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Aja Romano
@bookshop
vox culture writer.
Hi! It's Aja! I'm excited to post things here! (things=usually not politics.) I'm a culture writer at Vox, covering the ethics of culture, tv+film+media, fandom, and internet culture. Header+pfp art is "Mr. Wumple Cannot Play Tennis" by Ryan Mauskopf. they/them or she/her, queer, genderqueer, classic gay villain. Eternal Sondheim fan, full-time Wang Yibo stan. Here is an obnoxious link to my Tumblr! https://bookshop.tumblr.com/
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Hi all! Post is still being super glitchy regarding my account which is part of why i haven't been around much lately; the other part is that i've been working on this piece that finally went up today. Thanks to everyone who's been reading and sharing it; it means a lot. j*sse s*ngal getting taken down by the isabel fall meme might just be the sweet karmic batshittery that lures me back to twitter despite everything “Biased and inaccurate reporting endangers the lives of trans people”
Very proud and touched to see so many Vox writers signing this. If you're in the WGAE please consider joining us! #journalism #transrights Post is saying my profile cannot be found so this is just an attempt to test-post and make sure I still have an account! Links and more links!
Hi Post! Are we in the Gershwin era yet? Unsure, but these tweaks seem pretty streamlined and I continue to love the cleanness of the layout. Been a little busy lately, so just dropping in some links on the run: 1) Published a broad (but inevitably inexhaustive) overview of J.K. R Can more Harry Potter ever be okay?
think many people still haven’t confronted the depth and the vitriol of Rowling’s transphobia. If they had, we wouldn’t be having a conversation about whether a Harry Potter TV show or Hogwarts Legacy should exist. I believe that most people — even if they don’t understand the in Love to be caught praising the NYT for a movie review on the same day it publishes that reprehensible, utterly fascist screed in defense of J.K. Rowling. Anyway, I co-signed the NYT Letter and canceled my subscription months ago. I urge you all to do both. Support trans and nonbi *barges into your feed * Excuse me, the New York Times , The Gray Lady, the Paper of Record, just called my firstborn son Wang Yibo, in his debut film role opposite Tony Leung, "simmering, mesmerizing," and i'm not okay and I quote: Impeccably coiffed and suited, with his sad smile a response to the telegraph
Hi, Post — I haven't been around lately because I've been a bit consumed with real life, which is usually a decent problem to have. In this case, though, it's left me feeling awkward because now whenever I drop a post here it feels a bit like barging into a house I've left languis Everything matters.
Joy’s — er, Jobu Tupaki’s reason for trying to destroy the multiverse is that “nothing matters.” And when you’re faced with that kind of argument, the only possible answer a hopeful human being can really provide, if we want to not be crushed beneath the weight of the alternate po hi, hello, night-owl Post! I've been on a vintage hollywood tap dance jaunt all week, and so I bring you one of the most phenomenal tap dance routines of all time: Tonight’s poem by Danez Smith from his incredible collection, “Homies”. #tyrenichols #poetry #nojusticenopeace And anyway, Airbender >>>
I wrote this absolutely unhinged comment in response to Adam Burnas's attempt to quantify Avatar's cultural impact on Ryan Broderick's Garbage Day newsletter , only to realize that I couldn't even post sigh no more, no more (or, an ode to live music)
Happy Friday, my little Postlets! I've been trying to think of something to post about even though I haven't really had my head in a blogging space lately; continuing my tradition of dropping into Pos Vox Union, in partnership with the other Writers Guild Vox unions, is fundraising for all of its recently laid-off employees! If you have ever valued the work we do at Vox.com it's because of so many The suspect in last night's shooting is still at large; please see the description below and be safe out there. My heart goes out to the Asian American community and all Chinese citizens and members of is this school district really that special
I'm having my Anne Helen Peterson moment and seriously contemplating moving to a small town in a bright red state, and i've just had a huge sticker shock regarding my potential property taxes, specifi Vox layoffs.
Vox Media laid off 7% of its workforce today. This includes losing an unacceptably high number of Vox.com staff, including many members of our talented and hardworking visuals team, our tireless and c This is terrifying and unbelievably tragic; I hope if anything this creates awareness that even "safe" mountains like Mount Baldy and Mount Hood can be incredibly dangerous in severe weather condition guess who just garnered 100 million RMB in pre-sales for his feature film debut opposite Tony Leung? That's right, my beloved son, Wang Yiboooooo the film is called Wuming / Hidden Blade , and it's out
