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@jillkrajewski.bsky.social
@tvscholar.bsky.social
♡ aka tvscholar on instagram ♡ author of the "Appointment Viewing" monthly TV column in The Cut ♡ Dorian Awards voter, TCA member ♡ the tv scholar newsletter michel.tvscholar@gmail.com tvscholar.com
@ajabarber.bsky.social
Here’s why you don’t need that $10 dress. Author of Consumed. Contributing editor at ELLE UK.
@ayamisart.bsky.social
Indigenous (Atikamekw Cree) & Black Ancestry ✨ Queer ✨ Poly ✨ Chronically Ill ✨ Be A Good Ancestor 🇵🇸🇱🇧🏳️⚧️🌍 #LandBack Sci-Fi + Horror + Gamer 💜⛓️👾 #RenewTheAcolyte
@jhackett.bsky.social
SpeedinUptoStop elsewhere. Toronto / Detroit . Almost Canadian. Raptors/Letterboxd/Last.fm/Tsubakuro. He/Him.
@liorphillips.bsky.social
verklempt, mostly. 🌿Author of 33 1/3 South African Popular Music out now everywhere ❤️🔥Currently writing a book about Cher 🖤🇿🇦🪬🧿mother of twins 〰️ music journalist chicago via cape town
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, etc. Author of new book "How Coppola Became Cage." Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
@marchogan.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. Bylines: FT, NYT, NPR, etc.; ex-Pitchfork. marchogan at gmail dot com. He/him. I have lived in Iowa since 2009 but wherever you live, there's a chance I lived there at some point too. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-hogan-00b34b1a
@grantsharpies.bsky.social
Writer, journo, critic • kingdom hearts apologist • bylines in interview mag, stereogum, paste, antics, uproxx, pitchfork, ringer, la review of books, mtv news (RIP), nme, etc • grant dot sharples at gmail • he/him • free Palestine 🇵🇸
@desmondcole.bsky.social
Senior writer @breachmedia.ca Website: yeseverything.ca Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/536075/the-skin-were-in-by-desmond-cole/9780385686 Bookings: Scott Sellers ssellers@penguinrandomhouse.com
@katekillet.bsky.social
music documentarian, photographer, writer, event producer & booker @ POSIVIBEZ, vinyl DJ, host, punk “singer” & more… /she-ish queer weirdo
@melwoods.me
Senior Editor, Audience Engagement at xtramagazine.com 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (they/them) from the prairies, now in Vancouver I also play Magic: The Gathering a lot Subscribe to my newsletter, Ranch Baby: https://ranch-baby.ghost.io/ Work with me: melwoods.me
@yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social
Writer. Music Journalist. Montrealer. Millennial. Your favourite It-Girl. Always depressed, never bland. www.yaraelsoueidi.com
@ninacorcoran.bsky.social
just play the song, schneebly // associate staff writer @ pitchfork // words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
@hjasnoch.bsky.social
»What time is it? What time isn’t it!?« ✌️ /// oneweekoneband.com editor /// @hjasnoch also in other places https://linktr.ee/hjasnoch
@theloniusly.bsky.social
Writer | Bylines @ Inverse, Time, Kotaku, Vice, TheCityNY, Gothamist, NY Daily News, etc. #WrestlingIsArt. #QGTM. 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
@gabrielledrolet.bsky.social
Writer and cartoonist based in Montreal. My first book is out May 20 :) Gabrielledrolet.com
@sabahamedy.bsky.social
Culture & trends at Nbc / adjunct professor of journalism at USC. IG sbhamedy / Twitter💀saba_h. LA forever.
