Crystal Jane
@crystaljane.bsky.social
Founder & Chief of Everything at Zee Feed zeefeed.com.au
Readers' Editor at Crikey crikey.com.au
I write Australia's best* and biggest** weekly newsletter about news & feminist politics: zeefeed.beehiiv.com
*According to my parents
**Can't disprove it
Readers' Editor at Crikey crikey.com.au
I write Australia's best* and biggest** weekly newsletter about news & feminist politics: zeefeed.beehiiv.com
*According to my parents
**Can't disprove it
Seeing some commentary around this graph Gen Z "swinging right" etc etc. Someone tell me if I'm wrong but...
Isn't it just that a small portion of Gen Zs were eligible to vote in 2019? And 2025 is less a 'shift' but a more accurate representation of the whole as way more can vote now? #auspol
Isn't it just that a small portion of Gen Zs were eligible to vote in 2019? And 2025 is less a 'shift' but a more accurate representation of the whole as way more can vote now? #auspol
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Seeing some commentary around this graph Gen Z "swinging right" etc etc. Someone tell me if I'm wrong but...
Isn't it just that a small portion of Gen Zs were eligible to vote in 2019? And 2025 is less a 'shift' but a more accurate representation of the whole as way more can vote now? #auspol
Isn't it just that a small portion of Gen Zs were eligible to vote in 2019? And 2025 is less a 'shift' but a more accurate representation of the whole as way more can vote now? #auspol
ALEXA CHUNG ON FASHION NEUROSIS huge day for millennial women
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ALEXA CHUNG ON FASHION NEUROSIS huge day for millennial women
It is genuinely unbelievable to me how many people on Instagram think the Sportsbet "acquisition" letter to the Betoota Advocate is real.
This comment has 800 likes.
This comment has 800 likes.
November 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It is genuinely unbelievable to me how many people on Instagram think the Sportsbet "acquisition" letter to the Betoota Advocate is real.
This comment has 800 likes.
This comment has 800 likes.
Imagine introducing laws to protect kids from how toxic social media is and... thanking News Corp for helping?
Every media outlet that uses social media as a distribution channel actively shapes the culture of those platforms.
These things are not separate.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/n...
Every media outlet that uses social media as a distribution channel actively shapes the culture of those platforms.
These things are not separate.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/n...
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Imagine introducing laws to protect kids from how toxic social media is and... thanking News Corp for helping?
Every media outlet that uses social media as a distribution channel actively shapes the culture of those platforms.
These things are not separate.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/n...
Every media outlet that uses social media as a distribution channel actively shapes the culture of those platforms.
These things are not separate.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/n...
Trans kids have increasingly become the targets of individualised negative 'news' coverage sure seems like bullying and cyber-bullying.
But it's not just trans kids.
This awful Courier Mail "emoji poll" invites hostile commentary on disabled kids. Social media shreds mental health and THIS IS WHY
But it's not just trans kids.
This awful Courier Mail "emoji poll" invites hostile commentary on disabled kids. Social media shreds mental health and THIS IS WHY
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Trans kids have increasingly become the targets of individualised negative 'news' coverage sure seems like bullying and cyber-bullying.
But it's not just trans kids.
This awful Courier Mail "emoji poll" invites hostile commentary on disabled kids. Social media shreds mental health and THIS IS WHY
But it's not just trans kids.
This awful Courier Mail "emoji poll" invites hostile commentary on disabled kids. Social media shreds mental health and THIS IS WHY
I really can't stress enough how it is NOT newsworthy that a kid placed second in an inter-school running race.
But sure let's publish multiple stories her including potentially indentifying details.
It's not a once-off, it's a pattern.
But sure let's publish multiple stories her including potentially indentifying details.
It's not a once-off, it's a pattern.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I really can't stress enough how it is NOT newsworthy that a kid placed second in an inter-school running race.
But sure let's publish multiple stories her including potentially indentifying details.
It's not a once-off, it's a pattern.
But sure let's publish multiple stories her including potentially indentifying details.
It's not a once-off, it's a pattern.
My reasons are the only correct reasons for hating the new BOM website 🗣🗣🗣
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/b...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
My reasons are the only correct reasons for hating the new BOM website 🗣🗣🗣
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/b...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/b...
Almost November and it just started hailing
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Almost November and it just started hailing
Independent media is dead 😪
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Independent media is dead 😪
It's getting weird lol
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
It's getting weird lol
Trump: ...
The Internet:
The Internet:
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Trump: ...
The Internet:
The Internet:
New episode of Cut Through is out! In which @jasemurphy.bsky.social very patiently explains to me why the Economic Roundtable crew are so obsessed with "productivity" & we discuss the strange approach to housing #auspol
Listen on all of the apps + YouTube:
open.spotify.com/episode/2iCs...
Listen on all of the apps + YouTube:
open.spotify.com/episode/2iCs...
