people fighting to fix what’s broken.

So amped to bring you this episode of Organized Money, our best yet. We talked to Bridget Read, who wrote a superb book about pyramid schemes & multilevel marketing. We discuss how MLMs prosper by selling the idea of entrepreneurial freedom, its ties to the conservative movement. Great podcast!

“Read’s well-reported, entertaining history—of a bluntly predatory business model built on the promise of self-driven social mobility that materializes for only an elite few—is a parable about the United States." @tarpley.bsky.social @bookforum.bsky.social www.bookforum.com/print/3201/c...

A gorgeous essay from @sarahbhartshorne.bsky.social in Vogue! www.vogue.com/article/sara...

From producer manipulation tactics to coming out on camera, Sarah Hartshorne breaks down her experience as the only plus-size contestant in ‘American’s Next Top Model’ cycle nine.

Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today. lithub.com/dante-secret...

‘America’s Next Top Model’ tried to give Sarah Hartshorne an embarrassing new look, but she had never felt more like herself, she writes in her new memoir.

read this sneak peek of YOU WANNA BE ON TOP? in @vulture.com! www.vulture.com/article/sara...

The 19th spoke with Bridget Read about the connection between the core ideology of multi-level marketing ventures and contemporary politics.

I wrote about the grifters who turned door-to-door sales from the most pitiable, loathed job in America to a glamorous once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And other elements of Bridget Read's fantastic new book on the predatory multi-level marketing industry. newrepublic.com/article/1961...

LITTLE BOSSES EVERYWHERE is a @nytimes.com Editors' Choice this week! @bridgetgillard.bsky.social

When people say that LLMs are not actually capable of doing the work that they’re advertised to do, this is a good demonstration of what they mean

Bridget Read has an excellent book about the incredibly deep influence MLMs have had on modern society. Read @ryanlcooper.com's review from our latest print issue: prospect.org/culture/book...

In @theatlantic.com today: "A damning portrait . . . .Investigating an industry notorious for doublespeak and euphemism, @bridgetgillard.bsky.social calls things what they are.” www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

I read this book the other day. Strongly recommend. It is especially timely for understanding our weird political moment and the seemingly odd alliances.

Happy pub day to LITTLE BOSSES EVERYWHERE! Getting the attention of the DSA means @bridgetgillard.bsky.social did something right--here's hoping we can prevent the vulnerable from falling for this scam that's gone unchecked for far too long.

The New York Times says my book Little Bosses Everywhere "reads like a thriller... Read lays out an almost prosecutorial case against multilevel marketing schemes" and "captures the same heartache" of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Ah! Out tomorrow! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/b...

Just out: one of the most illuminating books I've read on how Trump happened. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/715421...

My #CurrentlyReading Little Bosses Everywhere by Bridget Read. @crownpublishing.bsky.social 💭 So far I’m liking this better than the MLM books I read in the last couple of years. #booksky #nonfiction

I just donated $50 to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's mayoral campaign. There's never been a more crucial time to support a candidate who will actually stand up for New Yorkers. Will you match me? contribute.nycvotes.org/campaigns/zo...

"These serve no purpose, are wholly repellant, and they look vaguely like they’re made of human skin. They’re basically the JD Vance of candy." I reviewed a bunch of Christmas candy I purchased last December from the Goodwill. Yes, I know. I know it's March. www.everywhereist.com/2025/03/its-...

Happy pub day to @otroedgargomez.bsky.social!! It’s been a dream of mine to publish into the Florida Canon—thank you for making that come true. I am so, so proud to be your editor 💖🐊

An excerpt of Alligator Tears is up at @electriclit.bsky.social! It’s a chapter titled “Fake” about when my mom lowkey scammed the bank to get me veneers in high school and how being a fake bitch gave me the confidence to be gay. ✨ electricliterature.com/fake-teeth-w...

Just beyond shocked and honored for this rave review of Alligator Tears in the @latimes.com today. “Alligator Tears sings.” www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

If they had just waited a few months, Skyrizi’s bop would’ve been the Espresso of summer 25

Idk about y’all but I need a reason to CELEBRATE!!! If you do too, then let this be your sign to come to my book launch party for Alligator Tears. I’ll be talking about the book with fellow Central American best selling diva John Manuel Arias. As we say in Florida: “Come get ur gator shoog!!!”

Literal dream blurb! I've been such a huge fan of @kristenarnett.bsky.social for the longest, her characters are always so unapologetically gay and messy and FLORIDA. You can just feel how much heart flows through her stories. This endorsement of Alligator Tears from her means the world. 🐊🥲

“Relatable, funny and deeply heartfelt, this memoir is one not to miss.” TODAY on @otroedgargomez.bsky.social’s ALLIGATOR TEARS! www.today.com/popculture/b...

When I tell you that I am such a huge fan of Javier Zamora’s Solito… I am beyond honored that he wrote this incredibly sweet endorsement for Alligator Tears 🐊🥲 thank you @jsalvi.bsky.social

At Christmas dinner, I mentioned to my dad I was reading CHALLENGER (it’s excellent) and learned (for the first time, somehow) that my grandma religiously followed every launch and was at Cape Canaveral that day and saw the explosion in real time

Woahh. Alligator Tears has received a second starred review, this time from Publishers Weekly! When I tell you I never AT ALL expected this. Starred reviews are "awarded to books of exceptional merit," and means it'll be stocked by more libraries, bookstores, and will reach more readers. Let's gooo😭

I don’t even know how to begin telling you how excited I am about this one. @qianjuliewang.bsky.social is a bad ass, a literary and literal angel. When I read Beautiful Country, I was blown away. I’m still shook she read Alligator Tears and had these nice things to say:

"Anything by @everywhereist.bsky.social is required reading. . . .Following in the footsteps of culinary memoirists such as Nora Ephron and Laurie Colwin, DeRuiter has honed a perfect recipe for the food essay." @saveur.com on IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT! www.saveur.com/shopping-rev...

Incredible to see Adam Driver doing an Amazon commercial in the wake of Megalopolis

Waiting in line is the most embarrassing thing you can do in New York City

I know you’re all dying to see my Spotify wrapped, but I’m not gonna share it

🐊😭 I really don’t know what to say. THEEE legend James McBride read my book and wrote this extremely kind blurb. No Alligator Tears from me today. If you catch me crying, it’s because I can’t believe this Florida kid who used to sell bootleg JLO CDs at the flea market would grow up to be so lucky…

Today I’m taking the lyrics of the horny thanksgiving emoji chain text and really holding space with that

“As the title promises, I was sometimes infuriated, sometimes astonished, by what I learned. But, mostly, I laughed at DeRuiter’s humor, which made this book a joy to read.” @npr.org on @everywhereist.bsky.social's IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT! apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

My mom took me out to a new sushi restaurant in Boca Raton and no less than half the rolls have cream cheese in them