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james factora

@jamesfactora.bsky.social

actually an expert on all matters that are fake and gay. staff writer at them dot us, words in other places too, musician, idiot

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james factora@jamesfactora.bsky.social · 3mo ago

we just hit the halfway mark which is awesome! some additional context — some of my colleagues did not receive severance, and while we're still figuring out an equitable division, we're planning on most of the funds from this gfm going to them. also, truly anything helps even if it's just $5

james factora@jamesfactora.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hi, as some of you know Them was sold last month and i was laid off as a result. this is a gofundme for myself and my colleagues who have been impacted, pls share and donate if you feel called <3 www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

james factora@jamesfactora.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hi, as some of you know Them was sold last month and i was laid off as a result. this is a gofundme for myself and my colleagues who have been impacted, pls share and donate if you feel called <3 www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

Donate to Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub, organized by Catherine Mhloyi

On April 15, Them officially was officially sold by our paren… Catherine Mhloyi needs your support for Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub

gofundme.com

james factora@jamesfactora.bsky.social · 3mo ago

hi, as some of you know Them was sold last month and i was laid off as a result. this is a gofundme for myself and my colleagues who have been impacted, pls share and donate if you feel called <3 www.gofundme.com/f/support-la...

Donate to Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub, organized by Catherine Mhloyi

On April 15, Them officially was officially sold by our paren… Catherine Mhloyi needs your support for Support Laid-Off Them Staff, Condé Nast’s Former LGBTQ Pub

gofundme.com

Sophie Hurwitz@hurwitz.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...

Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers

Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.

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Condé Union@condeunion.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
Alma Avalle@goodbyealma.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 9mo ago

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan

The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them)@lexmcmenamin.com · 9mo ago

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Really proud of this profile Samantha Riedel wrote of me in THEM. We talked about BLACK FLAME, DC comics firing me, Palestine, and real-life community as it relates to the internet. www.them.us/story/gretch...

Horror Fiction’s It Girl Gretchen Felker-Martin Doesn’t Care if You Like Her

The ‘Black Flame’ author talks to Them about queer horror, getting dropped by DC Comics, and the perils of being hyperonline.

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samantha riedel@samanthawrites.net · 12mo ago

For context, this is a tactic fascist groups have been using for years, in particular when trying to target Pride events. Here's @jamesfactora.bsky.social on one such Patriot Front op in 2022: www.them.us/story/a-whit...

A White Nationalist Group Was Headed to an Idaho Pride Event With Riot Gear

They were armed with shields, shin guards, riot gear, and at least one smoke grenade.

them.us

Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social · 12mo ago

ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. LATU organizers snapped some photos from the raid—one sticks out: ICE agents rolling up in a Penske rental truck. Wonder where they got the idea😬 Trying to avoid detection? Is this policy now? Are they now doing roving gangs in this?