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Moises Mendez II

@moisesmendez2.bsky.social

Culture Reporter for hire | He/Him | Words: The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, and more. Seeing what all the hype is about. Formerly at TIME.

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Stand with Condé Nast Union. Sign our petition.

Stand with Condé Nast Union. Sign our petition.

Stand with Condé Nast Union 

We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting. Use the link in bio to add your name.

Stand with Condé Nast Union  We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting. Use the link in bio to add your name.

Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.

Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

09.11.2025 15:00 — 👍 326    🔁 150    💬 1    📌 4

This is the biggest disappointment in media, you and the politics team did incredible work. Adore you hunni 🩵 here if you need anything at all!

03.11.2025 20:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Blake Lively story that isn't being told It’s easy to manipulate what people see on social media—or don’t.

For my first @spitfirenews.com piece, I investigated the tactics used to make stories and information disappear on social media platforms like Reddit. This piece is about Blake Lively, but it’s also about how to manipulate the masses about anything.
spitfirenews.com/p/the-blake-...

25.02.2025 17:14 — 👍 721    🔁 197    💬 18    📌 27
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Kendrick’s Super Bowl Performance Pulled Off a Double Whammy Lamar gave us “Not Like Us,” but also a much-needed dose of something else.

Me on the finesse of Kendrick's halftime show: slate.com/culture/2025...

10.02.2025 04:07 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

70,000 people in a stadium yelling "a minor." Christ

10.02.2025 01:39 — 👍 22714    🔁 2984    💬 216    📌 233

Are there any editors looking for Marvel coverage? I’m going to see Captain America on Tuesday and am down to write about it if someone is looking! I’ve done a bunch of explainers for the past few Marvel releases at TIME because I’m a big Marvel nerd.

10.02.2025 17:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Spitfire News A newsletter from Kat Tenbarge about internet culture, politics, and media.

Almost two weeks ago, I found out I was one of 40 people getting laid off from NBC News.

Those who know me know I’ve wanted to go independent for a long time. Later this month, I’m launching @spitfirenews.com. We need journalism that is louder than ever.
spitfirenews.com/p/an-introdu...

05.02.2025 17:57 — 👍 17360    🔁 3343    💬 500    📌 117
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9 years ago today, Rihanna released ‘ANTI.’

28.01.2025 05:11 — 👍 1250    🔁 108    💬 24    📌 70
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Instagram blocked teens from searching LGBTQ-related content for months Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts "sexually suggestive content"

Re: legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act and how tech companies enforce policies around “protecting” kids, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social found out that Meta was blocking LGBTQ content in search results for teen accounts for months open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...

06.01.2025 19:38 — 👍 289    🔁 100    💬 11    📌 7

I wrote about Luigi Mangione, Reesa Teesa, Moo Deng, rap beefs, and so much more!

23.12.2024 19:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Most Viral Internet Moments of 2024 An election year, a modern day Robin Hood, Moo Deng, and more.


It’s been a while since I’ve posted about my writing after ~everything that happened in August~ but getting back to it and making my @teenvogue.bsky.social debut! 🩵 I wrote about the biggest and best viral moments of the year!
www.teenvogue.com/story/most-v...

23.12.2024 19:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.

New from me: Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo.

Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...

26.11.2024 14:54 — 👍 2134    🔁 414    💬 230    📌 424

internet culture played a huge role in the election and will continue to influence our political system!!!

so here's an internet culture reporting & analysis starter pack

(if i missed someone, PLS lmk. there were some folks i couldn't find here yet!!)
go.bsky.app/85gWWhh

21.11.2024 16:16 — 👍 123    🔁 25    💬 16    📌 2

My employer @washingtonpost.com is rapidly approaching me in followers. Please tell everyone u know to follow me ASAP so I can maintain the appropriate power dynamic with my bosses.

19.05.2023 06:52 — 👍 584    🔁 79    💬 33    📌 14

Guess we’re a world that skeets now…

12.05.2023 17:25 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1

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