who among us will write the overarching exposé on the c-suite execs who are complicit in the demolition of journalism, its role in democracy, in perfect timing with the rise of media illiteracy and fascism
“This is really a moment for moral clarity, and I think we need to look into our hearts and ask ourselves: Do Palestinian children deserve the same safety as all other children do?”
@CynthiaNixon
talks about joining the call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on The View.
In a time of mass layoffs in the media industry, it's impossible to ignore the disproportionate impact on women—women of color, trans women, queer women, muslim women, native women.
Gov. Hochul on Morning Joe calls the deployment of National Guard and State Police is part of a “psychological” reinforcement for New Yorkers to feel safer
Though most major roads are blocked downtown Chicago, many found a way to Michigan Ave tonight for the annual cruising as a celebration of the upcoming Mexican Independence Day on Sept 16.
In honor of Native American Heritage Month,
@TeenVogue
is exploring what it means to be a resilient, young Indigenous person in 2020 —the changemakers working to decolonize our world.
My interview with TikTok star Michelle Chubb:
I'm going to find a truly immense cactus for my apartment. when people walk into my room I want them to think "no one needs a cactus this big, this strong, but here it is"
Greta Thunberg’s efforts are amazing and so powerful—but let’s please honor the work of our indigenous and Black kin in this effort, a years-long fight.
I have a lot to say about being an all-too-rare Indigenous leader at a legacy newsroom, about what I set out to accomplish with 404, the work we did and the community we built; making the unseen, seen.
Know this - this is not the last you'll hear from me.
✨personal news✨
When good news is all too hard to come by, I'm thrilled to share that I've joined
@latimes
as its first Head of Creator Content!
I'm humbled to lead 404 by L.A. Times, a first-of-its-kind collective in any major U.S. newsroom.
I wrote about being trapped in the amber of a moment and why women sacrifice parts of themselves, their raucous messiness and risky choices—the things that ultimately help them live on their own terms—in order to become palatable.
My first,
@BitchMedia
:
many of yall know ive been wanting kelis to get her flowers, my deeply underrated, sidelined queen. im glad to hear she's doing alright despite it all....and tbh inspired by her californian farm lifestyle. i aspire
"I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else."
- Toni Morrison
Finally. My father died from mesothelioma as a result of years working in the automotive industry where he was exposed to many chemicals, asbestos included.
If you've been a fan... you know Janelle Monáe and Wondaland been ushering us into this moment. The evolution of Wondaland is a study.
#TheAgeofPleasure
After a ~2 year long hiatus, recently, I found reason to write again.
For
@VICE
: I went long on
@RezDogsFX
's enthralling sophomore season, my dad's recent death and how family somehow always find ways to help us heal.
Today is my *official* last day as a
@latimes
staffer, where I served as the first Head of Creator Content in the paper's 141 year history.
Thanks to
@latguild
, I had a 60 day separation period, and will receive severance pay. But many of my colleagues will be short-changed. 1/
I have a lot to say about being an all-too-rare Indigenous leader at a legacy newsroom, about what I set out to accomplish with 404, the work we did and the community we built; making the unseen, seen.
Know this - this is not the last you'll hear from me.
i'd love if a social media reporter (not me tho im busy hehe) interviewed folks behind social accounts like popcrave and impact (or tiktok) to see if they're at all concerned about the current crisis in media ... like what will they do if there's no content to "reference"
This has been up for nearly 24 hrs now, but Schneider did NOT sit down with THR, he sat down with a former (adult) cast member.
@THR
's framing of this story as an "exclusive" further leads to misinfo re: framing. The video was sent to many outlets via Schneider's Bakery PR team.
Over 5 years in the making... happy to finally share this collection of incredible memories. Thanks to all of the photographers & artists that contributed & to
@phaidon
for working with me to publish my first piece of art in a new industry! pre-order on 📚
Warren, despite her problematic relationship with Native identity and lackluster apology, had beginnings of a plan for supporting Native communities.
Bernie has extensive plans, inclusive plans of the largely Indigenous migrant populations from C. Am.
What's Biden's plan?
Amidst an unprecedented year, it has never been more clear: Celebrities, for all their halfhearted attempts at inspiring civic engagement, are very much a universe away from the real lived experiences of most Americans.
For
@TeenVogue
#Election2020
:
“Despite the Los Angeles Times laying off a staggering 200 staffers in January, construction has now begun expanding its El Segundo campus, TheWrap has learned.
Quipped a staffer who forwarded the memo to TheWrap: ‘I could have sworn we were broke.’”
Too many people (including many journalists) that I respect are sharing content from "spectatorindex" - and I'd just like to remind folks that that is NOT a news outlet or publication. It's basically a news popcrave run by one individual.
More here:
Native women comprise just 3% of Montana's population, yet they account for 30% of all cases involving missing women.
