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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Literally our Insta group chat earlier. I fear this is my destiny.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.

A video documentary where Hayao Miyazaki is saying "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself"

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Listen, let me have my silly little treats, okay?

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

folks, that's $567 million dollars of stolen wealth from the creatives you love who worked at Warner Brothers. this is so terrifically tragic.

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Hey, that’s me! If you write short scripts, stage plays, (or anything else tbh), submit it to us!

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

My brain keeps says accessible, but that’s a little clinical. Maybe inviting or magnetic?

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

: Whelp, my new hobby seems to be watching Jacob Wysocki edits and crying

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The following is a statement from the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) on Paramount’s Decision to Cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

On July 2nd, Paramount agreed to settle a baseless lawsuit brought against 60 Minutes and CBS News by President Trump for $16 million. On July 15, during a regular show of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert went on-air and called the settlement a “big fat bribe” in exchange for a favorable decision on the proposed merger between Paramount and Skydance, a charge currently under investigation in California.

Less than 48 hours later, on July 17, Paramount canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a show currently performing first in its timeslot, giving vague references to the program’s “financial performance” as the only explanation. For ten years, the show has been one of the most successful, beloved and profitable programs on CBS, entertaining an audience of millions on late night television, on streaming services and across social media.

Given Paramount’s recent capitulation to
President Trump in the CBS News lawsuit, the
Writers Guild of America has significant concerns that The Late Show’s cancelation is a bribe, sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration as the company looks for merger approval.

Cancelations are part of the business, but a corporation terminating a show in bad faith due to explicit or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society. Paramount’s decision comes against a backdrop of relentless attacks on a free press by President Trump, through lawsuits against CBS and ABC, threatened litigation of media organizations with critical coverage and the unconscionable defunding of PBS and NPR.

The Writers Guild of America calls on New York State Attorney General Letitia James, no stranger to prosecuting Trump for illegal business practices, to join California and launch an investigation into potential wrongdoing at Paramount. We call on our elected leaders to hold those responsible to account, to demand answers about why this beloved program was canceled and to assure the public that Colbert and his writers were not censored due to their views or the whims of the President.

In the meantime, the Writers Guild of America will support our members at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and across the late-night industry as they speak truth to power and we will explore all potential legal and political avenues to fight for our members in the aftermath of this decision.

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I was very proud of the statement put out by the WGA and am so honored to be a part of that union. I also have no idea where we go from here, but I hope we can work to preserve this form of comedy — it’s worth staying up late for 🧵

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

So to see a juggernaut like The Late Show getting cancelled, despite having strong ratings and being helmed by Colbert (one of the greatest to do it, imo) feels like getting socked in the heart. I don’t know what it means for the rest of late night, or TV for that matter ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Even though I haven’t fully taken the jump into late-night, I’m in love with its form, style, and people; I love what it’s taught me as a creative; I love opening monologues, bits, and interviews; and I love how making it happen feels like trying to lasso a moment in time ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I had the privilege of shadowing TLLS’s director Tim, who had also previously worked in daytime. I felt like a kid again watching it all come together, like I was somehow back on the couch with my mom and behind the camera at the same time ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I realized that late-night is a genre that shares a lot of that breakneck, seat-of-your-pants production style with daytime. You only have a certain amount of time to get what you need. You hustle, you learn, and if you fuck up, that’s okay — that’s what tomorrow was for ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

On an early visit to LA, I stepped on a set for the first time. It was to see Craig Ferguson, and I loved every minute of it. Later, when working in daytime, The Late Late Show filmed below us. I hung out down there when I had a minute and gained friends I still have today ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

In college, I’d fall in love with the way journalism intersected with late-night. I watched John Stewart and his crew guide us through elections, controversy, catastrophe, and do their best to make us pay attention, but also keep us from walking directly into traffic ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

When I got a TV in my own room, I watched three things: late-night, Whose Line, and anime. (Why yes, I was so cool with so many friends) But even if I didn’t always get the jokes in the opening monologue, I knew it made people laugh. And if they were laughing, they were paying attention ⬇️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

: I love late-night TV. It’s a fun, crazy space — the spine that binds the book of my creative life together. I remember the thrill of staying up with my Mom to see The Late Show. It felt like I was watching something I shouldn’t be. It felt like New Years every night. 🧵

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

First up in our Vol. X: “Spring” issue spotlight, we have our fiction section, co-edited by @courtlandavenue.bsky.social & @mellindak.bsky.social w/ Heather Vaughn, featuring stories by Daphne Armbrstet, Jennifer Bannan, Briana Courtney & Valentina Gómez. Read their work: tinyurl.com/ExpoV10Spring!

