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Jennifer L. Pozner
@jennpozner.bsky.social
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Media critic, journalist, anti-racist feminist
*Author: IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S MEDIA (media literacy graphic novel); REALITY BITES BACK
*Founder: Women In Media & News
*Speaker: DM for TV/talks/workshops
*Pundit: ABC/NBC/CBS/CNN/MSNBC/VICE
*Comedy nerd
She/Her
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Wearing my @jfrejnyc.bsky.social NY Jews for Zohran tee on ✈️ to Seattle...next to businessman watching Dick Cheney's funeral, then Squawk Box (a financial news w/stock ticker).

I wonder if (not, wait: hope) he thinks I'm trolling him?

So tempted to ask if this flight is him fleeing NYC...
A woman on an airplane with dark red hair is wearing a blue New York Jews For Zohran tee shirt. She has a travel pillow around her neck.
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Seattle-area folks, food recs? Fave restaurants, esp w/outdoor dining or delivery?

Visiting fam in Renton; can cab to Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, etc

Food I love:
1. Salmon & scallops
2. Freshest sashimi+sushi
3. French
4. Pho
6. Freshest veggies+salads
7. Thai, Italian, American, crepes, brunch
The Seattle Space Needle through trees and clouds just before dusk. I snapped this picture this time last year.
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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2/2 PS: I finished writing & describing the visuals for the book in early 2024, or I'd have used that chryon in a panel in the framing or disinformation chapters (sneak peek 👇).

Back end process of graphic novels is lengthy, but stay tuned for pre-order links from @23rdstbooks.bsky.social!
A pre-copyedit (not yet released) page from the framing chapter of Jennifer L. Pozner 's "It's Not You, It's Media: Decoding What We Watch, Read, Post, Buy, Believe, and Create." Forthcoming from 23rd Street Books. A pre-copyedit (not yet released) page from the journalism chapter of Jennifer L. Pozner 's "It's Not You, It's Media: Decoding What We Watch, Read, Post, Buy, Believe, and Create." Forthcoming from 23rd St Books
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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1/2: #MediaLiteracy Pop Quiz: share WTF is wrong with 👇, below:

Btw, tools in "It's Not You, It's Media," my forthcoming ML graphic novel:

*Identifying target audiences

*Understanding how stories are framed

*Legit news source or propaganda?

*Arming yourself against disinformation and conspiracy
Fox News chyron reads, "BY WINNING, DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY LOSING"
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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4/ @jfrejnyc.bsky.social knows @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is a leader with integrity, who cares about protecting Jewish people (and all vulnerable NYers, inc Black, Latinx, Muslim, LGBTQ): he'll increase support to combat hate crimes by 800%!

Pls share the video to replace hate with fun and facts!
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Hope you enjoy #NoCuomo!, a pro- #Zohran "Gaston"/Beauty & the Beast #parody I produced+cowrote for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social!

Share to replace hate+disinfo with humor+joy!

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got majority of Jewish primary votes. We'll do it again! #LFG

#NYC #Mayor #Election2025 #Cuomo #GOTV
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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HEY NYC #skyfriends (pls share): Urgent call for singers for an anti-Cuomo, pro-Zohran PARODY SONG VIDEO filming SUN. 11/19, 3-5:30/6pm. DM for location.

Returning to Bsky after 6mos bec. I cowrote this for @jfrejnyc.bsky.social & some of our singers got sick. We need a few more!

Can YOU join us?
"No Cuomo!" To the tune of "Gaston" from Beauty and the Beast, by Jennifer Pozner and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Spoken introduction: Cuomo: Who does he think he is? That Assemblyman has tangled with the wrong man! No one says "no" to Cuomo! JFREJ: The voters did, resoundingly! Cuomo: Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly Humiliated! Why, it's more than I can bear. JFREJ: Get outta here! Cuomo: Where to? Westchester? I'm disgraced. JFREJ: Just like when you were forced to resign as governor! Cuomo, you’re the past. JFREJ: Gosh it disturbs us to still see Cuomo Down on row J, Like a chump. Didn’t New Yorkers defeat you Cuomo? Only one for you is Trump. There’s just not one thing to admire ‘bout you Your campaign is run by AI Everyone’s eager to vote against you And to once again tell you goodbye. No one GROPES like Cuomo Dashes HOPES like Cuomo No one makes city voters scream NOPE like Cuomo For there's no former gov half as handsy The horse billionaires all bet on Now Bill Ackman, Door Dash, Morgan Stanley Are all freaking out 'cause New York's Team Zohran! No one's PAC's like Cuomo's Corporate hacks like Cuomo! No one puts our rights under attack like Cuomo. CUOMO: As a candidate, yes, I'm infuriating JFREJ: "That Fuckin' Guy, No Cuomo!" Screwed MTA Got so much wrong Ex-gov is corrupt And Zohran’s looking strong No one's SHAMED like Cuomo Dodges BLAME like Cuomo No one screws up an immigrant's NAME like Cuomo But Mamdani’s a hottie and smarty He’s got chutzpah and ideas to spare Fast free buses, a rent freeze, cheap groc’ries Cuomo: Hell no! Impossible! And you should pay for childcare [JFREJ] No one FAKES like Cuomo Lives UPSTATE like Cuomo No one vamps in the Hamptons ESTATES like Cuomo [Cuomo] When Trump calls I’ll just be equivocating [JFREJ] Oy! Hands off of New York! [Cuomo] When I was your gov, I moved Dems to the right And pocketed real estate bucks My Covid response killed your Gramps and your moms I let bodies pile up in fridge trucks! JFREJ: No one TAKES like Cuomo Rich tax BREAKS like Cuomo Runs with vicious political SNAKES like Cuomo. [Cuomo] I’ll spend millions on ads full of Muslim-baiting. [Cuomo] I can’t lose again!!! [JFREJ] Who’s a mensch among men And then say it once more Who's the hero next door? Who's a super success? Don't you know? Can't you guess? He's a mayor who’ll care for us all! There's just one guy in town who can defeat this clown And his name's Z-O-H-R Z-O-H-R-A Z-O-H-R-A-N… ZOHRAN!!!
October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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🧵6/ @warren.senate.gov is on it, as always:
Senator Elizabeth Warren's social media: CVS canceled Colbert's show just THREE SAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its #16M settlement with Trump -- a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I'm rarely as happy as when I'm seeing @alyankovic.bsky.social in concert! He's bringing the house down at Madison Square Garden tonight.