August 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
New episode of Cut Through is out! In which @jasemurphy.bsky.social very patiently explains to me why the Economic Roundtable crew are so obsessed with "productivity" & we discuss the strange approach to housing #auspol
Listen on all of the apps + YouTube:
open.spotify.com/episode/2iCs...
Listen on all of the apps + YouTube:
open.spotify.com/episode/2iCs...
It's amazing what tech platforms will allow to stay up.
I reported this TikTok comment for threatening violence. TikTok said there is no violation.
(Context: I explained that freedom of political expression means they can protest for their own causes too).
I reported this TikTok comment for threatening violence. TikTok said there is no violation.
(Context: I explained that freedom of political expression means they can protest for their own causes too).
August 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It's amazing what tech platforms will allow to stay up.
I reported this TikTok comment for threatening violence. TikTok said there is no violation.
(Context: I explained that freedom of political expression means they can protest for their own causes too).
I reported this TikTok comment for threatening violence. TikTok said there is no violation.
(Context: I explained that freedom of political expression means they can protest for their own causes too).
I am making a brave attempt to quarantine and soothe complaints by Boomers, Gen X and elder Millennials about the incoming Hottest 100 of Australian songs by offering them a music list of their own.
Gimme the Nobel Peace prize.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...
Gimme the Nobel Peace prize.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I am making a brave attempt to quarantine and soothe complaints by Boomers, Gen X and elder Millennials about the incoming Hottest 100 of Australian songs by offering them a music list of their own.
Gimme the Nobel Peace prize.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...
Gimme the Nobel Peace prize.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...
Gen Z stare Millennial pause Gen X scoff Ok Boomer iPad babies my brain is melting my brain is melting my empathy is dissolved
July 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Gen Z stare Millennial pause Gen X scoff Ok Boomer iPad babies my brain is melting my brain is melting my empathy is dissolved
Fascinating read, I kept highlighting parts to share and then realised it was basically the whole article.
Out of 15 screencaps have decided to go with this one (there is a LOT of gold here everybody say thank you @ginarush.bsky.social!)
Out of 15 screencaps have decided to go with this one (there is a LOT of gold here everybody say thank you @ginarush.bsky.social!)
July 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Fascinating read, I kept highlighting parts to share and then realised it was basically the whole article.
Out of 15 screencaps have decided to go with this one (there is a LOT of gold here everybody say thank you @ginarush.bsky.social!)
Out of 15 screencaps have decided to go with this one (there is a LOT of gold here everybody say thank you @ginarush.bsky.social!)
Me to my friends every other day
July 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Me to my friends every other day
The lads who write The Age/SMH CBD column think my work is absurd, which is I assume the highest possible compliment one can give.
Next time include my name pls!
Next time include my name pls!
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The lads who write The Age/SMH CBD column think my work is absurd, which is I assume the highest possible compliment one can give.
Next time include my name pls!
Next time include my name pls!
Like, I've been making these kinds of comparisons for Zee Feed readers for about 5 years — as a mostly solo operator talking to a key audience. Others have been doing it waaaay longer — thinking of Jane Gilmore's "fixed it" project.
To read this in the ABC now feels like a slap in the face.
To read this in the ABC now feels like a slap in the face.
June 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Like, I've been making these kinds of comparisons for Zee Feed readers for about 5 years — as a mostly solo operator talking to a key audience. Others have been doing it waaaay longer — thinking of Jane Gilmore's "fixed it" project.
To read this in the ABC now feels like a slap in the face.
To read this in the ABC now feels like a slap in the face.
Strong parallels between Latouff and ASAP Rocky's approach to courtroom dressing — both breaking expectations while staying within the hard boundaries. Refusal to shrink or dilute oneself under scrutiny.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/27/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/27/a...
June 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Strong parallels between Latouff and ASAP Rocky's approach to courtroom dressing — both breaking expectations while staying within the hard boundaries. Refusal to shrink or dilute oneself under scrutiny.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/27/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/27/a...
I am without words
June 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I am without words
Another Digital News Report tidbit on paying for news — can we finally put to bed the argument that people will pay for a single article?
They don't.
Many startups have tried and failed to implement this, there is no viable scale.
Full report is here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...
They don't.
Many startups have tried and failed to implement this, there is no viable scale.
Full report is here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Another Digital News Report tidbit on paying for news — can we finally put to bed the argument that people will pay for a single article?
They don't.
Many startups have tried and failed to implement this, there is no viable scale.
Full report is here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...
They don't.
Many startups have tried and failed to implement this, there is no viable scale.
Full report is here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...
June 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here's the layout for the first three pars of the article. Those big blank spaces are where I'm blocking ads.
The irony? Piece is titled: The Internet Is Dead—and You Killed It
The irony? Piece is titled: The Internet Is Dead—and You Killed It
June 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Here's the layout for the first three pars of the article. Those big blank spaces are where I'm blocking ads.
The irony? Piece is titled: The Internet Is Dead—and You Killed It
The irony? Piece is titled: The Internet Is Dead—and You Killed It