Gina Fattore @missgina.bsky.social Hollywood Spinster™️ / TV Writer 📺
ginafattore.com
@judymatheson.bsky.social @judymatheson.bsky.social 
Lexicon Valley @lexiconvalley.bsky.social A podcast about language.
Autonomy News @autonomynews.co A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.
autonomynews.co
J Hoberman @jhoberman.bsky.social Occasional film critic, Columbia adjunct, old VV staff writer
📚 Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, The Red Atlantis: Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism, 3 books on Hollywood & the Cold War
🔜Everything is Now: NYC 60s Avantgarde
Megan O'Grady @meganeogrady.bsky.social Critic, professor, author of HOW IT FEELS TO BE ALIVE: ENCOUNTERS WITH ART AND OUR SELVES, forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux April 2026 https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374613327/howitfeelstobealive/
https://www.nytimes.com/by/megan-o-grady,
Nina Jacobson @njacobson.bsky.social I love a good story.
Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com Animal and snack enthusiast. TV writer (the kind who writes about it; not for it) https://www.chatwithcharley.org/
19thnews @19thnews.org The 19th is an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, policy and power. https://19thnews.org/newsletters
Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social Hoosier, Political Analyst, newsletter Dispatches From A Collapsing State, author The Midnight Kingdom: A History of Power, Paranoia, and the Coming Crisis, adviser The Change Campaign / American Institute For Change
Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor.
Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter.
Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Lorraine Ali @lorraineali.bsky.social News, media, culture columnist @LATimes.com. Previously Rolling Stone, Pup ‘N’ Taco. Wrote the book “No Lessons Learned: The Making of Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Angeleno Iraqi. Pitbull named Potato.
David Hesmondhalgh @hesmondthing.bsky.social Professor of Media, Music and Culture at University of Leeds; Town Councillor in Yorkshire (Green Party); Fellow of the British Academy; lover of music, film, poetry, football, walking, churches; over-user of semi-colons
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social independent journalist, thehandbasket.co
email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
signal: marisakabas.04
Bumble Ward @bumbleward.bsky.social Flick Flack. Writer. Would like to teach the world to sing.
Scott Rosenberg @wordyard.com Webbin' so long. Past: Axios editor, Wired/Backchannel contributor, Grist editor, Salon co-founder. Author of some tech books. Up next: Our Web (https://ourweb.is/).
Liz Hsiao Lan Alper @lizalps.bsky.social Bitty AuDHD Writer: Chicago Fire, Hawaii Five-0, The Rookie, Ballard, various guest columns for Hollywood trades.
#PayUpHollywood co-founder
She/Her
Bryan Cogman @bryancogman.bsky.social Writer/Producer/Once and Future Actor (Game of Thrones S1-8, LOTR: RoP S1, Red Water, a couple upcoming things I can’t discuss)
David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social Dramatist, author, apostate newspaperman specializing in artisanal contempt and discerning maledicta. The claim that I am the angriest man in television is faint praise indeed; the second angriest is yelling at an agent because residual checks are late.
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
ℳ¡¢₶⩜ℇ𝕃 ☾∯⩓ℬ⦿⧑ @michaelchabon.bsky.social El Chabon perdura.
https://msha.ke/handmadeplaylists
lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social features writer, new york magazine
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@helenh2o.bsky.social @helenh2o.bsky.social 
Joy Amina Garnett @joyamina.bsky.social The Bee Kingdom (Gaudy Boy, Jan 15, 2027)
2024 First Pages Prize Longlist;
Yaddo fellow; Anonymous Was A Woman; Art Director, Evergreen Review + SUSPECT journal
https://linktr.ee/joygarnett
NYer in LA 🌴
Hilliard Guess writer/prod @hilliardguess.bsky.social 📺 🎥 @crossonprime /#DEADLYCLASS / Host: 🎙️ @Screenwritersrantroom @WgaWest
Jennifer Liao @averagejenn.bsky.social Film/TV Director: FROM (MGM+), TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES (The CW), MURDOCH MYSTERIES (CBC). V.O. Artist. Comic writing debut in TERRORBYTES out 10/21. Based in Los Angeles/Toronto. jenniferliao.com
stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social not the one.
i am a journalist and i work for Bloomberg News. Obligatory disclaimers about opinions.
No DMs for reporting tips. Signal at @s_m_i.99
don’t expect posts to stick around.
Elaine Low @elainelow.bsky.social Reporter @ The Ankler. I write Series Business, a newsletter about the TV industry. Alum of Variety, Business Insider, Investor’s Business Daily. Talk to me at elaine@theankler.com
Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social Culture Journalist for hire | Past: Senior Culture Reporter at HuffPost | Other Bylines: History.com, Bloomberg, Capital B News, Salon, Time, The Daily Beast, and many others | reeltalkonline@gmail.com | candicefrederick.contently.com
Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social Hollywood writer whose stuff you may have seen: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1, Luke Cage. Malignant. M3GAN. The Nun 2. The Boulet Bros. Holiday of Horrors (with a directing credit!). It's a pleasure scaring the shit outta you.
Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social Storyteller. 
@jorgecoolreyes.bsky.social @jorgecoolreyes.bsky.social Writer.
Queen Of The South/Resurrection Blvd/NY Undercover & two dozen pilots. Creator/Writer of the late great UPN series "Kevin Hill."
IG: @jorgeareyes
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
Danyel Smith @danyelsmith.bsky.social staff writer @theatlantic.com ✨ audio + film | CAA + Pande Literary
https://www.danyelsmithwriter.com/
https://shinebrighthq.substack.com/
Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social Screenwriter
Entertainment/tech/IP attorney
Former Sr. Counsel, Motion Picture Association
Occasional journalist
History nerd
Lauri's List of screenwriting fellowships, labs, etc.: https://tinyurl.com/spmfzxfh
Website/blog: https://lauridonahue.com
Leonard Chang @leonardchang.bsky.social TV writer/producer (Awake, Justified, Snowfall). Novelist (Triplines, Crossings, The Lockpicker).
leonardchang.com
@cathyparkhong.bsky.social @cathyparkhong.bsky.social 
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Sophie Vershbow @svershbow.bsky.social Writer: NY Mag, Esquire, The Atlantic, Vogue, etc. Head of Social Media @ tech job. Mostly posting about dogs & books. Opinions all mine. vershbowiswriting@gmail.com
https://www.sophievershbow.com/writing
Scott Macaulay @scottmacaulay.bsky.social Film producer (“The Assistant,” “What Happened Was…”, “Raising Victor Vargas,” “Gummo”) at Forensic Films. Co-founder, Filmmaker Magazine. Former Programming Director of The Kitchen.
Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social author of First Love and Negative Space
Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social Journalist, author, jaywalker. Books: THIS IS ALL I GOT, ONE AND ONLY, RIGHTEOUS. Next up: AMERICAN PROPHECY. Thought I'd finally join Twitter.
Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social I write sometimes
www.rabihalameddine.com
Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com movement building reporter @us.theguardian.com
forever philly, longtime nyc
member @transjournalists.org
TIPS: lex_mcmenamin.68 on Signal
linktr.ee/lexmcmenamin
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
@bilgeebiri.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social "I don't expect you to be as depressed as I am, but I don't think your happiness is quite appropriate."
Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts, and online media.
Jess Grose @jessgrose.bsky.social Opinion writer @ NYT, author of three books: Screaming on the Inside, Soulmates and Sad Desk Salad. Posts delete weeklyish, takes are ephemeral.
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of FX series Say Nothing, now streaming on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
New book coming April 7, 2026: London Falling.
Carrie Courogen @carriecourogen.bsky.social writer
📕 miss may does not exist: the life and work of elaine may, hollywood's hidden genius (2024)
📘 cassavetes & rowlands (2028ish)
editor @ bright wall/dark room
prev: video @ conde nast (conde union 4ever)
🏳️🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social ✍️ RogerEbert, Indiewire, Letterboxd, etc. | 📧 maryag7@gmail.com | CFCA | creator #Noirvember #AYearWithWomen | Programmer, Must-Watch Indies @ FACETS Chicago | buy my book CINEMA HER WAY out now from Rizzoli | Free 🇵🇸| https://maryaegates.com/cinemaherway/
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC
https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Jennifer Mendelsohn @jmendelsohn.bsky.social The artist formerly known as @clevertitletk. Journalist turned genealogical sleuth.
Created #resistancegenealogy; co-founded the Holocaust Reunion Project. Lover of receipts. Recovering Long Islander.
"The genealogy burn is one of the rarest of them all."
Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com
Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball
Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social Media studies prof. Director of Industry Relations for the Radio-Television-Film Department at UT-Austin. Opinions are my own.
David Fear @davidlfear.bsky.social Chief Film Critic at http://RollingStone.com. Obsessive. Compulsive. Disorderly. President of the Chishu Ryu Fan Club. NYFCC, NSFC, NSFW.
David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social NPR media guy
Author, Murdoch’s World
Reagan Arthur @reaganart.bsky.social Here to read and deliver firm opinions about books, music, tennis, grammar, and I suppose also the news. Launching new imprint, Cardinal, 9/25
David Hajdu @dhajdu.bsky.social Writer, professor at Columbia Journalism School, National Council for the Humanities
Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social Author and professor type person.
SF noir novel! 🤖🕵️♂️🧬 http://tinyurl.com/5f6nxu24
Newsletter: http://countercraft.substack.com
Jose Molina @josemolinatv.bsky.social Professional TV writer since the 20th century. (FIREFLY, VAMPIRE DIARIES, currently: THE BOROUGHS). Part-time podcaster (CHILDREN OF TENDU). Beatles nut. 80s kid. Father of dogs. Lefty scum. 🇵🇷
Monica Lewinsky @monicalewinsky.bsky.social yeah, that one.
Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social My new special Night Thoughts is out NOW on Hulu.
linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani
Lisa Takeuchi Cullen @lisatakeuchicullen.bsky.social I am a TV writer (SVU, ENDGAME, THE ORDAINED, so many pilots). Former President of the Writers Guild of America East, longtime journalist (TIME) and sometime author. New Jersey by way of Japan 🇯🇵🇺🇸
Joe Conason @joeconason.bsky.social Journalist, author, dad, citizen.
Thomas Goetz @thgoetz.bsky.social sometime journalist someplace
Ed Halter @edhalter.bsky.social Writer on film and other things, half of Light Industry, Brooklyn
@lightindustry.bsky.social
linktr.ee/edhalter
Daisann @daisann.bsky.social All things Hong Kong (proud Islander🌴)where you'll find me running a natural wine shop when I am not holding down the fort in Brooklyn.
Amy Nicholson @theamynicholson.bsky.social Film critic of the LA Times and host of the podcast Unspooled.
Say hello with your favorite movie and why -- or a picture of a standard poodle.
IG/Letterboxd: @theamynicholson
Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Nate Freeman @natefreeman.bsky.social Culture Correspondent, Vanity Fair
Kimberly Burns @kimberlyburns.bsky.social Literary Publicist / Cheerleader
Proud co-founder Broadside PR
Native Californian in New York
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
Will Hermes @willhermes.bsky.social Writer, music usually. Substack: https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/ Contributing Editor @rollingstone.com @nytimes.com @pitchfork.com @npr.org Books: Love Goes To Buildings On Fire 🔥 Lou Reed: The King of New York 👑 https://linktr.ee/willhermes
Alissa Quart @alissaquart.bsky.social ED of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Author of books including Squeezed, Bootstrapped and Branded. Likes verbs. Recovering utopian. Ready to fight. - M M Gessen @mashagessen.bsky.social Columnist at The New York Times. Distinguished Professor at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of NY. Author at Riverhead Books
Liz Tigelaar @liztigelaar.bsky.social TV writer (Tiny Beautiful Things/Little Fires Everywhere) and Tonya Harding aficionado.
Alisa Solomon @alisasolomon.bsky.social Journalist/author/theater critic, prof, dramaturg . . . rootless cosmopolitan.
Gary Dauphin @ebogjonson.bsky.social museum digital, speculative fiction, occasional writing
LA-based / Hecho en South Queens / 🇭🇹
opinions very VERY much my own //
varied interests 
Sarah Larson @asarahlarson.bsky.social New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast 
Nicole Sperling @nsperling.bsky.social Journalist @nytimes covering Hollywood and the business of streaming. Angeleno. Mom. Wife. Owner of a new puppy. 
Kate Tuttle @katekilla.bsky.social Gen X, middle child, Leo. I mostly write about books.
Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social New York State Author Laureate 2025-2027. Writer. New Yorker. Late Bloomer.
www.minjinlee.com
Robbie Pickering @robbiepickering.bsky.social Creator and showrunner of Gaslit on Starz, also did other stuff. Stop pointing that thing at me.
Neda Ulaby @ulabeast.bsky.social Cultural trawler for NPR. Midwestern bohemian currently in Ypsilanti. Owned by sighthounds. Signal: ulabeast.70
Manohla Dargis @manohladargis.bsky.social Old hippie, tree hugger, childless cat lady, lover of animals and some humans, I write about movies for the New York Times. Member of the Times Guild, which is represented by the NewsGuild of New York. Trolls, haters and bigots blocked.
Nathan Deuel @nathandeuel.bsky.social Ocean Lifeguard. Author, FRIDAY WAS THE BOMB, Amazon Best Book of the Month. Has written @ NYT Mag, Harper's, GQ, etc. Continuing Lecturer @ UCLA. Lives in Venice Beach, CA
Doug Simmons @dougsimmons.bsky.social Senior gadfly -- 22 years at the Village Voice, 8 years at the Boston Phoenix. Be kind there's still time, pace Larkin.
Kara Warner @karajwarner.bsky.social Giggle, pun, pigeon enthusiast. Question asker(-ist?). Bylines: Vanity Fair, People magazine, NYMag, MTV News
Art Winslow @artwinslow.bsky.social Owner of literary tote bags, also former magazine editor (The Nation), prior jurist/panelist at Pulitzer Prizes, NEA, NBCC, MacDowell. Have written for many venues, general interests skew to literary journalism and cultural reporting of almost any stripe.
maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. NYC!
Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social "End Times Fascism" book coming September 2026.
Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire.
UBC Professor of Climate Justice.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/naomiklein
Margaret Wappler @margaretwappler.bsky.social Writer rollerskating the infinite. NEON GREEN (2016), a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and A GOOD BAD BOY: LUKE PERRY AND HOW A GENERATION GREW UP (2024). Order BAD BOY here: http://bit.ly/3HMOx25 #riptim
Jessica Rhoades @jessicarhoades.bsky.social Executive Producer, Pacesetter Productions. Black Mirror, Ponies, Station Eleven, Dirty John, Sharp Objects.
Michael Musto @michaelmusto.bsky.social Commentator, columnist, weirdo-about-town