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Zakiyyah Alexander
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I've written tv you've heard of and theater you probably haven't.
Pinned
(It's very hard to write fiction when you're living in hell.)
Watching Heated Rivalry and if this was produced in America, I think the exec notes might've ruined it. They'd be cutting these montages and sex scenes.
January 31, 2026 at 11:39 PM
It's me. I'm an import.
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I have the biggest crush on Tom Morello (respectfully) and singing clips of him in Minneapolis with the crowd singing word for word, Killing in the Name - has made that crush expand. (Still bummed I missed him during WGA) strike.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I know this isn't funny but it is funny in a satirical way. I know these mfs are plugging shit into ai looking for a way to make this stick.
The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK to target Black journalists and activists.
Don Lemon's arrest escalates DOJ crackdown on Black journalists
The Trump administration is invoking a Reconstruction-era law meant to protect Black people from the KKK.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Reposted by Zakiyyah Alexander
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Remember post racial?
Like, race no longer matters?
Hahahahahaha!
a man wearing a striped shirt and a green jacket is smiling with the caption delusionalforharmony
ALT: a man wearing a striped shirt and a green jacket is smiling with the caption delusionalforharmony
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Wow. This is really happening.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
During Ferguson coverage, Don Lemon had a faux-hawk and it was like he was being activated. Something changed in his reporting. Can you imagine Don Lemon post unlawful arrest?
January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
America is truly the sunken place.
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
So glad we were on strike for over 100 days.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'

• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War

• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind

• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
I'd watch a doc on how insane time the cast of Heated Rivalry is having after 6 eps of Canadian tv. It must be both amazing and frightening.
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Like Guantanamo those dirty ICE agents will eventually pay the price. But I also want every Trump voter in jail for treason. Actually they can just go where they put ICE detainees.
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Procrastinating by writing is truly some nerd shit.
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I wonder how many more rappers will MAGA. But I really wonder where they'll be post MAGA.
January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
January has been 3 years long and it's not even over. Lord, I am weary.
January 28, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Again: 2026 is white v white. Good white v bad white.
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 AM
If America was just, every white man would be screened upon entry. They'd be profiled daily because so many are dangerous. But no, that energy is saved for children in hoodies.
He had a syringe. A syringe filled with…idk (urine?)

The President of the United States has incited this kind of action against a sitting, Black woman member of Congress. Where is the “tone down the rhetoric” brigade?
January 28, 2026 at 4:20 AM
In many ways I did not understand hate until him.
Trump on the 2024 election: "We did so great with white everything"
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
This is such a crazy time to be conscious.
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Good job MN!

This is also who I thought Sean Penn was playing in One Battle After Another. (I know this is not possible but still)
Making the rounds on FB:
January 27, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Reposted by Zakiyyah Alexander
Not enough words or tears. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Name a line from a new movie permanently stuck in your head:

Mary: So you rob trains and banks but you can't steal this pussy for a night?

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
January 26, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I once had an older white theater director (working on a play of mine) tell me, he used to think everyone else had a race - but white was default, raceless. It took him a long time to realize he himself had a race. I'll never forget this. And still don't know why he needed to tell me.
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Because of the way America is set up (esp economically) I think if all major league sports boycotted until ICE was dismantled, I think it could be done in a week. Or less.
The National Basketball Players Association has released a statement on the killings in Minneapolis:

“Following the news of yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, a city that has been on the forefront of fight against injustices, NBA players can no longer remain silent”
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM