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Anna Iovine

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18/09/2026
Cannot believe we are still here—and this is an attitude that enables law enforcement, that they have permission to rape sex workers
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Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Porn filmmakers are censoring their work to get around nebulous laws because they fear going to prison. mashable.com/life/adult-f...
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Adult film banned in the UK is back online
"We don't want to go to jail."
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“I'm pretty excited about it, actually, because what we watch is none of the government's business.”
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Adult DVDs are back thanks to age-verification laws
Rejecting streaming, embracing DVD.
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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I’m here to break the hearts of ICE supporters
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE has fatally shot 11 people since Donald Trump's second term began. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a cruel, violent system. Abolish ICE.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This birthright ruling is why I just refuse to tolerate all the Democrat garment rending over NY voters choosing progressive candidates. They are incapable of governing in this moment. The politics of appeasement and centrism gets us to a 5-4 decision on the constitutional question.
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Siri Dahl @siridahl.com · 25/06/2026
Everybody wants to talk about how “addictive” porn is while Kalshi, Polymarket and Draftkings are sponsoring & advertising at every major media event, targeting primarily men, and bankruptcy rates have risen 30% since online betting was legalized
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
When I was 15 I was using social media to learn about abortion rights, LGBTQ identity and history, and of course blog up to 8 hours a day about Supernatural. I demand the next generation have the same rights I did
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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New: Clavicular and other manosphere streamers often feature OnlyFans models and then berate them as "disgusting" while their followers chime in. Meanwhile, these men profit off adult stars; Clav allegedly has his own OF agency. by @ejdickson.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/stream...
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Streamers Like Clavicular Are Humiliating OnlyFans Girls For Clout
Sex workers appear on the livestreams of famous manosphere influencers to boost their followings—but often end up being degraded.
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IGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.
Yael,

“Consistent with our commitments, we respect the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, and we will engage in good faith with collective bargaining groups.”


That is what the Ziff Davis Labor Rights Policy states. And for the most part, that is how IGN has conducted itself throughout the negotiations over the IGN Creators Guild’s first contract. The process has been cordial and productive. Until now. The company’s most recent proposal regarding the unit's yearly wage increases is disrespectful to your staff.

To put it plainly: IGN's offer to the union doesn't keep up with inflation, which continues to rise. Our current proposal, which steps down from 4.5% to 4% over the course of the contract, is more than reasonable. To assert that a 2.5-3% yearly increase in salaries is acceptable in 2026, when the average rate of inflation over the past five years has been 4.2%, is insulting. What you are telling us is that IGN is more comfortable subsidizing its bottom line with the value of our salaries than putting us in a position of security so that we can focus on what really matters: making great content for a brand we care so deeply about.

For this offer to be even less than what the Ziff Davis Creator’s Guild received in their contract when they ratified it in 2021 is just as insulting. IGN is the most stable and successful brand of the gaming division by multiple measures. We deserve wages that reflect the value we bring to this organization. We demand it. 

If you want to finish this contract, pay us fairly. 

