Simone Alexis

Cruciverbalist and unapologetic feminist killjoy. Into all things intersectional and interdisciplinary (she/her)

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

My life is governed by 1) the rule of three and 2) benign violation.

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

@wtflanksteak Also the rare acceptable form of talking in a movie theater

[AB @AlannaBennett]

Feeling very smug and insufferable as someone who’s been a fan of Jonathan Bailey since his tour de force comedic-romantic performance in Crashing

[Tamora Pierce @TamoraPierce]

Hello Folx,

As I know all too well (between aging, health and a sudden move) there are times in our lives where problems and yucky surprises just seem to hammer down. It seems impossible to regain the side that is up and find yourself amidst the chaos.

Here's what works for me

[Christopher Miller @chrizmillr]

👎
And an extra 👎 for using underrepresented writers as an attempted shield from criticism. AI can’t appreciate an original voice or tone, it only rewards the familiar.

[Shannon & Swift @shannonandswift]

This is a great way to ensure the next generation of producers and executives never gets to exist. This is the work of entry level jobs. Interns, assistants, lower level execs. This is how you learn, how you develop taste. This is Hollywood sawing at its own neck to save a buck.

[Luke Barnett @LukeBarnett]

Hear me out. No more $200M movies. For every $200M, the studio makes one massive $100M action movie, two $25M thrillers, three $10M dramas, and four $5M horror or comedies.

[Community Economic Defense Project @CoEvictionDef]

This morning, the CO Supreme Court ruled that tenants have the right to a jury trial when there are factual disputes in an eviction case. This is huge news for CO tenants and directly confronts the use of county courts as eviction mills. https://t.co/unJIjanEUb

[Guy Branum @guybranum]

I encourage everyone in the listed states to sign his petition, form a class action suit, and drain him of millions for illegally trying to swindle people into obeying him politically.

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

@kellyanneken I have been waiting for this day so long

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

Me after watching @KathrynTewson demolish yet another legal AI scammer

[mai @delenacastaways]

it was called “the cw” and they made teen dramas and supernatural shows, and the shows went on for +7 seasons, which were released annually, almost every good ship had the actors dating at some point, each cast had their own lore and once a year they went to sdcc and had panels

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

The webisode trend of aughts TV literally never worked, but I truly believe a Pete Hornberger shorts 30 Rock tie-in would’ve transformed the industry

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

Peak. Television.

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

On a related note, everyone should read Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant

[a knight who remembered his meows @ManuclearBomb]

hardest line in real life

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

This as close to scabbing as you can get without technically being a scab in the strictly legal sense

[Ahmad Al-Dahle @Ahmad_Al_Dahle]

Behind the scenes creating Meta AI voice.

[Rachel Leishman @RachelLeishman]

Instead of wasting your time with Joker: Folie à Deux, you can (and should) watch Cathy Yan's take on a Harley Quinn story!

https://t.co/cwuiYEBv2H

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

This is literally art

[Rebecca Allensworth @HawAllensworth]

Reviewing the FTC v Amazon complaint for my new article, Long Term Consumer Welfare, I had to laugh at this.

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

Btw, my Hebrew school Torah teacher was a weed smoking hippie rabbi, I’m an atheist Jew, my grandparents are Russian immigrants who have welcomed non-Jews into our family, Jewish women aren’t all mean overbearing shrews with prominent noses, the Jewish people contain multitudes!

[Simone Alexis @IdVEgo]

“We could only make the concept of a cool rabbi work by surrounding him with cartoonish stereotypes” is a weird way to say “I’m a bad writer with internalized anti-semitism & a limited understanding of Jewish culture”

[Variety @Variety]

Netflix's "Nobody Wants This" is being called out for "stereotypical" Jewish characters, but creator Erin Foster says "what I really wanted to do was shed a positive light on Jewish culture."

“I think we need positive Jewish stories right now. I think it’s interesting when people focus on, ‘Oh, this is a stereotype of Jewish people,’ when you have a rabbi as the lead. A hot, cool, young rabbi who smokes weed. That’s the antithesis of how people view a Jewish rabbi, right? If I made the Jewish parents, like, two granola hippies on a farm, then someone would write, ‘I’ve never met a Jewish person like that before. You clearly don’t know how to write Jewish people, you don’t know what you’re doing, and that doesn’t represent us well.’”

Read more here: https://t.co/fwBIDF8npx