@ihavethatonvinyl.com
it's always baseball season in my heart curator of record collecting stories. inthefade from twitter long island forever free palestine, protect trans kids, she/her http://ihavethatonvinyl.com https://www.patreon.com/c/IHaveThatonVinyl
@ganserband.bsky.social
🎶 Dissociative shouts and murmurs. NEW ALBUM [TITLE REDACTED] 2025. STAY TUNED. booking booking@ganserband.com EU booking gab@annibale.eu https://linktr.ee/ganser
@shharine.co
small forward at @dontcallmebaby.club music & culture writer. film & tv production designer. 💌: https://shharine.co 🔗: https://productiondesign.shharine.co
@ralter.bsky.social
“one foot in the grave and one on a banana peel” -angie k i work at the website vulture
@cadenceweapon.bsky.social
Polaris Prize winning rapper, former Poet Laureate of Edmonton, high plains thrifter linktr.ee/cadenceweapon
@kdc.bsky.social
Born to be Synclaire, forced to be Maxine. Accessibility and disability justice by day, Zine stuff at @wildramppublishing.bsky.social by night. Random fangirling throughout. https://linktr.ee/KeidraC Profile ID: Black woman with red twists
@glennsumi.bsky.social
25 yrs @ Toronto's NOW Magazine covering theatre (mostly), comedy, film. Now freelance. Star, Globe, Variety. He/him. Blog: So Sumi, covering Toronto performing arts.
@bettina.bsky.social
i write for eater, i cook a lot etc / i'm here but also i'm not / @crispyegg420 on instagram
@imgarysuarez.bsky.social
just another guy on the i.r.t. CABBAGES is a hip-hop newsletter + rapper movie podcast: https://www.cabbageshiphop.com/
@katiechow.bsky.social
I miss my pre-internet brain. Words for hire. Formerly The A.V. Club and BlackBook. Seen in Pitchfork, Vice, Paste, and more. https://linktr.ee/katiechow
@vishkhanna.bsky.social
Host/Producer: Kreative Kontrol with Vish Khanna Writer Dad, husband 🍕🏀 https://linktr.ee/vishkhanna
@kylie.hater.club
The Costco Mae Martin // the they/them your parents warned you about // LAX/TUL/NYC // reps: Established Artists, Activity, Feral Talent // pfp: blonde enby’s back with a Coachella bomber jacket, banner: Ludicolo // opinions, unfortunately, are my own
@ansleysmusic.bsky.social
Michi Saagig Nishnaabe (member of Alderville FN) Musician, Scoring, Sound Installations www.ansleysimpson.com https://ansleysimpson.bandcamp.com/
@wordsandguitar.bsky.social
Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
@tatianatenreyro.bsky.social
eic ANTICS/associate music editor @ paste. professional butthead everywhere else - tatiana.tenreyro[at]anticsmag[dot]com/tatiana[at]pastemagazine[dot]com
@juwanthecurator.bsky.social
Affiliate @Twitch. Everyone’s Critic. Formerly Verified on Twitter, for those who ever cared. Forever Brooklyn https://linktr.ee/juwanthecurator
@mountbellyache.bsky.social
persian rug at the recording studio https://linktr.ee/mountbellyache
@joshterry.bsky.social
chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com https://www.noexpectations.fyi
@meredithbalkus.bsky.social
writer | nerd | cat mom | motorcyclist now: words at netflix + freelance + possibly a book then: vice, thrillist, st. martin’s press
@thegaychingy.bsky.social
aka Chingy. Writer, Critic, Filmmaker, Leatherdyke Muppet, Bloody Lovergirl.
@maggieserota.bsky.social
Twitter’s Maggie Serota. Writer. Frequent podcast guest. maggieserota@substack.com
@markyarm.bsky.social
Exec editor, features & special projects, PCMag 🐙 adjunct, Columbia Journalism 🐙 bylines: the New Yorker, NYT Mag, Flaming Hydra, etc. 🐙 author, EVERYBODY LOVES OUR TOWN 🐙 markyarm@gmail.com; Signal: markyarm.99 🐙 https://markyarm.journoportfolio.com
@alexsteed.bsky.social
Co-Host of You Are Good and The OC, Again. Corn Telethon. Manager for folks in the arts. Bewildered person. Picture taker. Zine-maker (High Occulture). Activist. Into being.
@anniezaleski.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran’s ‘Rio.’ Other books: Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Pink, Christmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. apstudiozaleski@gmail.com; anniez.com.
@carynrose.bsky.social
Music journalist, historian, archivist, crabby old punk rock lady. WHY PATTI SMITH MATTERS, UTP 2022 Springsteen newsletter @ https://www.radio-nowhere.com/ clips @ https://carynrose.contently.com/ She / her
@literelly.bsky.social
foraging for Hope ★ journalist, poet, documentarian ★ organizing + getting in Good Trouble @zenithcoop & more ★ Chaotic Do Gooder For The People. rep'd by Mina Hamedi.
@suzy.bsky.social
Retired Florida goth. Award-winning entertainment journalist in LA. Bylines in Vogue + ELLE + Rolling Stone. 🇧🇿🇨🇺🏳️🌈
@janus.bsky.social
電子音楽家 raving in the late anthropocene 🎛🔊🎶🍉✌️🫠 words in VICE (rip), e-flux, Dazed 💌 bookings: music@janusrose.com 🔗 http://janusrose.com 🌐 https://verdant.garden/roster/janus-rose 📸 https://instagram.com/janus.rose 👤 by @cara.city
@nicsigni.bsky.social
Writer of Men to Avoid in Art and Life, and other books in the Art and Life series. Not a genius. nicoletersigni.com
@paulch.in
Award-winning and losing music producer & DJ Supreme Divine Crow at @sanzuwu.group Great tunes & thoughtful music takes Free them all 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇨🇩🇸🇩🇭🇹 🔗 https://szw.app/paulchin
@adrierising.bsky.social
chaotic good. co-host of pages & prejudice pod. editor of i hate my job. sex/work writer. portrait photographer. chronically just like other girls. hot take generator. 🌐: adrierose.link/adrierising
@kaicomedy.com
standup comedian & comedy writer merch: kaicomedy.square.site venmo: kaichoyce
@angiejaime.bsky.social
Director of Audience, The Meteor | Award-Winning Journalist | @teenvogue.com | George R.R. Martin Fellow | Proudly WGAE angiejaime.com
@quinnhills.bsky.social
she/her, 36. My album IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS is out now Pre-WGA writer. UMAW member. BLM. Free Palestine. Fuck transphobes. Land back everywhere. quinnhills.net
@bananafitz.bsky.social
It’s me, Anna. Not for everyone. Read Good Girl (Flying Books), or don’t.
@nordicshrew.bsky.social
i was too controversial for the other websites so now i'm here. if you see any of my posts without likes it's because they are too controversial.
@justsayrad.bsky.social
Film Critic at CTV's Your Morning. Pop Culture Columnist at CBC Radio. Contributor: The Guardian, The Globe & Mail, CBC Arts, Zoomer Magazine and more.
@sarahmseltzer.bsky.social
My debut novel about music and love THE SINGER SISTERS (Flatiron) is available at a bookstore near you. 🎶 📖 I edit at feminist quarterly Lilith Magazine. ✊ I am a tired NYC mom and probably need some coffee right now… ☕️
@simonwilliam.bsky.social
deputy music editor at rolling stone // just my own opinions over here
@annaroseiovine.bsky.social
editor at mashable, chair of the ziff davis creators guild https://www.annaiovine.com/
@craigsj.bsky.social
Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
@motelsiren.bsky.social
god’s favorite cowgirl 💒 entertainment writer @ gamesradar+ poet maiden @ clashbooks 📍brooklyn, ny linktr.ee/motelsiren
@sarahsmacdonald.bsky.social
writer, human. vice, cbc, elle canada, hazlitt, globe and mail. have newsletter: love letters. writing a book! 🪐 https://www.sarahsmacdonald.com https://sarahsamacdonald.substack.com/
@noelransome.bsky.social
Writer | @VICE (RIP) alum | Form Canadian Press @CdnPressArts | Words @ebertvoices @globeandmail @variety @complex etc email ✉️: noel@noelransome.com www.noelransome.com
@jillkrajewski.bsky.social
culture writer in film, vulture, etc bifurious jillkrajewski.com