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

: I know a Teenjus call when I see one

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My friend was doing some video coverage at an HR conference last week and this was one of the slides for a presentation on AI in hiring and recruiting. From the phrase “AI-first world” to the absolutely unhinged choice of photo, believe me when I say Y I K E S.

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Annnnd another L for journalism

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Personally rooting for Journalism at the Kentucky Derby — it may be the only W journalism gets for the next four years 🐎

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

@expositionreview.bsky.social — I need to know if Francesca had the inside scoop on Haim’s new album this whole time and just didn’t tell us!

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Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Surprise, #Flash405: “Quitting” judged by Expo’s Associate Nonfiction Editor Francesca Spiegel is OPEN! In the spirit of this round’s theme—and in celebration of 10 years of Expo Review & #AWP25 —we’re *quitting our typical schedule & opening early! Find details & submit: tinyurl.com/FlashQuitting.

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Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2025: “Quitting" - Exposition Review

Spring is in full swing, and that means it’s almost time for April Flash 405! Our 405-themed contest has historically opened the fourth day of each contest month, closing on the fifth of the following...

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Listen, I just want it to be on the Internet before the finale on the off-chance I’m right about the dumb theory I’ve been forcing on my poor friends for weeks: The shooter in The White Lotus is a monkey.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kendrick Lamar has 22 Grammies and a damn Pulitzer if you don’t know who he is that’s a You problem

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 10/02/2025

Gnats are unnoted wheresoe’er they fly, But eagles gaz’d upon with every eye.

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

LA does not claim this man — get him outta that damn shirt

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The primordial plastic pouch, if you will

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

: “Is this the Krusty Krab?” “No, this is Plastic.” (Y’all it is FEBRUARY, pls let my plastics and me sleep)

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

: Okay, but I need to know what the severed floor of lululemon looks like

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

: A little treat, in this economy?

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time.
When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work.
If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Every time I watch Mulholland Drive, I live for the way the ending makes me feel — it’s like a chord change that suddenly harmonizes a movement that was discordant but interesting. It’s cerebral harmony, my brain flipping a switch during a dream, a sudden making sense. God I’ll miss David Lynch.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

not Lynch's movie, I know, but god, what a sendoff

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

RIP David Lynch, who showed the world that it isn’t just okay to be weird. It’s fucking cool. ☕️

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

: I’ll be doing another writing hour this morning at 8am — come join the live on Instagram!

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I don’t have a fully set schedule yet, but writing first thing this morning (read: before my brain had a chance to object) felt great. So if you’d like, come join the live over on my Instagram tomorrow at 6am PST!

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ALT: Spongebob Loop GIF

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

How it works: I’ll go live on my Instagram (find me @mellindah) and you can grab a coffee, your laptop, and join the live to write! I’ll probably do a brief greeting at the beginning, but the rest of the hour will be silent and meant for work (the view of me typing is very boring, I promise) [3/4]

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

We’d log on to Google Hangouts, catch up, and then write for an hour. And maybe it was because there were no expectations, or because this was a bit of normalcy in a very uncertain world, but I loved that hour. So, I’ve decided to start doing it again — and you’re all invited! [2/4]

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

: This morning, I went LIVE on Instagram for the first time! It was pretty fun (and weird seeing myself on camera), but I’m experimenting with it as a productivity tool for my writing. During the pandemic, some close friends and I set up a writing hour. It kept me sane [1/4]

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

: FYI, we all just survived until ‘25

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Mellinda Hensley @mellindak.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

: The course of my evening contained the exact energy I will be bringing to 2025: - Country fried steak at House of Pies - Crossed the street to browse books at Skylight - A martini and some chapters of Nora Ephron’s “I Remember Nothing” at Figaro Bistro 🥩 🍸 📖

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