Just pure nerdy joy.
Weird Al at Madison Square Garden Weird Al at Madison Square Garden Weird Al at Madison Square Garden Weird Al at Madison Square Garden
July 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Not a bad night so far... #WeirdAl concert, with my pals @danpasternack.bsky.social and Tara. (And ran into Dan's friend Dave, who you might recognize.)

Currently listening to Puddles Pity Party singing Stairway to Gilligan's Island (hilarious), surrounded by a sea of Hawaiian shirts.
Dan Pasternack, Dave Foley, and Jennifer Pozner standing outside Madison Square Garden, under a Weird Al concert sign. Tara Giancaspro, Dan Pasternack, and Jennifer Pozner at an outdoor restaurant. Puddles Pity Party performs at MSG in front of a "cry cam" Puddles Pity Party performs at MSG with robot strippers behind him
July 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Didn't get to pet any dogs today on my morning walk/coffee trek, but I did see this (monarch?) butterfly living its best life on an echinacea flower.

If I can't give you a Dog of the Day, I offer this timeline cleanse instead.
A butterfly with its wings spread, on a purple cornflower/ echinacea, with many green plant leaves behind it. A butterfly with its wings spread, on a purple cornflower/ echinacea, with many green plant leaves behind it.
July 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hyperlocal NYC food Q: Recs for outdoor* dining within walking distance (10 to 15 blocks?) of Madison Sq. Garden?

I'm looking a Covid-safe dinner option before the Weird Al concert this Saturday. Bonus points if there's shade cover for sun/rain.

*Open-air, not enclosed.
Screenshot, @alfredyankovic 's IG. Weird Al's face is on the corner left, with his hand on his cheek and his eyes bugged out, standing in front of Madison Square Garden. Posted 3 days ago, he said there were fewer than 100 good seats left available for his upcoming Saturday show at MSG.
July 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Timeline cleanse: The world is still on 🔥, but today I found this gorgeous 1950s German plant stand on FB Marketplace for a great deal.

Pretty decor isn't exactly a cure for what ails democracy, but I'll take every momentary mood boost I can get.

What pretty, unique, or fun thing gives you joy?
A unique mid-century modern plant stand from the 1950s featuring dark (maybe teak?) three wooden angled legs and four roundish, teardrop-ish shelves. Each of little shelves is painted black, and each perimeter is lined with brass.
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Spelling Bee clearly doesn't know any professional media critics.
"Teevee" is not in NYT's Spelling Bee's word list. Middle letter in yellow is middle letter in yellow is T, the rest of the letters are d, v, a, e, g, n. "Agented" is not in NYT's Spelling Bee's word list. Middle letter in yellow is middle letter in yellow is T, the rest of the letters are d, v, a, e, g, n.
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Brooklyn's sweltering weather lately feels like our current politics: suffocating, intractable, endless. To cope, I'm grabbing as much joy as I can by petting as many dogs as possible on daily walks.

Two #DogOfTheDay pups at around 7:30am, sleep-deprived, no makeup...but Milo and Ida made my day!
A woman in a white and blue tee shirt, jeans, sunglasses, and a green sunhat kneels on the concrete at a crosswalk while a black French bulldog with a black and white face hops onto her legs. A woman wearing a white and blue tee shirt, jeans, and a green sunhat and holding an iced coffee is laughing, while a dog is jumping on her and gets one leg caught in her Covid mask.
July 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The level of stress it takes to just...be...is so extreme. Trying to avoid Long Covid as world ignores it. Holocaust trauma (Nazis killed my grandparents' families; US has concentration camps, disappears ppl, denaturalization threats).

