Ivonne Spinoza
@ivonnespinoza.bsky.social
🎬✏️ writer + visual artist
creative/comms strategist💡
feminist neurospicy trilingual latina (she/ella)
https://lnk.bio/ivonnespinoza
creative/comms strategist💡
feminist neurospicy trilingual latina (she/ella)
https://lnk.bio/ivonnespinoza
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Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
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I think it shocks some of my students but I emphasize that having a job outside journalism is fine and common. I also toss in practical industry talk that’s not strictly in the curriculum. On Monday we discussed contracts: “for-hire,” indemnity, kill fees, scope of work. Freelancers need to know!
If you have ever thought that my journalism or my first book were net positives for the world, understand that they probably would not exist if I did not have a spouse who paid the mortgage. If I'd been a solo earner/parent, I likely would have left criticism, journalism or book writing long ago.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I think it shocks some of my students but I emphasize that having a job outside journalism is fine and common. I also toss in practical industry talk that’s not strictly in the curriculum. On Monday we discussed contracts: “for-hire,” indemnity, kill fees, scope of work. Freelancers need to know!
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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If you have ever thought that my journalism or my first book were net positives for the world, understand that they probably would not exist if I did not have a spouse who paid the mortgage. If I'd been a solo earner/parent, I likely would have left criticism, journalism or book writing long ago.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you have ever thought that my journalism or my first book were net positives for the world, understand that they probably would not exist if I did not have a spouse who paid the mortgage. If I'd been a solo earner/parent, I likely would have left criticism, journalism or book writing long ago.
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If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
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This is what I have to say about making a living as a writer
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shanders-red-eye.beehiiv.com/p/i-don-t-th...
I don't think you should take a vow of poverty to write
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is what I have to say about making a living as a writer
shanders-red-eye.beehiiv.com/p/i-don-t-th...
shanders-red-eye.beehiiv.com/p/i-don-t-th...
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My hottest take is that food made within a family is an expression of love. It comes from a desire to sustain and comfort people we cherish.
So inviting assholes to the meal defeats the purpose.
So inviting assholes to the meal defeats the purpose.
What's your hottest Thanksgiving food take?
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My hottest take is that food made within a family is an expression of love. It comes from a desire to sustain and comfort people we cherish.
So inviting assholes to the meal defeats the purpose.
So inviting assholes to the meal defeats the purpose.
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Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
Would-be/struggling writers can feel like losers or wannabes when they read about other writers writing "full time" or promo'ing their book in various exotic cities. And it's good to recognize that, yeah, sometimes there's another income (or a spouse is helping to pay the bills).
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes, and also recognize that with creative fields, survivorship bias is real: You hear about full-time creatives with envious career arcs precisely because they've survived in the field where others (for whatever reason and independent of quality of work) have not. This is an important fact.
I know writers are tired of ppl selling them services (me too) and I know many are relying on AI for visuals (😬), but…
Since there’s nothing I love more than designing pitch decks, I’m wondering if there’s a market for that at all these days 🤔
Would you hire me/someone for that kind of thing?
Since there’s nothing I love more than designing pitch decks, I’m wondering if there’s a market for that at all these days 🤔
Would you hire me/someone for that kind of thing?
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I know writers are tired of ppl selling them services (me too) and I know many are relying on AI for visuals (😬), but…
Since there’s nothing I love more than designing pitch decks, I’m wondering if there’s a market for that at all these days 🤔
Would you hire me/someone for that kind of thing?
Since there’s nothing I love more than designing pitch decks, I’m wondering if there’s a market for that at all these days 🤔
Would you hire me/someone for that kind of thing?
I’ve never met a recruiter who didn’t waste my time 🙃
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’ve never met a recruiter who didn’t waste my time 🙃
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It’s rich people
The problem is rich people
The problem is rich people
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s rich people
The problem is rich people
The problem is rich people
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The Tech Bros bought Trump, now he will enforce their will. Kleptocracy
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Tech Bros bought Trump, now he will enforce their will. Kleptocracy
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Yesterday, an Executive Order designed to prevent states from regulating AI within their own borders was leaked. If signed, this Executive Order would establish an AI litigation “task force” at the Justice Department to threaten, harass, & sue states that pass any bill deemed “unlawful.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yesterday, an Executive Order designed to prevent states from regulating AI within their own borders was leaked. If signed, this Executive Order would establish an AI litigation “task force” at the Justice Department to threaten, harass, & sue states that pass any bill deemed “unlawful.”
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NEW from @votersoftomorrow.org:
“Either through complicity or incompetence, Chuck Schumer once again proved he cannot provide the type of leadership that young Americans demand. It is clear he must step down as caucus leader.”
“Either through complicity or incompetence, Chuck Schumer once again proved he cannot provide the type of leadership that young Americans demand. It is clear he must step down as caucus leader.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
NEW from @votersoftomorrow.org:
“Either through complicity or incompetence, Chuck Schumer once again proved he cannot provide the type of leadership that young Americans demand. It is clear he must step down as caucus leader.”
“Either through complicity or incompetence, Chuck Schumer once again proved he cannot provide the type of leadership that young Americans demand. It is clear he must step down as caucus leader.”
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Y'know, it makes perfect sense that Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron were roommates who introduced each other to Patlabor and Battle Angel Alita.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Y'know, it makes perfect sense that Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron were roommates who introduced each other to Patlabor and Battle Angel Alita.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Amaia tenía 41 años. Mai, 39.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Amaia tenía 41 años. Mai, 39.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
Yo tenía 40 cuando me diagnosticaron cáncer. El cáncer es una enfermedad multifactorial, y aquí abro el melón:
las condiciones laborales como ilustrador/dibujante, enferman y matan. La precariedad, las noches sin dormir, los maratones en la silla, el estrés: matan.
Hormonal contraceptives are in no way perfect, but I have a serious issue with people demonizing the pill lately as if most of the advances and opportunities we have as women nowadays aren’t because of it.
It feels like the “trad wives” who use their freedom to pan feminism 🙄
It feels like the “trad wives” who use their freedom to pan feminism 🙄
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hormonal contraceptives are in no way perfect, but I have a serious issue with people demonizing the pill lately as if most of the advances and opportunities we have as women nowadays aren’t because of it.
It feels like the “trad wives” who use their freedom to pan feminism 🙄
It feels like the “trad wives” who use their freedom to pan feminism 🙄
I thought I already didn’t expect a thing from anyone, and yet, people have only managed to disappoint me further this year 🫠
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I thought I already didn’t expect a thing from anyone, and yet, people have only managed to disappoint me further this year 🫠
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Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled
My unsolicited hot take is that I don’t think it’s coincidental that there’s a lot of discourse about BC being “poison” at the same time that they’re trying to make us have more babies…
May 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
My unsolicited hot take is that I don’t think it’s coincidental that there’s a lot of discourse about BC being “poison” at the same time that they’re trying to make us have more babies…
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i don't want an echo chamber i just don't want you specifically in any chamber i inhabit
May 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i don't want an echo chamber i just don't want you specifically in any chamber i inhabit