@espn
's doc 'Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible' shows Native girls fighting back amid an epidemic of violence.
#mmiw
For
@TeenVogue
:
NEW for
@TeenVogue
: I explore the history of Native American and Indigenous representation in Hollywood and the growing movement of filmmakers attempting to correct over a century of deeply corrosive storytelling
✨ thrilled to share ✨
i'm working on my debut novel — and joining this remarkable group of writers at the inaugural George RR Martin writing workshop!
a dream!
In the midst of the fight against anti-Black racism and police violence, I wanted to take a moment to address how Latinx people can interrogate their involvement in Black liberation and the dismantling of white supremacy.
My latest for
@TeenVogue
:
Since studying art "formally" in a predominantly white university, the question of creating art in inherently oppressive contexts has filled my mind.
For
@TeenVogue
, I explore the future of art, which can—and must be—a decolonized one.
As a third generation union member, my grandfather with farmworkers here in CA, my father with the auto industry in Chi, my sibling with the Chicago Teachers Union, myself as part of WGAE and News Guild, I know because I have lived it - unions get results.
In my first for
@vice
, I try to make sense of the reasons why self-care has proven inadequate in the face of so much present-day horror—and why my self-care must be decolonized and community-centered, for my survival.
I understand owning pieces from places like SHEIN when fast fashion might be the only source of affordable, stylish clothing. But people who have closets stuffed to the brim with these items, or worse, do "hauls" — why? to maintain an online illusion of style? at what cost?
🔊
@terrygtnguyen
explains the ethical and environmental questions that arise from Shein’s business practices and what its dominance means for fast fashion’s future.
If you are observing
#ColumbusDay2019
today here is a list of what you are celebrating...
1.) Christopher Columbus's army used indigenous people as dog food. They were known to feed live babies to dogs in front of their horrified parents.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay2019
CW: SA
Fellow journalists: Feministing, The Hairpin, The Toast, AfterEllen, Broadly, Rookie, The Lily, Bitch, Into, etc. are gone, but
@themeteor
and
@19thnews
are here. Learn about them, support them, fund them.
Thinking of everyone re-treading memories in the name of accountability, retraumatizing themselves in the name of seeking justice, of being heard, whose nights this week are nightmares and the days waking nightmares too.
hey folks
@Linktree_
is offering free linktree pro for laid off journalists. handy if you don't have a portfolio website and need a place to host your links/clips
Surprising to no one who experienced it during the Great Recession.
"Women and minorities tend to fill the most marginal, low-authority positions and to have the shortest tenures, and so they lose their jobs at disproportionately high rates."
After a massive year that included a Grammy for Best Reggae Album, (the first for a woman, *and* youngest artist ever to achieve this), I caught up with
@originalkoffee
as she social-distances from Jamaica, for
@TeenVogue
.
When we noticed Candice Patton, Nafessa Williams, Vanessa Morgan + Asha Bromfield speaking out about white supremacy this summer, we realized they should have a singular platform to speak their truths.
I’m incredibly proud of this one
@TeenVogue
"The remains of more than 110,000 Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Natives’ ancestors are still held by museums, universities and federal agencies."
Today,
@ProPublica
is launching The Repatriation Project.
Our first pieces look at the U.S. institutions/agencies that hold hundreds–in some cases thousands–of ancestral remains & belongings from Indigenous gravesites
I don't know who needs to hear this but if you've been used to struggle, hardships, and detached self-sufficiency, you can let goodness come and stay a while.
With everything going on, it was a breath of fresh air to chat with artist
@palomamamicl
about getting the stamp of approval from the legendary
@IvyQueenDiva
, challenging the music industry status quo as a young Latina, and so much more.
For
@TeenVogue
:
#WednesdayWisdom
"I am unapologetically me. I want you to be unapologetically you, whoever you are. Whether you work at
#CIA
, or anywhere else in the world.
Command your space. Mija, you are worth it."
Across borders and continents, through the shared trauma of colonialism, the layers of Indigenous, African, and European influences have crafted for Latinx people a unique intimacy with the dance between death and life.
ICYMI
@TeenVogue
:
some news: today, i’m excited to launch . this ever-expanding black film archive provides history and context to over 200 black films made from 1915 to 1979 currently streaming.
every description on the site is lovingly written & researched by me.
For
@TeenVogue
's Native American Heritage Month series, I spoke with 20-year-old Tongan and Diné student filmmaker Kymon Palau about his work on TikTok and skewering colonization with the energy of a true read — hilarious, incisive, and devastatingly true.
"We need to fight for them and do all we can in our power to make sure farm workers are not neglected but instead are seen as what they are, human beings deserving of respect and humane working conditions.”
My first for
@motherboard
Karlie Koss and her billionaire investor husband Joshua Kushner are bringing LIFE magazine back to life, more than two decades after the more than century-old photo magazine ceased regular publication.