CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media
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Demanding better access, pay, representation in media: African American Film Critics (AAFCA) • Latino Entertainment Journalists (LEJA) • Asian American Journalists (AAJA) • LGBTQ Entertainment Journalists (GALECA) • Online Female Film Critics (OAFFC) • You
13 Indigenous journalists joined the Train-the-Trainers program hosted by the Indigenous Journalists Association and Solutions Journalism Network—the first all-Indigenous cohort. https://tinyurl.com/3nsn5ubx #IndigenousJournalism #SolutionsJournalism
Join the Trans Journalists Association on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at the SF LGBT Center in partnership with @coyotemedia.org, for a timely conversation on how local leadership, grassroots organizing, and journalism intersect in this political moment. RSVP: bit.ly/tjaSF
A politics of white reconciliation based on a foundation of anti-Blackness.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe’re living under a racist fascist kleptocracy and @nytimes.com is asking the hard hitting journalistic questions.
It’s time to dust off your formal wear, because NLGJA LA’s Press Pride Prom is back! Our annual prom-themed awards gala and fundraiser returns on May 9 at a new location — the Los Angeles LGBT Center. Early bird tix available through Sunday, April 19! lanlgja.betterworld.org/events/press...
Spread the word to all queer college film experts! The latest CRIMSON HONORS contest from GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ+ Critics is accepting reviews/essays & applications thru April 15. Winners receive $1000, mentorship & more! See galeca.org/crimsonhonors
"You have to be very smart to write stupid jokes effectively, so Kocher and McElhaney might be geniuses." #movies #MovieSky #PizzaMovie
Pizza Movie Review: A Hilarious Stoner Comedy Adventure
Discover the zany adventures of Jack and Montgomery in "Pizza Movie", a wild stoner comedy packed with absurd humor and personal growth.
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Blows me away how phenomenal LONE STAR is. Truly transcendent storytelling. Few films would dare have a sequence as goofy-yet-gut-punching as that third act moment between Chris Cooper and Frances McDormand. Says so much without having to spell a single syllable out. It’s just remarkable.
Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS PENTAGON TO COMPLY WITH RULING RESTORING PRESS ACCESS - COURT DECISION
Poynter found more than 70 stories dating back to October that included reporting, writing and photography from local journalists without attribution. www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work - Poynter
Nota shut down its news sites after Axios and Poynter found dozens of plagiarized quotes, phrases and photos
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The Guardian spoke with historian Annette Gordon-Reed about her new book, which explores former US president Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race
‘Slavery bounded his life’: Thomas Jefferson’s views on race – in his own words
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It is thrilling to see our trek to space begin again in my lifetime.
Officially spending the next eleven months campaigning for Rachel McAdams’ Oscar #nowwatching
Everything Nominated For The 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Everything Nominated For The 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
Crunchyroll has revealed their list of nominees, presenters, and expected performances for the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. The post Everything Nominated For The 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards appeared first on But Why Tho?.
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Maybe it's empty calories, but I still get plenty of enjoyment out of teen dramedy 'XO, Kitty,' which premieres its third season on Netflix today. My @tomsguide.com review:
'XO, Kitty' season 3 review: The Netflix teen dramedy returns with a charming new season — and a welcome guest star
The latest season of the spinoff from the 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before' movies features more endearing high school romance and antics
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There is no aspect of voting or the 2026 elections that Republicans are not attacking. This is an all out assault on democracy. My law firm and I are litigating in nearly 90 places to stop it with more to come.
The group Third Way accuses the popular progressive streamer of being a “Jew-hater.” His record, and an interview with TNR, prove he’s the opposite of an antisemite. trib.al/UgTxpZI
Hasan Piker Has a Few Choice Words for His Bad-Faith Centrist Critics
The group Third Way accuses the popular progressive streamer of being a “Jew-hater.” His record, and an interview with TNR, prove he’s the opposite of an antisemite.
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It’s not just Ms. Rachel. The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention. Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said… “Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement. Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Tenn. library director fired over refusal to move LGBTQ+ books to adult section
A county board near Nashville voted to dismiss Luanne James, who said she stands by her decision, in the latest clash in a national debate over access to books.
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Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.
So excited to report that I got to visit the New Mexico set of DARK WINDS (one of my favorite shows!) last summer. It was a lot of fun to talk to and an eye-opening experience to watch the cast & crew bring this special, sensational AMC drama to life:
On the set of Dark Winds, a show looking back to shape the future of Indigenous stories
On the set of Dark Winds, a show looking back to shape the future of Indigenous stories
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All but three (!) of the 1,651 refugees admitted into the United States in the three most recent months we have data are white South Africans. For comparison, in 2024, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees. It's an explicit white supremacist project. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
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Micah@rincewind.run · 4mo agoit’s not surprising exactly but it is still shocking just how fast we’ve moved from “woke was excessive” framing to open and explicit white male supremacy
Vox's Ian Millhiser says the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” is correct because "talk" = free speech. So therapists can advise clients to cut themselves? Join a cult? Smoke crack? Become white? www.vox.com/politics/484...
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
Sadly, the Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar is correct.
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Oopsidaisy! 'The New York Times' drops freelance journalist who used (plagiarize-happy) AI to write a book review www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... via @emmaloffhagen.bsky.social / @theguardian.com
The New York Times drops freelance journalist who used AI to write book review
Writer and author Alex Preston said he “made a serious mistake” after a reader spotted similarities between his review and one that appeared in the Guardian
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It was mostly white people and old folks. But not all. IDK, I had some free time this morning and it was nice to be with some friends and neighbors for a while to let off steam. It was interesting to see who honked in support and who didn’t. 👀
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · 4mo ago
Global warming has accelerated “significantly” over the past 10 years, meaning the world may barrel through crucial global warming limits faster than expected, according to the study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whether global warming is speeding up. A new study says it has the answer | CNN
Is the world getting hotter, faster? It’s a big question which has been puzzling and dividing scientists for years. A new paper says it has the answer, and it’s not good news.
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He’s golfing after bombing children and raising your gas prices.
