maura lee bee 🌈

Queer, LatinX Writer. “Peter & the Concrete Jungle” (2017) & “mall goth” (2021). Calling out oppressors, one word at a time.

[kyle 🍉 @twunkification]

this really is a masterclass in media training. Clearly in order for her to do this interview CNN forced her to exclude any comment that Israel is at fault, and bc of this she decided to turn the interview into showing the love, bravery and community of Gaza 1/?

[Serious trans vibes Comics @AssignedMale]

Louder

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

Did y’all hear?

NYC landlords aren’t renting out their rent stabilized apartments.

They’re against rent stabilization + claim regulated rent stifles their profits—so they’re “protesting” by letting apts sit empty than rent them out.

13,000 of them. In a housing crisis.

[maura lee bee 🌈 @mauraleebee]

@wandadeglane That’s awesome!!

[Academics Write @academicswrite]

I did a thing this term where I told my students they were allowed to use ChatGPT. The catch was, they had to tell me about it in a reflection when they handed in their paper. This is a thread about how it all went.

[Cate @supergayscripts]

Can we stop saying ‘Greta Gerwig scores biggest opening wkend ever for female director’ and start saying Greta Gerwig scores bigger opening weekend than any man this year - and most other years too. It’s the 24th highest opening in HISTORY. It’s bigger than TOP GUN MFING MAVERICK

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Everybody should watch this so we can finally end this debate.

[melissa lozada-oliva @ellomelissa]

texting your best friend is like writing in a diary about how much you hate yourself except the diary can write back and call you a dumb bitch for thinking that

[Dan Amira @DanAmira]

I decided today that I’m going to see if I can find the restaurant with the highest number of brothers. I am on strike and have nothing better to do with my time. Please join me.

[maura lee bee 🌈 @mauraleebee]

@swodinsky Wait can you still get me this KitKat even if I don’t marry you? No regurgitating required!

[Katie Tibaldi @KatieTibaldi]

Hi, one friend she's talking about. 🧵9 yrs ago I was offered a job on the 1st season of what became a very popular Disney/ABC series. A job I was so excited about & finally had a good shot to get a script/promoted on as showrunner really liked my writing & had sought me out. 1/7

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Sean Gunn says “in 1980, CEOs made 30x what the lowest worker was making, now Bob Iger makes 400x what his lowest worker is making.”

“I think that’s a fucking shame Bob, and maybe you should look in the mirror & ask why is that? Is it morally okay?” https://t.co/yJkbz9QT28

[Bryan Coogler @jamesearl23]

Disney+ removed both seasons of a show I’d staffed on from the platform, ensuring that I’ll never make another dollar in residuals from it, or be able to watch it again.

Mind you, the show gave them 11 Emmy Noms last year.

What’s “realistic” about that?

[zoë rose bryant @zoerosebryant]

Disgusted by @DEADLINE’s misrepresentation of actors’ opinions on the SAG strike, continuing to cherry-pick quotes that show skepticism instead of support.

Full context:
Damon said: “We gotta hold strong until we get a deal that’s fair.”
Branagh said: “I’m in solidarity w/ SAG.”

[Anthony Rapp SAG-AFTRA National Board Member @albinokid]

Raising a Labor Activist

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

BREAKING: Workers at the Chicago Roastery, the biggest Starbucks in the WORLD, just filed for a union election. When they win, every Starbucks Roastery in North America will be union.

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

BIG NEWS!!! A federal judge found that Starbucks ILLEGALLY closed the College Ave. store in Ithaca, NY and ordered that Starbucks IMMEDIATELY reopen it. Another win for workers!

[Qian Julie Wang🔸王乾 🔸הֲדַסָּה @QianJulieWang]

due to a recent fire, Yu & Me Books in Chinatown NY needs to remain closed for a year. if you’ve ever been to the store or one of their events, you know that the store is the heartbeat of Chinatown. please consider supporting their GoFundMe so they can stay afloat & rebuild: