Vanessa Armstrong
@vanessa-armstrong.com
Freelancer with bylines at The Atlantic, The NY Times, Smithsonian, Vulture, Glamour, Atlas Obscura, Reactor, and others | Editor at Genii magazine | TCA, ASJA, Authors Guild member | vanessa-armstrong.com
Did you know Graham McTavish’s character for Spartacus House of Ashur was written just for him? I talked to him about this and more for @reactorsff.bsky.social #starz #spartacushouseofashur
I've always said that Spartacus needs more characters with an "old married couple" vibe. Graham McTavish (Outlander, The Witcher) spoke with @vanessa-armstrong.com about playing Korris, a role written especially for him:
#Spartacus
#Spartacus
Graham McTavish’s Spartacus: House of Ashur Role Was Written Just for Him - Reactor
In an interview with Reactor, the Outlander actor talks about sides of himself that he's never shown on screen... until now.
reactormag.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Did you know Graham McTavish’s character for Spartacus House of Ashur was written just for him? I talked to him about this and more for @reactorsff.bsky.social #starz #spartacushouseofashur
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Pulpy cover: Check
Disappearing children: Check
Haunted house that grows more powerful over time: Of course
Read @vanessa-armstrong.com's review for The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry:
Disappearing children: Check
Haunted house that grows more powerful over time: Of course
Read @vanessa-armstrong.com's review for The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry:
A House, A Community: The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry - Reactor
A solid haunted house tale about coming to terms with loss, the importance of community, and holding on to those you love.
reactormag.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pulpy cover: Check
Disappearing children: Check
Haunted house that grows more powerful over time: Of course
Read @vanessa-armstrong.com's review for The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry:
Disappearing children: Check
Haunted house that grows more powerful over time: Of course
Read @vanessa-armstrong.com's review for The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry:
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What's it like to murder someone with a wine jug? @vanessa-armstrong.com spoke with Steven S. DeKnight and Nick Tarabay about the Spartacus spinoff House of Ashur:
Nick Tarabay’s Favorite Lines From Spartacus: House of Ashur May Surprise You - Reactor
Reactor interviewed Tarabay and show creator Steven DeKnight about the season's opening episodes.
reactormag.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What's it like to murder someone with a wine jug? @vanessa-armstrong.com spoke with Steven S. DeKnight and Nick Tarabay about the Spartacus spinoff House of Ashur:
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Is your health insurance going up next year? Rey Katz and I pulled together a bunch of ways you can save money on your insurance and healthcare costs.
Coming to Rulebreaker tomorrow (free for everyone): join.revenuerulebreaker.com @reywrites.bsky.social
Coming to Rulebreaker tomorrow (free for everyone): join.revenuerulebreaker.com @reywrites.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Is your health insurance going up next year? Rey Katz and I pulled together a bunch of ways you can save money on your insurance and healthcare costs.
Coming to Rulebreaker tomorrow (free for everyone): join.revenuerulebreaker.com @reywrites.bsky.social
Coming to Rulebreaker tomorrow (free for everyone): join.revenuerulebreaker.com @reywrites.bsky.social
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Make Carol happy. Read Winds of Wycaro. #pluribus #romantasy
After finishing The You You Are by Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, jump into your next romantasy obsession: Bloodsong of Wycaro by Carol Sturka, a book which is definitely real and enjoyed by others outside of the hive mind:
#Pluribus
#Pluribus
Pluribus: You Can Now Read an Excerpt From Carol’s Winds of Wycaro Romantasy Series - Reactor
It includes a steamy passage with Raban, in case you were wondering...
reactormag.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Make Carol happy. Read Winds of Wycaro. #pluribus #romantasy
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I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
For @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I interviewed Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein about the upcoming doc, #TheAmericanRevolution on PBS. We talked about a bunch of stuff, including... lice.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ken-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ken-...
Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution
Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the six-...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For @smithsonianmag.bsky.social I interviewed Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein about the upcoming doc, #TheAmericanRevolution on PBS. We talked about a bunch of stuff, including... lice.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ken-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ken-...
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🚨 Spotify Protest: LA
📍 555 Mateo St, DTLA
🕛 Nov 12–13, 12–2 PM
Join us as we call out Spotify for airing ICE recruitment ads.
Los Angeles won’t stay silent while ICE terrorizes our neighbors.
✊🏽 Peaceful. Nonviolent. United.
