Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Be careful trying to decipher the true political beliefs of people wrapped in so many layers of irony they're not sure of their own true beliefs 1141970
Reposted by Elle ReevePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 05/09/2025Good moment to re-up one of the best pieces @ellereeve.bsky.social and I ever did at the Atlantic Wire.theatlantic.comMission Hypothetical: Our Plan to Rescue Dennis Rodman from a North Korean Prison CampWhat if, instead of leaving North Korea today, Dennis Rodman didn't make it out and was instead thrown into a prison camp by the country's erratic young dictator Kim Jong-un? And wha... 0585
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 19/05/2025An interview with comedian Tim Dillon on how all these comics on YouTube ended up interviewing Republican politicians www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/b...cnn.comComedian Tim Dillon on interviewing ‘dork politicians’ | CNN BusinessElle Reeve talks to comedian Tim Dillon about why he’s “disappointed” in the Trump administration after hosting JD Vance. 2131
Reposted by Elle ReeveDonie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 30/04/2025They let me and @ellereeve.bsky.social do a thing together! Watch: www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/u... 2599
Reposted by Elle ReeveDonie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Real talk with @ellereeve.bsky.social! Check out the new ‘Persuadable’ podcast: link.chtbl.com/9zhzPzEO 2276
Reposted by Elle ReeveCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I'm not personally in favor of us entering the 10th year of endless Trump Safaris, but @ellereeve.bsky.social is uniquely good at doing profiles like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsn1...youtube.comThis area of South Dakota voted for Trump by roughly 70%. Here's what they think nowYouTube video by CNN 3335
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Yugoslavia had an 'anti-bureaucratic revolution' 1988-1989 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-bu... 1131
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I'm at the Tucson Festival of Books this beautiful weekend 🌵 4301
Reposted by Elle ReeveLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 07/03/2025From 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGE. How the far right internet gave birth to the second Trump administration. With the brilliant @ellereeve.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...slate.comFrom 4Chan to Charlottesville to DOGEAfter Charlottesville, the far-right receded from the spotlight, but it continued to thrive in the dark corners of the internet. 59230
Reposted by Elle ReeveMS NOW @ms.now · 06/03/2025In the latest episode of “Why Is This Happening?, @chrislhayes.bsky.social is joined by @ellereeve.bsky.social, author of “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics.” Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 56414
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The other thing that surprised me was that so many people really did buy into the idea that Musk is a genius and therefore uniquely qualified to execute Trump's vision bsky.app/profile/elle... 146012
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 04/03/2025When I visited Nahunta, GA before the election, people told me they thought Trump was for them, not the elites. So we went back to see what they made of Elon Musk. It got heated youtu.be/89aB6SX2y40?...youtu.beTrump supporter walks away from CNN interview when pressed about Musk's actionsYouTube video by CNN 2010324
Reposted by Elle ReeveKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Everyone needs to read Black Pill by @ellereeve.bsky.social (the author of the screenshotted piece, who is in the trenches covering the worst people on the right): bookshop.org/p/books/blac...bookshop.orgBlack Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American PoliticsHow I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics 18804163
Reposted by Elle ReeveCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 13/02/2025A reminder that this weekend, author @ellereeve.bsky.social will be holding a virtual book club via zoom on my website discussing her new book, Black Pill. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/b...nytimes.comIf You Want to Understand Why Democracy Is Under Attack, Read This BookIn “Black Pill,” the journalist Elle Reeve finds that the once-fringe alt-right is dead — because now it’s mainstream. 2257
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 10/02/2025My essay on the unfortunately very useful lessons I learned as a 13-year-old girl with the neighbor from hell slate.com/news-and-pol...slate.comA Childhood Neighbor Terrorized My Family. It Prepared Me for Trump’s Takeover.It was psychological warfare. 1823472
