One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

a lot of beyoncé songs are deceptively good for spell work, is what I will say about that

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

“Steve Held, the journalist arrested tonight and taken to a so far undisclosed location, was part of the reporting team that exposed the falsity of ICE’s official narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González. His work speaks for itself.”

we are doing a scandal rewatch and the number of times Donald Trump is mentioned is truly staggering

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say. If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court. I do not say this lightly.

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

I encourage all the media outlets who are about to send people to ”war ravaged” Portland to think twice. Some of the strongest extremism reporters in the country live in this region; journalists who understand the culture of the Northwest and the history of activism here. Do it right this time okay?

I think back to how the cops roughed us up in 2018 when we protested saying this and no one cared. And I think about how ICE routinely brutalizes and disappears and murders people now, and. Pay attention when state violence is leveraged against liberatory protesters. Everyone else is next.

This is a really important read about how the current capitalist formations are shaping what books are available to readers and which writers get a chance to publish a book: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi... #BookSky

I also think it’s very relevant that myself and @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social — the two writers who went on the record here — are very openly queer, writing very openly queer work. So… there is that.

i am so so glad that this piece exists, and really digs so honestly and transparently into the challenges facing authors right now. writing books is an incredible labor of love and is also a massive, risky effort.

Phenomenal piece on how publishing invests - or doesn’t - in debut and mid-list authors. Including our own @jeannakadlec.bsky.social

tfw your first book that went out of print barely 2 years after being published is re-released in paperback with a new subtitle & Lucy Dacus cover blurb

I went on the record with @tajjaisen.bsky.social to talk book sales and the infamous “track”: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

NEW CALL YOUR COVEN JUST DROPPED (with my co-hosts @beescolnick.bsky.social and @megjoneswall.bsky.social) — bringing you a monthly forecast of tarot, astrology, and numerology 🎧 on all your fave podcast platforms or watch us on YT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OrL...

More photos from the New Yorkers Against ICE march and rally! Here's @maketheroadny.bsky.social - they won't back down!

I AM INCREDIBLY DISTRESSED BY SUBSTACK LETTING ME KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE FIND MY NEWSLETTER VIA CHATGPT

tfw your first book that went out of print barely 2 years after being published is re-released in paperback with a new subtitle & Lucy Dacus cover blurb

I’m not sure when it became socially acceptable (in real life OR online) for people to tell you that they don’t like the thing you happily do for work. Maybe if it’s something that actively harms people? But otherwise, you really don’t have to respond saying “You do [x]? I can’t stand [x]!”

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!" Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

i saw something about the riyadh comedy festival and legitimately thought it was a spoof but no it's a real thing that actual prominent american comics are participating in and i ????

people do not really understand that once a movement's popularity starts falling towards the 30% mark, it begins shedding even core supporters. this is because you can no longer maintain the information environment inside that core. there are just too many leaks.

if you are still eclipse hangover-ing: jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/pressing-t...

If you grew up evangelical like me and saw all of this *waves hands around wildly* coming, this book is so very for you. Or if you just love good writing!

The kids, as they often are, are all right

I know I keep going on about this but 1) yes 2) it has DEEPLY embarrassed the media people who kept trying to pretend that this regime can be treated as legitimate, and 3) we absolutely cannot let them forget it

Apple has pulled The Savant, its series starring Jessica Chastain’s about hunting down white supremacist cells across America, from its immediate release schedule.

okay so listen is the reason the rapture isn't happening today because it's the pub day for HERETIC: A QUEER REVOLT AGAINST EVANGELICALISM, EMPIRE, AND THE LIES WE ARE SOLD? no. but like. what if it was. bookshop.org/a/84844/9780...

Happy pub day!!!!

happy rapture day sinners, my wife's incredible exvangelical memoir HERETIC is out in paperback today and you should absolutely read it: bookshop.org/a/83423/9780...

what better way to celebrate the fact that you're going to hell 😘🎉

This book is so fucking good. So, so fucking good.

Happy pub day to Heretic!! 🎉🎉

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

“I survived the 2025 rapture and all I got was a paperback of this amazing memoir that explains exactly how we got into this mess” t-shirts coming when

okay so listen is the reason the rapture isn't happening today because it's the pub day for HERETIC: A QUEER REVOLT AGAINST EVANGELICALISM, EMPIRE, AND THE LIES WE ARE SOLD? no. but like. what if it was. bookshop.org/a/84844/9780...

OUT IN PAPERBACK TOMORROW! Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold! www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw...

If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid and Tiffany Cross or Amber Ruffin or Karen Attiah or Jemele Hill Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were

THIS is how you cover it.

every corporate decision comes down to money and clearly the economics for abc/disney outweighed the threats from the fascist government

Disney+ is still on the BDS list, BTW. Don't restart your subscription just because they brought back Kimmel. They only did that because they lost so much money anyway; they learned nothing. If Disney or ABC wants your money, make them divest from Israel first.

OUT IN PAPERBACK TOMORROW! Heretic: A Queer Revolt Against Evangelicalism, Empire, and the Lies We Are Sold! www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJw...

medicine for your eclipse hangover: jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/pressing-t...

Wow, has this been one of the loudest eclipse cycles I’ve experienced in recent years. jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/pressing-t...

Clothing store, Upper West Side.

it's eclipse day, and i'm thinking about how — once again — my first book HERETIC is coming out during another eclipse! it was first pub'd on a scorpio eclipse in 2022, and the paperback re-release this tuesday comes in the wake of a virgo eclipse. some books just ~want to have~ certain energy.

happy virgo eclipse, everybody! today's task is REST. jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/pressing-t...

okay but if the rapture happens the same day my (ex-evangelical) memoir HERETIC comes out in paperback that would be the funniest thing ever. please white american jesus, take your people!