Sincerely,
The IGN Creators Guild
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The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild.org · 12/05/2026
NEW: Workers are turning to unions to rein in harmful workplace AI. NewsGuild members like Anna from @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social are winning key AI protections in union contracts, as a new @aflcio.org poll shows workers trust unions to lead on AI! ✊
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“Portrayals of sex work in mainstream media such as Euphoria rely on reductive and harmful stereotypes, which often shape public perception of sex workers in ways that justify harmful policy."
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kelsey @kelsaywhat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Cringe has evolved from a feeling of embarrassment to a tyrannical social code. After a Yahoo/YouGov yielded harrowing data about how much the fear of cringe has pervaded the lives of Gen Z-ers, I spent weeks doing interviews to understand how it happened + what's next. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...
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Gen Z's biggest fear is laughable at first. But it's quietly wreaking havoc on their lives.
The fear of cringe has become an internal censor that shapes what Gen Z-ers say, post, pursue and even feel comfortable wanting. It's a prison of young people's own making as they try to take flight a...
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ProPublica Guild @propublicaguild.org · 08/04/2026
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is really all they have left. "We have a pointless and criminal war pushing gas prices through the roof and the global economy to the brink but at least the government isn't treating trans people like they're human beings" will be the entirety of the midterm message.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I wrote about how Lindy West discourse turned into a war over “millennial feminism” versus “Gen Z feminism,” which all started from a bad faith, anti-feminist place. Also, I sent a typo in the email subject so I’ll be cowering in shame for the rest of the evening spitfirenews.com/p/in-defense...
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In defense of 'millennial feminism' AND 'Gen Z feminism'
The generational infighting is the product of—and distraction from—the broligarchy.
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Woodhull Freedom Foundation @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Thanks to @annaroseiovine.bsky.social at @mashable.com for continuing to report on the harms of age verification legislation and sharing our preliminary data on the impact of AV on sex educators. mashable.com/article/age-...
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Age-verification is hurting sex educators, study suggests
These laws aren't working to keep minors off adult sites, but they are hitting creators' incomes.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026
The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Newsletter bundle alert—me, @marisakabas.bsky.social, and @katelynburns.com are offering a 1-month trial for 50% off our usual subscription prices! It's a one-time payment, no strings attached. With so many newsletters out there, we wanted to try something new! trustfnd.com/kattenbarge/...
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Trustfnd | Indie Media Bundle
Three creators collaborating.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Seeing ICE detaining people at airports is so sickening and so are the details about the LGA plane crash. Just a fraction of the money they’re using to brutalize families could be spent on rehiring air traffic controllers, who they fired so they could brutalize more people
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I don’t think Trump and his people are capable of engineering “distractions,” I think the mind-numbing chaos we see every day is straightforwardly the result of giving the dumbest, cruelest, most corrupt, most selfish people of a generation near-unmitigated power
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Abortion was phase I, trans healthcare was phase II, birth control is phase III
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Siri Dahl @siridahl.com · 23/02/2026
I’ve been the subject of a number of pop culture news headlines in my day, but this is now a personal fav
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Adult performer Siri Dahl doxxed by Grok: “Go f*ck yourself you nazi clanker"
Grok exposed her legal name and birthdate, putting her security at risk.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Years after his 2008 conviction, dating website Match sent Jeffrey Epstein suggested profiles as young as 20 years old, according to emails in the Epstein Files. Around the same time, Xbox Live suspended him for being a sex offender. From @annaroseiovine.bsky.social mashable.com/article/jeff...
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Epstein used dating apps after sex offender status, files suggest
Match repeatedly emailed Jeffrey Epstein "members selected for" him.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Publicists who represented Johnny Depp during his 2022 trial against Amber Heard charged Jeffrey Epstein five figures a month for representation during 2017, according to invoices in the Epstein Files. Their PR strategies for Epstein reflect the later MeToo backlash. spitfirenews.com/p/epstein-jo...
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The Epstein-Johnny Depp-Justin Baldoni connection
These men shared some of the same crisis publicists and PR strategies.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
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The NewsGuild of New York @nyguild.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“We have lost all faith in your abilities to manage the company," said our @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social who overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in company exec Kate Gutman. Read more here nyguild.org/post/ziff-da...
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Ziff Davis Creators Guild @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today, we sent a supermajority vote of no confidence to Ziff Davis General Manager, Kate Gutman. Here’s why. (1/7)
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
Iron Man meme, edited, Obadiah Stane yelling, "Your ancestors made timeless art in a cave! With berries and ash!"
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Arresting Black journalists is also vice signaling. Their base is racist and hates journalists and they want to get them excited again. The mainstream media industry has never protected Black journalists or journalists of color the way it should.
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Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Proud to edit this important story
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rax 🏳️‍🌈 she/அவள்/elle @raxsha.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My latest for @mashable.com! Ana's story led me to dig into who's behind all the censorship and financial backlash that adult content creators are facing. Lmk your thoughts 👀 Thank you to @publicpubics.bsky.social & @internetmaggie.com for your insights, and my editor @annaroseiovine.bsky.social 💕
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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Presenting a reading series musing on a timeless staple of digital media: The viral, narcissistic or delusional confessional essay...
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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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Ziff Davis Creators Guild @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
On Jan. 14, our parent company Ziff Davis laid off 5 of our members, days after our successful CES showing as the CNET Group. This is the third round of layoffs since Ziff acquired CNET in 2024. We’re sick of our members being on the chopping block. Read our full statement below:
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
That Grok still has payment processing, when everyone I know — artist or gamer or adult creator —lives in constant fear of deplatforming and debanking over the mere hint of impropriety, is utterly mind-blowing.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment. spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
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Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/01/2026
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me" you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Renee Nicole Good was 37. She was murdered by an ICE agent in the street in broad daylight. What really happened to her will not be forgotten, minimized, or ignored.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
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Anna Iovine @annaroseiovine.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
With AI/robots apparently able to do our jobs, housework, take care of kids and aging parents, and also create art for us.....what exactly are humans supposed to do with our lives, exactly?
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