Danette Chavez
@danettechavez.bsky.social
Editor-In-Chief @avclub.com. Formerly of Primetimer, Polygon, The Chicago Reader. Secretary, @tvcritics.org
Doing stretches, cracking my knuckles, etc. to lead what’s sure to be a 20+ minute standing ovation at the end of Now You Three Me
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Doing stretches, cracking my knuckles, etc. to lead what’s sure to be a 20+ minute standing ovation at the end of Now You Three Me
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On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
On Wednesday, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union leaders. While our union fights these illegal dismissals, the “Fired Four” have been left with no severance or COBRA coverage. Please donate to help cover their living expenses at the link below.
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A marketplace no one can afford is not a marketplace at all.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A marketplace no one can afford is not a marketplace at all.
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WALMART.
(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WALMART.
(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
(This is real. I took the screenshots.)
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
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“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Teen Vogue's Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s shutdown marks more than a media loss. This is a warning about how profit-driven consolidation quietly dismantles worker awareness and voice.
thisislaborwise.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“Since 2018, labor columnist Kim Kelly brought the labor beat to teenage readers through her “No Class” column, covering everything from wildcat strikes to general strikes, the Gilded Age labor organizer Mother Jones to contemporary Amazon warehouse conditions.” 💔 thisislaborwise.com/teen-vogues-...
Pondering the AI apocalypse
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Pondering the AI apocalypse
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I cannot fully vouch for the final Predator ranking here, but always a treat to read @rockmarooned.bsky.social Run The Series www.avclub.com/predator-run...
Like their prey, the Predator movies have evolved in order to survive
The flexible Predator franchise has changed alongside its longtime Alien counterpart, with fewer classics but more eccentricity.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I cannot fully vouch for the final Predator ranking here, but always a treat to read @rockmarooned.bsky.social Run The Series www.avclub.com/predator-run...
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I'm going to have a lot of fun covering PLURIBUS for The A.V. Club. My review of the first two episodes, in which I talk about the traditions the show fits into (and defies), Vince Gilligan's visual style, Rhea Seehorn's ability to hold multiple notes at once and more! www.avclub.com/pluribus-pre...
Vince Gilligan's Albuquerque breaks even badder in Pluribus
Vince Gilligan's Albuquerque breaks even badder in Pluribus
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm going to have a lot of fun covering PLURIBUS for The A.V. Club. My review of the first two episodes, in which I talk about the traditions the show fits into (and defies), Vince Gilligan's visual style, Rhea Seehorn's ability to hold multiple notes at once and more! www.avclub.com/pluribus-pre...
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This isn't the first time that Donna and I have written about the same show, but this is the first time that we'll be doing weekly reviews for different publications at the same time. You won't want to miss Donna's, so please subscribe if you aren't already!
So long as Vince Gilligan keeps making shows set in Albuquerque, @donnadb.bsky.social will keep writing about them.
Her review of the first two episodes of #Pluribus is now up at Episodic Medium.
Her review of the first two episodes of #Pluribus is now up at Episodic Medium.
Review: Pluribus, "We Is Us" & "Pirate Lady" | Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2
A castaway on Utopia's glittering shore
www.episodicmedium.tv
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This isn't the first time that Donna and I have written about the same show, but this is the first time that we'll be doing weekly reviews for different publications at the same time. You won't want to miss Donna's, so please subscribe if you aren't already!
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."
Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope
His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Rally to protest the teacher violently taken by federal agents at a private daycare this morning on Addison near Western.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Rally to protest the teacher violently taken by federal agents at a private daycare this morning on Addison near Western.
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tonight, in Chicago, North Side rapid responders and community members held a vigil. At least ten people were abducted by ICE in Rogers Park alone today. We uplifted the message RESIST ICE in lights. We spoke out, sang together, grieved, and reaffirmed our commitment to defending our neighbors.
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s not ever about the numbers—you can bring insane audience engagement, views, eyeballs to your verticals, shape the conversation in wonderful ways, win awards and on and on
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
And they still will nuke your job and your entire desk in the name of capital consolidation and kissing the fucking ring
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It’s truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It’s truly scary how few mainstream publications are willing to publish working class voices and perspectives (let alone leftist ones), and every one we lose is yet another blow to the fragile hope for a better world
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why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
why it's almost like there's a concerted assault on informed consensus by extraction class owned media conglomerates to replace what was left of U.S. political journalism with lazy controversy hounding infotainment and right wing and corporatist agitprop
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Teen Vogue has produced some of the strongest and most important political journalism of the past few years.
This is a monstrous development. I am so sorry for everyone.
This is a monstrous development. I am so sorry for everyone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Teen Vogue has produced some of the strongest and most important political journalism of the past few years.
This is a monstrous development. I am so sorry for everyone.
This is a monstrous development. I am so sorry for everyone.
Absolutely mind-boggling decision when people like Lex have made Teen Vogue a must-read
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Absolutely mind-boggling decision when people like Lex have made Teen Vogue a must-read
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A pair of provocateurs put generative AI into their festival films this year and, predictably, it pissed people off. We talked to them about why.
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How can you shock audiences in 2025? Some filmmakers turn to AI
Radu Jude and Todd Rohal courted controversy by making AI the butt of the joke in their 2025 festival films.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A pair of provocateurs put generative AI into their festival films this year and, predictably, it pissed people off. We talked to them about why.
www.avclub.com/ai-filmmaker...
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I find it immensely heartening that so many normal people are seeing and defying the obscenity of what ICE/CBP is trying to do in Chicago, but stories like this also make clear how much more disciplined those people are than the state violence worker guys. www.reuters.com/world/us/wer...
'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block
The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.
www.reuters.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I find it immensely heartening that so many normal people are seeing and defying the obscenity of what ICE/CBP is trying to do in Chicago, but stories like this also make clear how much more disciplined those people are than the state violence worker guys. www.reuters.com/world/us/wer...