Reposted by Elle ReeveCake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 01/02/2025If you are interested in a zoom bookclub with journalist and author @ellereeve.bsky.social to discuss her book "Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics" you can sign up here. balloon-juice.com/2025/02/01/z...balloon-juice.comBalloon Juice - Zoom with Author and Journalist Elle Reeve on 2/15 and 3/1Announcing two Balloon Juice zooms with Elle Reeves to talk about her book. Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics ... 2145
Reposted by Elle Reevekate conger @kateconger.com · 29/01/2025We have a panel with @ellereeve.bsky.social at the Tucson Writers Festival this March about how the internet got ... like this. Please come if you're in the area! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=676tucsonfestivalofbooks.orgTucson Festival of Books | 2025 Presenting Author Schedule! 1226
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 29/01/2025I'm considering having a personality on the internet again. Is this the place to do it? 18871
Reposted by Elle ReeveEvil Shanon @evilshanon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Funny how people are blaming Musk's Nazi salute on autism In @ellereeve.bsky.social's book 'Black Pill,' she explores how terminally online young men (many on the spectrum) were blackpilled into cyber neo-Nazism And if you're another female #gamedev, you NEED to read her chapter on GamerGate... 33210
Reposted by Elle ReeveLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Once again I am asking you to read @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social’s Character Limit. And @ellereeve.bsky.social’s Black Pill. Incredibly helpful context for this moment. 2379
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Looking for a last-minute gift? Consider my book, Black Pill, the story of the incels and extremists who made the memes and ideas billionaires share today. Too dark for the holidays? Wrong. There are jokes in it www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1982... 16509
Reposted by Elle ReeveLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 06/12/2024"As her trenchant observations accumulate, the book’s value becomes clear, as does Reeve’s willingness to put herself in harm’s way to chronicle the alienation and hatred animating her subjects." Paul Barrett reviews “Black Pill” by @ellereeve.bsky.social.lawfaremedia.orgBehind the Scenes With the Alt-RightA Review of Elle Reeve’s “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics” (Atria Books, 2024) 58920
Reposted by Elle ReeveJulie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"Elle Reeve has guts and she has written a gutsy book." @paulthedogman.bsky.social in @lawfare.bsky.social. @ellereeve.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/behi...lawfaremedia.orgBehind the Scenes With the Alt-RightA Review of Elle Reeve’s “Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics” (Atria Books, 2024) 1193
Elle Reeve @ellereeve.bsky.social · 22/11/2024My book, Black Pill, was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by the Washington Post! www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/1... 158517
Reposted by Elle ReeveMichelle Riddle 🔹🐾🥾🏕️ @michelleriddle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Read @ellereeve.bsky.social Black Pill this summer and everything about this last week post election makes even more sense with the information I gained from the book. Its foreshadowing of this moment is disturbing. 5203
Reposted by Elle ReeveSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 15/07/2024Just did a really good Q&A with @ellereeve.bsky.social about her new book BLACK PILL, along with some thoughts about where we are post-Trump shooting.forever-wars.com'They Want To Be A Part of History': Elle Reeve on the Extremely-Online Fascist ResurgenceAs we brace for the fallout of the attempted Trump assassination, the journalist and 'Black Pill' author talks to FOREVER WARS 1438
Reposted by Elle ReeveStephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 06/07/2024*Great* QAA episode today (though not for the faint of heart). I need to buy @ellereeve.bsky.social’s book ASAP, too!podcasts.apple.comQAA Podcast: Studying the Black Pill feat Elle Reeve (E285) on Apple PodcastsShow QAA Podcast, Ep Studying the Black Pill feat Elle Reeve (E285) - Jul 5, 2024 1428
Reposted by Elle Reeveandy™ @andylevy.net · 09/07/2024so @ellereeve.bsky.social's new book, "Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics," is fantastic, and i talked with her about it here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 26010
![“What has been most disturbing to me after a decade of reporting on [the far-right movement] is the little ways in which their ideas trickle into mainstream culture,” Reeve said. “Whether it’s a little bit of sexism, a little bit of eugenics… We are seeing a lot of guys in Silicon Valley echoing some of the fascism, some of the stuff I read in posts by teenagers on 4chan 10 years ago.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreiefiupwsrx6hthprqtzns33uc2qbfyr6pzdzm5jswcl2mb2ca76qq)
