Jillian Steinhauer
jilnotjill.bsky.social
Jillian Steinhauer
@jilnotjill.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, teacher, organizer. I write about art and comics. Short, with tall energy.
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There are few things I love more than travel and there are few things I hate more than packing
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
God bless the folks who do the work of having TikTok, watching a whole lot of videos on TikTok, and then putting the best ones on Instagram for the rest of us
February 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
People stop-looking-at-your-phones-while-getting-onto-the-subway challenge
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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David Ross of SVA has resigned from his post following release of his email exchanges with Epstein. In January 2015, years after Epstein’s conviction, the former museum leader told him that he was “still proud” to call him a friend. by @surrhealism.bsky.social & @isafarfan.bsky.social
David Ross Resigns From School of Visual Arts After Epstein Revelations
In January 2015, years after Epstein’s conviction, the former museum leader told him that he was “still proud” to call him a friend.
hyperallergic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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With the awful WaPo layoffs and the state of journalism more broadly, if it's useful for any writers and reporters considering going indy, @molly.wiki, @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social of Aftermath, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social of 404 Media, @edzitron.com and me will do a little workshop next week.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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I’ll never stop suggesting folks read News for All the People. Its dense but really illuminates how a large part of what journalism has always been was anout engendering hate for Black and Indigenous people www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ne...
News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
Book — Non-fiction. By Juan González and Joseph Torres. 2011. 256 pages. The history of media in the United States, through the lens of race.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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It feels worth saying that the thing that unifies men as disparate as Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra and Trump is patriarchy. Patriarchy, hatred of women, and the need to dominate them, persists across race and class status. Left movements refuse a robust analysis of persisting gender violence.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
Join The 51st
The 51st is a worker-led nonprofit news source for D.C. Our reporting is rooted in our conviction that local journalism is meant to make people’s lives better — no paywalls, ever. But that's only…
51st.news
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists don’t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.
Washington Post laid off many of their staff photographers, too. Which seems missing from a lot of coverage I’ve read.
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A small plug today to consider joining the Freelance Solidarity Project. We're all in this media shitscape together, and it's going to take organizing to rescue its remains from the dumpster fire.
freelancesolidarity.org
Home - Freelance Solidarity Project
We are a union of digital media workers raising labor standards across our industry.
freelancesolidarity.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
it can’t all just be substack, it simply cannot
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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Last in, first out has been happening over and over again with companies that talked a big game about DEI in 2020.
My position at The Post was eliminated, along with many other journalists of color hired after the 2020 racial reckoning.
February 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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With the closing of the Kennedy Center and the cuts at the Post, the Washington, DC metro area has lost its biggest arts institution and of its largest local journalism outlet.
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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They are systematically trying to take away our art, our culture, our community. They are disassembling, brick by brick, page by page, seat by seat, the places we go to experience moments of joy, empathy, hope, collective grief, connection.
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish.

Email: tips@pressfreedomtracker.us
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
what the hell is anyone fucking talking about
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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I’m working on a story for @thesicktimes.org about things people with Long Covid and other energy-limiting illnesses (as well as their caregivers) can do to protect themselves and their communities from ICE. I’d love to speak with any of the following:

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February 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Amazing coda here.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM