"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."

Still rocks me that Looney Tunes did a better job of handling this history than 99% of politicians, textbooks, and media

we need a department of kerning

I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.

It's another layer of national degradation and moral decline to see the political media treat child rape like just another horserace issue.

"Hi Mom, look for my quotes in [major women's magazine] about brainrot" was not on my 2025 BINGO card but probably should have been.

Christmas is coming, kids

Can't find the flaw in this logic:

The UK govt: "Hmm, we might have to ban VPNs & a whole range of otehr basic privacy safeguards, to Protect The Children, y'know." Also the UK govt: "It's perfectly fine to let Nazi billionaire & friend of Epstein Peter Thiel trawl through the entire corpus of NHS personal data on your children."

Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue." Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

Pitched to review a product that helps the sandwich generation bridge communication with elders and children-- with controls. Cue to being added to a group chat where my parents track their every breath through the airport and my nephew and grand cousin are in a fight because of miscommunication 🤕

Sometimes I only watch @thebulwark.com because Tim Miller is able to turn absolutely anyone into a blushing, eyelash blinking flirt within five seconds.

UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration. www.wunc.org/education/20...

This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team. In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/... @audioculturenz.bsky.social

Too often, censorship activists skip reading the full book (or its context) and instead spotlight specific dramatic excerpts at school board meetings to spark fear and outrage. But books are meant to be experienced as a whole, not reduced to a few cherry-picked pages. #FreedomToRead

a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit this should not be controversial 🫠

I sent my husband this meme and his response is that Wesley formed a huge part of his idea of masculinity. #HowToBeEvenSexierAfterTwentyYears

Writing about relocation and finding community sometimes makes it really clear where you don't belong.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

What's your favorite children's story that starts with "once upon a time they were bombing London so my [younger sibling] and I got shipped off to the country"?

here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol

Barely half what's on my mind but I'm learning to share in smaller chunks: McCarthy rebranded, Memoir strips a Prince, and Teen Vogue Writers left homeless (This Moment in Media History 11/5/25) www.patreon.com/posts/mccart...

"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight led by an immigrant." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

mamdani is human. he'll fuck up and fail, especially with a hostile press and the giant mess that is nyc's politics. but today is a great day for the brave women who told what cuomo did, and for those of us who care that it should matter. that power shouldn't go to those who hurt the poweless.

Next week's @newyorker.com cover. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

A piece really worth sharing, esp. w those who don’t consume much news. We don’t focus enough on children’s trauma in times when the world around us is on fire. There were many young Anne Franks during WWII, noticing & being shaped by their real-life nightmares. Goes for every conflict & horror.

15 or so years ago a nursing assistant at the hospital where I worked was arrested for leaving her baby in a baby carrier in the parking deck of our hospital while she worked her shift. I will never forget that stark, horrific view into the child care crisis that affects the working poor.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members. At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

From safe havens to centers of protest, Black-owned bookstores have long shaped movements. Alumna Char Adams uncovers their revolutionary legacy in her new book “Black-Owned” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/alumna-... And join her talk on 11/21 at 5p!

It’s disheartening to see Teen Vogue dissolved into Vogue and its political team let go. For years, it was one of the few mainstream spaces that made room for honest, radical commentary on justice, inequality & the world we actually live in. I’m grateful it gave me a home for so many of my op-eds

This is the kind of coverage that Teen Vogue just decided to stop doing.

The EFA recognizes that freelancers are among those who might be at risk of losing their federal food assistance benefits if the government does not reopen. We have put together a list of resources you can consult in anticipation of a SNAP shortfall. https://twp.ai/4irY5D

In Netflix’s “A House of Dynamite,” Chicago is the target of a nuclear attack In real life, Chicago is also home to Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded in 1945 by people involved in the Manhattan Project to warn us about these very risks I talked with them about the movie’s themes Gift 🔗

Hello, I wrote about Mortal Kombat and moral panic to celebrate the release of the very good Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection! www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable

On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Don't want to run a sale for Black Friday but feel like you should do *something* for the holiday season? I talked to over 30 creative entrepreneurs about what they're doing and pulled together the best ideas that don't require a discount www.revenuerulebreaker.com/dont-want-to...

I went from unexpectedly hosting a Halloween speakeasy after trick or treating to a full day conference on messaging and advocacy, running purely on Panera coffee and pent up politics. So naturally I ended the day throwing up and laying in bed. Might have been my favorite two days in a while.

thanks to a donation from the Brooklyn Book Bodega, we gave out nearly 300 books to trick or treaters at the kids’ school Halloween event!

Any young person who's trying to figure out manipulative patterns and behaviors, would be well-advised watch videos of Mike Johnson with the sound off – and then listen to him with audio only. He's a quintessential high-manipulative personality. Stay far, far away from anyone who reminds you of him.

Kristi Noem blasts “foreigners” for dangerous driving. According to the Rapid City Journal, that state’s court records show Noem had 20 speeding tickets dating back to 1989, alongside other violations, including failure to stop at an intersection and invalid license plates.

Never underestimate the power of memoir: outthinkmedia.com/2025/08/23/a...

Please read this helpful piece in the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social , particularly the multiple historians who weighed in before me. “In today’s media landscape, with intentional threats against free speech, /1

The authors of two books targeted by activists trying to restrict access to books with LGBTQ+ themes for youth in libraries have criticized new state policies to move their books to adult sections. via @alabamareflector.com

I'm probably getting quoted in a Florida paper about new social studies standards tomor #RIPmymentionseverywherebuthere