Lex
@alexisdoubleyew.bsky.social
producer @ npr it’s been a minute 🎙️
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 my piece on Black anime fandom is finally here! & Alfred was such an *integral* part of the segment! Please check it out!!!
I was interviewed about Black fandom for NPR's "It's Been a Minute." The segment in which I am interviewed begins around the 23-minute mark. (also, thanks to @alexisdoubleyew.bsky.social for the shoutout to my forthcoming @nyupress.bsky.social book FANDOM FOR US, BY US!
Thin is back in, but did it ever leave us? : It's Been a Minute
When TikTok user, Slim Kim, posted a video expressing how much she loves 'being skinny,' she set off a wave of internet discourse. What's the line between loving your body and dog-whistling fatphobia? This week, host Brittany Luse is joined by authors Emma Specter and Kate Manne to find out: what's so wrong with loving being skinny?Then, Brittany takes goes on a field trip to the Anime NYC convention. She and IBAM producer Alexis Williams venture out to find out how generations of Black folks have found comfort, confidence, and fandom in the genre.Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus content by joining NPR+ today: https://plus.npr.org/
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December 6, 2024 at 3:21 PM
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 my piece on Black anime fandom is finally here! & Alfred was such an *integral* part of the segment! Please check it out!!!
i feel like im finally getting my head above water enough to re-schedule some appointments and return some emails 😅 the past 3 weeks have been... a lot
November 17, 2024 at 5:19 PM
i feel like im finally getting my head above water enough to re-schedule some appointments and return some emails 😅 the past 3 weeks have been... a lot
open.substack.com/pub/baptism gonna start this up soon
B.A.P.-tism | Lex | Substack
blessings from a hot young B.A.P. Click to read B.A.P.-tism, by Lex, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
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November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
open.substack.com/pub/baptism gonna start this up soon
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This is the lovely ASMR artist Maria Viktorovna (Gentle Whispering) talking about planning for maternity leave as a content creator: She has to make 2x more videos than normal in order to “bank” them to post after the baby is born, otherwise the algo will disappear you
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBo...
November 14, 2024 at 5:08 AM
This is the lovely ASMR artist Maria Viktorovna (Gentle Whispering) talking about planning for maternity leave as a content creator: She has to make 2x more videos than normal in order to “bank” them to post after the baby is born, otherwise the algo will disappear you
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBo...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBo...
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Black Twitter pulling up over here like #Blacksky #AddToBlackSky
November 13, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Black Twitter pulling up over here like #Blacksky #AddToBlackSky
the more i think about The Substance, the more i love it. the scene where Demi’s getting ready for a date?? omg. it hit too close to home, i got uncomfy for a hot sec lol
November 14, 2024 at 4:46 AM
the more i think about The Substance, the more i love it. the scene where Demi’s getting ready for a date?? omg. it hit too close to home, i got uncomfy for a hot sec lol
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I just no longer have the emotional capacity for irony. Gimme earnestness. To live long enough to be cringe is a blessing.
November 10, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I just no longer have the emotional capacity for irony. Gimme earnestness. To live long enough to be cringe is a blessing.
mind you, i said i was done downloading new social media apps
November 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
mind you, i said i was done downloading new social media apps