Maryam Ahmad
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Hello! I'm Maryam, a writer on the intersections of politics and pop culture! I specifically write about South Asian and Muslim representation (and am a Ms. Marvel expert!), and fandom and politics on the internet! Here is my portfolio, if you want to learn more :)
maryamahmad.com/portfolio/
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Portfolio
Reviews “The Diplomat” Season 2 Review: A Shorter and Somehow Crazier Season – Tell-Tale TV Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” Fights for all Underdogs – The Wellesl…
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Tell-Tale TV
11 days ago
Maryam Ahmad’s top TV shows of 2025 include High Potential, The Residence, The Wheel of Time, Deli Boys, and more. Read on for the full list!
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
about 1 month ago
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.
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-laidoff-teen-vogue-editors-recover
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Prism
3 months ago
Today, Prism is publishing a monthslong investigation by
@laubast.bsky.social
in partnership with Visualizing Palestine, that takes a deep dive into the experiences of repression that Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists face in the U.S. while attempting to cover the genocide.
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Prism
3 months ago
We're heartbroken to share the news that reporter Ahmed Abdel Aziz, pictured below on the right & a crucial source for this story, was one of the many reporters killed by Israel in the bombing of Nasser Hospital on August 25.
prismreports.org/2025/07/30/g...
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Gaza journalists sell their equipment in the hunger market
Gaza’s journalists stand at the fragile boundary between their profession and staying alive
https://prismreports.org/2025/07/30/gaza-journalists-starvation-selling-equipment/
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inshallah! more like this pls
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Isaiah D. Colbert
4 months ago
I interviewed Michelle Yeoh.
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The Jaw-Dropping Action in 'Ne Zha II' Had Even Michelle Yeoh Swearing Under Her Breath
Yeoh hopes 'Ne Zha II' will remind audiences nationwide that Chinese animation has long been a force of beauty, power, and imagination.
https://gizmodo.com/michelle-yeoh-ne-zha-ii-interview-2000643804?utm_source=gizmodo.com&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=share
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Robert Daniels
4 months ago
“Criticism, like all good things, is about the discovery of the self inspired by our interaction with an art form that tells us about our world. It too is an ‘empathy machine.’” In my Locarno wrap up for
@ebertvoices.bsky.social
I wonder about what the future holds.
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Locarno Film Festival 2025 Wrap-up | Features | Roger Ebert
A recap of this year's Locarno Film Festival.
https://www.rogerebert.com/features/locarno-film-festival-2025-wrap-up
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Israa, 🫒🍉
4 months ago
@curiousmaryam.bsky.social
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With a heavy heart, I share that I’ve lost my father, my home, and my livelihood because of the war in Ga..za.💔 Every bit of support, whether a donation or just a share, makes a huge difference. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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New Substack post! I wrote about the plague of revivals and reboots and sequels on TV, and what is lost in the streaming era. Check it out :)
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Why is every TV show so detached from reality?
The answer: escapist fantasies and throwbacks to the "good old days"
https://open.substack.com/pub/curiousmaryam/p/why-is-every-tv-show-so-detached?r=8itw1&utm_medium=ios
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Nitish Pahwa
5 months ago
you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here:
slate.com/life/2025/07...
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What It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT
“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone.
https://slate.com/life/2025/07/ai-college-cheating-gemini-chatgpt-students-policy.html
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Prisonculture
5 months ago
For those who asked. The link tree for the Sameer Project is here:
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Molly Shah
5 months ago
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was an administrative worker at an electronic archive before this. He has two children Kinaz, 3 and Kinan, 1.5. Kinaz has very bad psoriasis since birth that he was taking her to specialists for before the war began.
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For
@thepolisproject.bsky.social
, I wrote about the selective politics and empathy of The Hunger Games fandom, who will mourn for fictional characters but not for those suffering in real life. It’s a piece I am very proud of, so pls give it a read :)
www.thepolisproject.com/read/hunger-...
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The Hunger Games' Fandom And Selective Politics
The Hunger Games have perpetual relevance to our present day, but analyses that assume the revolution will begin in the US are reductive and delusional.
https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/hunger-games-fandom-hypocrisy/
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For
@thepolisproject.bsky.social
, I wrote about the selective politics and empathy of The Hunger Games fandom, who will mourn for fictional characters but not for those suffering in real life. It’s a piece I am very proud of, so pls give it a read :)
www.thepolisproject.com/read/hunger-...
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The Hunger Games' Fandom And Selective Politics
The Hunger Games have perpetual relevance to our present day, but analyses that assume the revolution will begin in the US are reductive and delusional.
https://www.thepolisproject.com/read/hunger-games-fandom-hypocrisy/
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Always read
@hurwitz.bsky.social
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People’s City Council - Los Angeles
5 months ago
RIP Saniyah Cheatham, an 18-year-old Bronx Community College student murdered by NYPD this weekend. Fuck the pigs. Abolition now.
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18-year-old woman dies while in NYPD custody in the Bronx. Here's what we know.
A Bronx mother is desperate for answers after her daughter mysteriously died while in NYPD custody over the July 4 holiday weekend.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/saniyah-cheatham-dies-in-nypd-custody-in-the-bronx/
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Kim Kelly
5 months ago
It’s honestly so disrespectful and irresponsible that the national media has mostly ignored the DC33 city worker strike in Philly so far. It’s a huge story with massive implications for the 6th biggest city in the country. Hell, I’ll write about it for ya! Email me!
www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...
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Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding?
So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/city-employee-strike-social-media-coverage-20250707.html
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Tell-Tale TV
5 months ago
#Ironheart
Season 1 Episodes 4-6 throw away an intriguing story about Riri Williams’ quest to forge a new suit in favor of setting up yet another MCU big bad. (via
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Dan Berger
6 months ago
I reviewed Chuck Schumer’s new book. It is very bad. But
@journalspectre.bsky.social
is very good for publishing it and letting me go with Yiddish subtitles throughout. Check it out! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Chuck Schumer in America—A Warning – Spectre Journal
https://spectrejournal.com/chuck-schumer-in-america-a-warning/
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hello! summer is here - and so am I with a reminder that I am still looking for freelance/part-time/full-time work in journalism! If you're looking for insightful culture analysis and thorough TV and film reviews, look no further! here's my portfolio :)
maryamahmad.com/portfolio/
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Reviews The Residence Review: An Intriguing Whodunit that Fumbles its End – Tell-Tale TV Deli Boys Review: A Rollicking but Heartfelt Family Crime Comedy – Tell-Tale TV Zero Day Review:…
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Ali Nahdee
7 months ago
Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.
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Jason Koebler
7 months ago
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
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Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
https://www.404media.co/teachers-are-not-ok-ai-chatgpt/
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
7 months ago
students the world over have spent another graduation season bringing Palestinian flags and signs to commencement stages, from the U.K. to Qatar. at NYU and George Washington, student commencement speakers had their diplomas withheld or face campus bans for bringing up Gaza.
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Students Are Protesting For Palestine — And Being Punished — At Graduations
“There was just never any point where I was not going to say something,” one punished student told their student paper.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/student-graduation-speakers-punished-over-pro-palestine-speeches
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Kate Sánchez ➡️ The Game Awards
7 months ago
I think one of the reasons I'm so frustrated about people acting like indie media just started in 2024 as someone who has been running an outlet for 8 years is that it really shows that either no one cared before or no one cares actively unless you had recognition and bylines already.
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Molly Shah
7 months ago
We were hoping that this letter to
@bsky.app
could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first. You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Juan Manuel CC (Baal)
7 months ago
I'm so tired of corporate media
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rip to the
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series, gone too soon! Truly a shame, it was getting so much better each season, and the cast + crew were so invested in it, I was really looking forward to see what they did next :(((
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‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons
Prime Video will not be renewing The Wheel of Time for a fourth season.
https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-wheel-of-time-canceled-prime-video-1236409657/
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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿
7 months ago
To fully address the root of the Gaza Holocaust we still see unfolding, as well as the root of so, so many horrors we've seen in the SWANA region and elsewhere, we must name and explain the original culprit that has plagued our region for literal centuries now. Ethnonationalism. 🧵
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Molly works so tirelessly to share and boost donation requests, if you have the means, please donate to/share to someone from this thread!!
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Hello! I'm Maryam, a writer on the intersections of politics and pop culture! I specifically write about South Asian and Muslim representation (and am a Ms. Marvel expert!), and fandom and politics on the internet! Here is my portfolio, if you want to learn more :)
maryamahmad.com/portfolio/
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Reviews “The Diplomat” Season 2 Review: A Shorter and Somehow Crazier Season – Tell-Tale TV Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” Fights for all Underdogs – The Wellesl…
https://maryamahmad.com/portfolio/
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Officially putting in my two cents in
#Andor
discourse! I wrote about how the existence of it as a Disney product and the hesitation of the creators to draw concrete, real-world parallels (especially to Gaza) dilutes the series' power. Check it out!
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Is Andor really revolutionary?
Or alternatively: How the hell did Disney let this get made?
https://curiousmaryam.substack.com/p/is-andor-really-revolutionary
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12 months ago
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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Swara A.S. ☀️🍉🌊🧿
7 months ago
Amazingly searing piece by
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on
#Andor
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Is Andor really revolutionary?
Or alternatively: How the hell did Disney let this get made?
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