#SpotifyProtestLA #NoICEAds #Indivisible
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📍 555 Mateo St, DTLA
🕛 Nov 12–13, 12–2 PM
Join us as we call out Spotify for airing ICE recruitment ads.
Los Angeles won’t stay silent while ICE terrorizes our neighbors.
✊🏽 Peaceful. Nonviolent. United.
#SpotifyProtestLA #NoICEAds #Indivisible
zurl.co/4mEHA
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🚨 Spotify Protest: LA
📍 555 Mateo St, DTLA
🕛 Nov 12–13, 12–2 PM
Join us as we call out Spotify for airing ICE recruitment ads.
Los Angeles won’t stay silent while ICE terrorizes our neighbors.
✊🏽 Peaceful. Nonviolent. United.
#SpotifyProtestLA #NoICEAds #Indivisible
zurl.co/4mEHA
📍 555 Mateo St, DTLA
🕛 Nov 12–13, 12–2 PM
Join us as we call out Spotify for airing ICE recruitment ads.
Los Angeles won’t stay silent while ICE terrorizes our neighbors.
✊🏽 Peaceful. Nonviolent. United.
#SpotifyProtestLA #NoICEAds #Indivisible
zurl.co/4mEHA
If you watched #Pluribus and went WTF?!?!?!?! after episode one, this post at @reactorsff.bsky.social is for you.
So you've started #Pluribus and have some questions:
So You’ve Watched Pluribus Episode 1 and Have Some Questions - Reactor
Reactor has got you.
reactormag.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you watched #Pluribus and went WTF?!?!?!?! after episode one, this post at @reactorsff.bsky.social is for you.
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Embargo broke for #pluribus and WOW! What an amazing show that’s compelling and makes you think about… stuff. Think it’s gonna be the next #Severance and take over pop culture while it’s airing.
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Embargo broke for #pluribus and WOW! What an amazing show that’s compelling and makes you think about… stuff. Think it’s gonna be the next #Severance and take over pop culture while it’s airing.
So much great election news today but oh my god this really makes today the best day ever. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz Reuniting for Fourth ‘Mummy’ Movie
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reuniting for a fourth "Mummy" movie.
variety.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So much great election news today but oh my god this really makes today the best day ever. variety.com/2025/film/ne...
that feeling where you're completely burned out after a workweek on Friday...
...but then have the whole weekend solo with a 5yo...
...and so you're even more burned out and tired when monday rolls around
...but then have the whole weekend solo with a 5yo...
...and so you're even more burned out and tired when monday rolls around
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
that feeling where you're completely burned out after a workweek on Friday...
...but then have the whole weekend solo with a 5yo...
...and so you're even more burned out and tired when monday rolls around
...but then have the whole weekend solo with a 5yo...
...and so you're even more burned out and tired when monday rolls around
Review embargo is up for IT: WELCOME TO DERRY and I think this gif captures my feelings about the series so far.
a stuffed monkey talking on a phone with tv peru written on the bottom right
Alt: a puppet monkey with its jaw dropped, looking mildly shocked, surprised, and flabbergasted
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Review embargo is up for IT: WELCOME TO DERRY and I think this gif captures my feelings about the series so far.
stop trying to make "That's so Fetch!" a thing, Academy Museum
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
stop trying to make "That's so Fetch!" a thing, Academy Museum
Even goats know we don’t want No Kings #NoKings #NoKingsBurbank
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Even goats know we don’t want No Kings #NoKings #NoKingsBurbank
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Ken Burns' dog is living his best life in the background of this PBS / "The American Revolution" @tvcritics.org press conference.
October 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ken Burns' dog is living his best life in the background of this PBS / "The American Revolution" @tvcritics.org press conference.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
There's one book I read every October and it doesn't (usually) smell like garlic. I get into it on Instagram.
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October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There's one book I read every October and it doesn't (usually) smell like garlic. I get into it on Instagram.
www.instagram.com/reel/DPSGpO5...
www.instagram.com/reel/DPSGpO5...
Loved this news and loved writing about it for @reactorsff.bsky.social
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
reactormag.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Loved this news and loved writing about it for @reactorsff.bsky.social
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I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
September 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I always thought when it was time for a mid career change of profession there would be professions left.
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It's good to see that Zach Woods has only become more powerful and based with time.
September 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's good to see that Zach Woods has only become more powerful and based with time.