Gloriana Network
@gloriananetwork.bsky.social
The Gloriana Network is a historical media project built on the belief that history isn’t just what happened—it’s what we’re told happened. We investigate how stories of the past are twisted, edited, or erased to serve the powerful.
America Didn’t Give Us Much This Year.
But Some Things Still Held.
This Thanksgiving, we're not writing about pilgrims, pumpkin pie, or the sanitized myth we were all handed in grade school.
I’m writing about what held this year when so much threatened to crack.
But Some Things Still Held.
This Thanksgiving, we're not writing about pilgrims, pumpkin pie, or the sanitized myth we were all handed in grade school.
I’m writing about what held this year when so much threatened to crack.
What Survived 2025: A Ledger of What Didn’t Break
Tony Koons, Gloriana November 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
America Didn’t Give Us Much This Year.
But Some Things Still Held.
This Thanksgiving, we're not writing about pilgrims, pumpkin pie, or the sanitized myth we were all handed in grade school.
I’m writing about what held this year when so much threatened to crack.
But Some Things Still Held.
This Thanksgiving, we're not writing about pilgrims, pumpkin pie, or the sanitized myth we were all handed in grade school.
I’m writing about what held this year when so much threatened to crack.
Not every week calls for a manifesto.
This one’s a dispatch from the Workroom — what’s simmering, what’s coming, and the quiet legislative project stealing some brain cycles.
New Gloriana drop is live.
This one’s a dispatch from the Workroom — what’s simmering, what’s coming, and the quiet legislative project stealing some brain cycles.
New Gloriana drop is live.
Between Essays: Notes From the Workroom
Tony Koons, Gloriana Nov 20205
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Not every week calls for a manifesto.
This one’s a dispatch from the Workroom — what’s simmering, what’s coming, and the quiet legislative project stealing some brain cycles.
New Gloriana drop is live.
This one’s a dispatch from the Workroom — what’s simmering, what’s coming, and the quiet legislative project stealing some brain cycles.
New Gloriana drop is live.
She cracked the case, but heaven forbid she also be happy.
Writers keep handcuffing their heroines — and I’m over it.
New Gloriana drop: Watching the Defectives.
Writers keep handcuffing their heroines — and I’m over it.
New Gloriana drop: Watching the Defectives.
Watching the Defectives: How Her Success is Handcuffed
TV’s best female detectives can solve any case — except the crime of being written by men. by Tony Koons, Gloriana Network
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November 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
She cracked the case, but heaven forbid she also be happy.
Writers keep handcuffing their heroines — and I’m over it.
New Gloriana drop: Watching the Defectives.
Writers keep handcuffing their heroines — and I’m over it.
New Gloriana drop: Watching the Defectives.
3.5% was never the magic number. The internet’s favorite revolution statistic doesn’t survive contact with reality.
The Myth of 3.5%
They told us a number would change the world. They left out the fine print.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
3.5% was never the magic number. The internet’s favorite revolution statistic doesn’t survive contact with reality.
The film industry loves to expose cruelty—just never its own. From von Trier to Weinstein, we keep applauding men who turn abuse into art and call it genius.
When cruelty hides behind a camera, we call it “vision.” When it hides anywhere else, we call the police.
When cruelty hides behind a camera, we call it “vision.” When it hides anywhere else, we call the police.
The Auteur and the Abuser: When Film’s Moral Compass Spins in Circles
Tony Koons for the Gloriana Network — October 2025
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October 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The film industry loves to expose cruelty—just never its own. From von Trier to Weinstein, we keep applauding men who turn abuse into art and call it genius.
When cruelty hides behind a camera, we call it “vision.” When it hides anywhere else, we call the police.
When cruelty hides behind a camera, we call it “vision.” When it hides anywhere else, we call the police.
EA’s $55 Billion Sale Isn’t Just About Games — It’s About Who Controls the Future of Play
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EA’s $55 Billion Sale Isn’t Just About Games — It’s About Who Controls the Future of Play
What looks like a $55 billion gaming merger is really a geopolitical land grab — one that puts an authoritarian state at the center of AI, data, and digital play.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
EA’s $55 Billion Sale Isn’t Just About Games — It’s About Who Controls the Future of Play
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