Too much $$ on delivery--worth it to eat my feelings tonight.
A photo taken from somebody's Yelp review of L&B Spumoni Gardens, the classic, old school Brooklyn pizzeria. The photo shows a large rectangular pizza box with their famous Sicilian pie sitting on a red metal table in the outdoor area, with the L_B sign above the restaurant in the background. One person's arm and hand is also visible in the photo, next to a canned beverage.
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Forgot to post a #DogOfTheDay yesterday, but that doesn't mean I didn't play with one!

This is Diego, my friends Donna & Marco's poodle, whose favorite thing is to try to get people to chase him around the yard while he holds a stuffed alligator you're supposed to try to steal from him.
A tan poodle drops a stuffed alligator on the grass in front of me, as a "too slow" fake-out to try to make me reach for the gator right before he grabs it and runs away with it. Then looks back at me wanting me to chase him. A tan poodle drops a stuffed alligator on the grass in front of me, as a "too slow" fake-out to try to make me reach for the gator right before he grabs it and runs away with it. Then looks back at me wanting me to chase him. Diego, the tan poodle, is standing in between lawn chairs begging for the hot dog I'm holding off camera.
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Also Eric "Anthropomorphic Vanity Mirror" Adams:

More from the "It's not arrogance when *I* do it" narcissism files. Source: @hellgatenyc.com Morning Spew email, which I highly recommend.
Curtis sliwa says Eric Adams wants him to drop out of the mayoral race, and is talking about incentives like "a job at the White House" to make it happen.
July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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This won't be fixed in a single generation -- we need long term plans.

I've talked/written about this for ages: we're STILL suffering from foundational damage Bill Clinton caused w/the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and his deregulatory FCC.

Page from my forthcoming media literacy graphic novel:
A preview of a pre-copyedited page from my media literacy graphic novel forthcoming from First Second Books. Words and concepts by Jennifer L. Pozner, art by Gideon Kendall. The page shows Jennifer as narrator, dressed as a 1940s-style film noir detective. She is investigating problems related to structural deregulation and ensuing media monopolization and anti-competitive practices of American media. During this investigation, she discovers the impact of former President Bill Clinton's Telecommunications Act of 1996, and how to further enriched multinational media conglomerates devastating local news and entertainment and harming the public.
July 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This is not a drill: just got to play with TWO DOGS AT ONCE at a local coffee shop!

(Really trying to be present for unexpected moments of joy in the depraved darkness, and wow did the universe provide.)

Dual Brooklyn #DogOfTheDay pups: lil Abby and big Buck, who just met--and sniffed--each other.
A laughing woman wearing rusty red jeans, white and blue t-shirt, and a green Sun hat is kneeling on the concrete next to a green coffee shop table, while simultaneously petting two dogs: a large black dog that's waving its tail, and a small doodle that's looking up at her.
July 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Next Brooklyn #DogOfTheDay: The inquisitive Coco, whose breath smelled like three day old street chicken. Small price to pay for cockapoo kisses!
A cockapoo puts her face under a woman's sun hat, close to her cheek, just before licking her face. A cockapoo puts her face close to a woman's cheek just before licking her face. The woman is laughing.
July 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Made no advance plans for the 4th (no mood to celebrate... this). @eisenstat.bsky.social and I went for a walk along the Dumbo waterfront and played with SO MANY DOGS!

A dozen good boys and girls unleashed the serotonin I'd been missing. So many #BrooklynDogOfTheDay options.

1st up: meet Blossom!
A woman in a green sun hat and rust tee shirt is smiling very widely while petting a white and tan dog with its head up and tongue out. A woman in a green sun hat and rust tee shirt is smiling very widely while kneeling to pet a white and tan dog looking at the camera and panting with its tongue out. A woman in a green sun hat, rust t-shirt, and dark jeans kneels on the sidewalk to a playful tan and white dog who is mid-roll/shake. A woman in a green sun hat, rust t-shirt, and dark jeans holds a smoothie while kneeling on the sidewalk to a pet a small tan and white dog.
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Mood:
Comedian Michelle Buteau posted "It's an annual reminder" over a photo of herself seated next to a giant sheet cake decorated with the words, "America, Do Better Bitch." Behind her is a house with white wood railings and a couple of American flag decorations.
July 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The death cult bill passed. I'm as disgusted and horrified as we all are. (Ultimately unsurprised; started writing about Trump's fascist playbook in news outlets in 2015/16. Been dreading this for a decade.)

At least I made a new friend at my local coffee shop. #BrooklynDogOfTheDay: 13yo PomPom! ❤️🐩
A woman in a green green sun hat and a blue t-shirt wearing a red mask takes a selfie with a fuzzy Pomeranian inside a coffee shop. Wine and liquor bottles line shelves behind them, as well as a portion of a chalkboard on the wall.
July 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Are we still sharing trolls to block here? If so, I woke up to this on my post about the importance of framing.

This is hos this person (or not) describes people covered by Medicaid.

Screenshot instead of tagging them, since I don't want to attract more trolls.
Block @mikejah.bsky.social who left this troll reply: whores don't receive come.. they covered in it.. Also, not in quotation marks..
July 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM