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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 18d

Liberal Hollywood is naked and afraid

Cheers may have greeted Stephen Colbert’s win but the awards show bore many reminders of the industry’s fragile state.

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Liberal Hollywood is naked and afraid | The Observer

Cheers may have greeted Stephen Colbert’s win but the awards show bore many reminders of the industry’s fragile state

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · 23d

'If 2020 was the year you needed to listen, 2025 is the year you need to actually do something'

New article from me in @glamouruk.bsky.social on things to do to combat the far right and racism right now after the marches on Saturday:

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/far-...

The far-right has shown up. Here’s how we fight back

This is a wake-up call.

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Sep 1

is it only asylum seekers our Labour Prime Minister would object to living next to or would the sentiment apply to black and brown people in general? if merely the former, would he like to explain how he knows people he sees, say, in the street, actually are asylum seekers and not citizens?

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oh nothing, just the actual Prime Minister telling people they’re entirely correct to drive asylum seekers out of their communities

From BBC news website:

I 'completely get' concern over asylum hotels - Starmer

Starmer is asked how he would feel if a hotel housing asylum seekers was at the end of his street.
"I completely get it," Starmer says, adding: "Local people by and large do not want these hotels in their towns, in their place, and nor do I. I'm completely at one with them on that."
Starmer says he understands why people want the hotels closed and he wants that too "as quickly as possible".
Asked to put a date on it, Starmer reiterates his commitment to do so by the end of this Parliament.
When it's put to him that is four years away, he says he would like to bring that date forward, but does not commit to another date.

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Aug 25

For @theobserveruk.bsky.social I report on the Gen Z women of the anti-migration movement here in Britain and Europe their impact online and offline. What is their message? Who supports this? Is this helpful? I spoke to numerous authors and academics to find out more:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual viole...

Women’s Safety Initiative harnesses myth of evil migrant man in narrative that bolsters far right

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Aug 25

For @theobserveruk.bsky.social I report on the Gen Z women of the anti-migration movement here in Britain and Europe their impact online and offline. What is their message? Who supports this? Is this helpful? I spoke to numerous authors and academics to find out more:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual viole...

Women’s Safety Initiative harnesses myth of evil migrant man in narrative that bolsters far right

observer.co.uk

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Aug 10

I wrote about not having children and my mother's advice on why you should (or should not) have children either for The Guardian @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I told my mum I was unsure about having children. Her reply opened my eyes | Michaela Makusha

My mother’s own dedication to parenthood has always floored me, but I realised I hadn’t understood where it came from, says freelance journalist Michaela Makusha

www.theguardian.com

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jul 31

Looking for an expert in Scottish law, specifically looking at sexual assault, for a story in Glamour UK #journorequest

Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jul 23

'Statements of solidarity without meaningful guardrails and a lack of consequence for trolls means the problem will only persist'

words in Marie Claire UK on women's football and racism:

www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/health-...

The Racial Abuse Aimed At Jess Carter Is Undoubtedly Appalling - and Highlights A Worrying Trend In Women's Sport

As the sport has grown, so have the eyes on female footballers - and not all of them are looking on with kindness and excitement.

www.marieclaire.co.uk

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jul 20

Being black in the UK feels like an olympic sport at times.

Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jul 4

I'm this month's guest writer in The Logging Club newsletter, discussing the yearning I have for the children to be able to log into child-centric spaces online. So much fun working with @adelewalton.bsky.social - whose book you should read if you have not!!

open.substack.com/pub/loggingo...

Hands up - who misses the old internet?

Guest newsletter by Michaela Makusha

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 30

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

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free link @aisucks.antifa.meme · Jul 1

happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · Jun 30

Avon & Somerset police tasered its own race relations advisor, harassing him twice. The officer was cleared. You’d think they’d focus on their own racism www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

Tasered race relations adviser mistaken by police again for wanted man

Judah Adunbi is stopped by police a month after an officer was cleared of assaulting him with a taser.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 17

I am the least cool writer in this series but was so excited to write for The Guardian's Unexpected Pride series. I wrote about the Lumineers, late nights on Tumblr and why fiddles are oddly soothing for a teenage girl:

@theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

My unexpected Pride icon: they were not cool, but bands like Mumford & Sons eased the turmoil of coming out

As a queer, black woman raised on jazz and soul, discovering the genre of indie folk felt like an antidote to the guilt and self-loathing I was battling through

www.theguardian.com

Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 17

I wanted games back just not like this!!

Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · Jun 17

deadline.com/2025/06/ai-b...

AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games

AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games

AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games.

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 12

Recognising that this misogynistic template is what the internet is working with, it is no wonder we are now at the age of AI generated revenge porn because what is it, if not a progression of the entitlement men have felt towards women and the lashing out that occurs when we don't give them that?

Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 12

The internet and social media platforms mainly being created ultimately to service creepy men explains so much and really calls back to how misogyny is at the core of everything ffs

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Jun 11

between that, Google Images being created because of Jennifer Lopez's v revealing green dress and Facebook's prototype being used to rate students' attractiveness, it really is quite striking and grim just how much of the modern internet was created by and for sleazy men

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Lots of horrifying/enraging detail: “YouTube was created after one of its founders was frustrated by how long it took him to find an online clip of Janet Jackson’s nipple-exposing “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.”

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Jun 11

between that, Google Images being created because of Jennifer Lopez's v revealing green dress and Facebook's prototype being used to rate students' attractiveness, it really is quite striking and grim just how much of the modern internet was created by and for sleazy men

Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jun 11

Lots of horrifying/enraging detail: “YouTube was created after one of its founders was frustrated by how long it took him to find an online clip of Janet Jackson’s nipple-exposing “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.”

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 12

New from me in @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the need to bring back kid-centric spaces online and the nostalgia I have for my childhood introduction to the internet.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

I am 23. I miss Club Penguin and the safe, old days of th...

The Wild West of today’s gaming and social media landscape makes me nostalgic for the halcyon days

observer.co.uk

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jun 6

New column from me in this week's issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social (Rather The New World) on that attempt at a rally by racists in Birmingham and how racists have evolved! You can see it in print and online:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/michaela-mak...

A newer, cleverer kind of racist

A failed far right rally in Birmingham highlights how racist activism has evolved in strategy, becoming more subtle and media-savvy

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · May 28

I wrote about the cozying up the British and American right have been doing with one another and are now emboldened to do last December, so Farage's remarks on family and abortion should not be a surprise.

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/farage-trump...

Farage, Trump and abortion

The culture war argument over abortion helped Trump get back into the White House. Now Farage wants to use the same trick – can it work over here?

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · May 27

A grey and light brown bunny wears a white and blue crocheted hat with a red and pink flower, lying on a pink towel.

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you 🥺🥺🥺 that means a lot

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · May 23

Wait this sounds like I did something illegal, I didn't I'm just depressed.

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