H.G. Watson
@hgwatsonwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Sometimes teacher, sometimes audience development. Writing a book about the teen mags of the 1990s and 2000s. 👩💻💖
Freelancing is hard enough—but now we’re competing against AI scammers! thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Freelancing is hard enough—but now we’re competing against AI scammers! thelocal.to/investigatin...
Excellent overview of what the media ecosystem has lost with the "integration" of Teen Vogue into Vogue www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
www.cjr.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Excellent overview of what the media ecosystem has lost with the "integration" of Teen Vogue into Vogue www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
Some thoughts on Teen Vogue, from someone currently writing a book about teen mags.
When publishers make "budget cuts" young women and LGTBQ folks often are the first to suffer
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When publishers make "budget cuts" young women and LGTBQ folks often are the first to suffer
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November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Some thoughts on Teen Vogue, from someone currently writing a book about teen mags.
When publishers make "budget cuts" young women and LGTBQ folks often are the first to suffer
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When publishers make "budget cuts" young women and LGTBQ folks often are the first to suffer
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How many times must I sit through a Jays away game where the home team is having Bark in the Park?
Why do Atkins and Shapiro HATE Toronto dogs?
Look who they are preventing from enjoying hot dogs!!!
Why do Atkins and Shapiro HATE Toronto dogs?
Look who they are preventing from enjoying hot dogs!!!
August 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How many times must I sit through a Jays away game where the home team is having Bark in the Park?
Why do Atkins and Shapiro HATE Toronto dogs?
Look who they are preventing from enjoying hot dogs!!!
Why do Atkins and Shapiro HATE Toronto dogs?
Look who they are preventing from enjoying hot dogs!!!
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
Trying to write my silly little horror screenplay while the world is....*frantic hand motion*
a young boy in a blue shirt is talking into a microphone while a woman looks on .
ALT: a young boy in a blue shirt is talking into a microphone while a woman looks on .
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Trying to write my silly little horror screenplay while the world is....*frantic hand motion*
I hate that em dashes have become synonymous with ChatGPT use. That’s a millennial writer thing!
June 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I hate that em dashes have become synonymous with ChatGPT use. That’s a millennial writer thing!
Been a minute since I've been published somewhere, which is why it's nice to say I have a short story out today! (Content warning: blood, body image and ED content, many pesky raccoons.) www.godscrueljokelit.com/h-g-watson-3...
H.G. Watson - 30 Degree Curvature — God's Cruel Joke
www.godscrueljokelit.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Been a minute since I've been published somewhere, which is why it's nice to say I have a short story out today! (Content warning: blood, body image and ED content, many pesky raccoons.) www.godscrueljokelit.com/h-g-watson-3...
Got to see this piece in its early stages in my advanced feature writing workshop last semester. It's a great look at a group impacted by delays with the Eglinton LRT apple.news/AIfl-gcEiSme...
Opinion | Public art languishing inside the Eglinton Crosstown LRT says more about our priorities than you might think — Toronto Star
Is a city something to be experienced or only something to pass through between home and work?
apple.news
June 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Got to see this piece in its early stages in my advanced feature writing workshop last semester. It's a great look at a group impacted by delays with the Eglinton LRT apple.news/AIfl-gcEiSme...
Here’s why I’ve been pretty quiet on here the last two years. (Submitted 🥰)
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Here’s why I’ve been pretty quiet on here the last two years. (Submitted 🥰)
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Do I know any book authors/academics who have an ingenious method for organizing piles of research so they can find what they are after? Would love to read or pick your brain on it.
May 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Do I know any book authors/academics who have an ingenious method for organizing piles of research so they can find what they are after? Would love to read or pick your brain on it.
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
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It's Jane's Walk weekend in Toronto, if you're casting about for something to do. Not a boring city.
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
Walks List
Explore the Walks List for Jane’s Walk Toronto Festival! Discover a variety of free, community-led walking tours that showcase unique stories, neighborhoods, and perspectives across the city. Find a w...
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's Jane's Walk weekend in Toronto, if you're casting about for something to do. Not a boring city.
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/walks
Started a new project with @dreabells.bsky.social today. Learning a lot about shipwrecks and underwater photos.
More TK 🙊
More TK 🙊
May 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Started a new project with @dreabells.bsky.social today. Learning a lot about shipwrecks and underwater photos.
More TK 🙊
More TK 🙊
Inside of my brain now that I can watch sports without seeing political ads
April 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Inside of my brain now that I can watch sports without seeing political ads
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update to this thread: verified GoFundMes are linked here: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
update to this thread: verified GoFundMes are linked here: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
Need Carney to up the weirdness factor to compete with these two though. Where’s the alt zodiacmemes account he runs?
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Need Carney to up the weirdness factor to compete with these two though. Where’s the alt zodiacmemes account he runs?
Thought I was ready to finish grad school, but just sobbed my way through writing my thesis acknowledgements 🥺
April 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thought I was ready to finish grad school, but just sobbed my way through writing my thesis acknowledgements 🥺
Don’t worry everyone, I bought books!
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Don’t worry everyone, I bought books!
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Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
Doing fiction revisions might actually be more painful than nonfiction. You're telling me I have to imagine MORE stuff? When I already imagined all this other stuff?!
April 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Doing fiction revisions might actually be more painful than nonfiction. You're telling me I have to imagine MORE stuff? When I already imagined all this other stuff?!
Deeply depressing how Vice was once a tough, investigative outlet that also mixed in funny content, and now it's become a marketing company that keeps sending me paid newsletter ads I forget to unsubscribe from.
April 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Deeply depressing how Vice was once a tough, investigative outlet that also mixed in funny content, and now it's become a marketing company that keeps sending me paid newsletter ads I forget to unsubscribe from.
"...they dream of splintering governments and carving up the world into hyper-capitalist, democracy-free havens under the sole control of the supremely wealthy, protected by private mercenaries, serviced by AI robots and financed by cryptocurrencies." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"...they dream of splintering governments and carving up the world into hyper-capitalist, democracy-free havens under the sole control of the supremely wealthy, protected by private mercenaries, serviced by AI robots and financed by cryptocurrencies." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...