Megan Braden-Perry🌸
@meganbradenperry.com
Journalist, author, mom. New Orleans native and resident. Love food, nature and thrifting. HBCU alum! Black Creole girl from the 7th Ward! Rooting for *almost* everybody Black. 🌼
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Newsletter - Megan Braden-Perry
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Looking forward to the day I'm excited to hop on here and share life-changing career news with you! In anticipation of that, please be sure you're one of ~800 subscribers to my newsletter! It's free! Just monthly! 💜https://meganbradenperry.com/newsletter 🖤 If you see this, please share! Thank you!
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The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
If you haven't signed up for my monthly newsletter, you're in luck! I forgot it was fall break so I HAVE NO SILENCE and therefore wasn't able to get it out the other day. Sending it tonight? It's free, you get what you pay for. All I need is your email address! Merci!
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October 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you haven't signed up for my monthly newsletter, you're in luck! I forgot it was fall break so I HAVE NO SILENCE and therefore wasn't able to get it out the other day. Sending it tonight? It's free, you get what you pay for. All I need is your email address! Merci!
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On the docket:
'The Ice Tower'
'Good Boy'
'V/H/S/Halloween'
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'The Ice Tower'
'Good Boy'
'V/H/S/Halloween'
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Moviegoing with Bill
Movie reviews "that care forgot," from Hollywood South's independent film critic.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On the docket:
'The Ice Tower'
'Good Boy'
'V/H/S/Halloween'
New posts coming tomorrow! Subscribe now - free plan comes with a all access to reviews plus a weekly ICYMI newsletter, supporting plan comes with special columns, coverage, and Louisiana moviegoing emails.
moviegoing.rocks
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'The Ice Tower'
'Good Boy'
'V/H/S/Halloween'
New posts coming tomorrow! Subscribe now - free plan comes with a all access to reviews plus a weekly ICYMI newsletter, supporting plan comes with special columns, coverage, and Louisiana moviegoing emails.
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This! I work in tech. AI could be useful if we did it in a way that prioritized sustainability and reduced the cost to humanity. But, capitalism wants its profits, and that isn’t a justification to use it, IMO.
People tend to look at my criticisms towards AI as if I am scared of a big monster. As if I’m scared of the growth of technology. No, I love technology. I love learning and understanding it what I don’t like is capitalism cloaked in the idea of innovation.
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This! I work in tech. AI could be useful if we did it in a way that prioritized sustainability and reduced the cost to humanity. But, capitalism wants its profits, and that isn’t a justification to use it, IMO.
This part-time writing coach job at @delgadocc.bsky.social looks awesome! Do I have any connections there who can help make sure I at least get an interview? 💚 🐬 💛
careers.lctcs.edu/jobs/495187/...
careers.lctcs.edu/jobs/495187/...
Type of Appointment: Unclassified - Tutor
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September 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This part-time writing coach job at @delgadocc.bsky.social looks awesome! Do I have any connections there who can help make sure I at least get an interview? 💚 🐬 💛
careers.lctcs.edu/jobs/495187/...
careers.lctcs.edu/jobs/495187/...
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Oh, hey, opening night is a week from today!
A Copy Editor’s Guide: Four Lessons on the Art, Craft, and Refinement of Prose, with Benjamin Dreyer - StoryStudio Chicago
Benjamin Dreyer, retired copy chief of Random House and the author of the New York Times bestseller Dreyer’s English, will unpack his capacious bag of tricks, previously secret advice, and all-round b...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Oh, hey, opening night is a week from today!
People are so mean. Ugh! This is one of the things I despise about having a forward-facing career. Came across this today, and for like five minutes it hurt my feelings. FURTHERMORE, I AM NOT AN INFLUENCER! NDC if you are "influenced" by me! Not my, not my problem. 🤷🏽♀️
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Dry-Ad-6294's comment on "Who is the most insufferable Nola food influencer?"
Explore this conversation and more from the NewOrleans community
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September 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
People are so mean. Ugh! This is one of the things I despise about having a forward-facing career. Came across this today, and for like five minutes it hurt my feelings. FURTHERMORE, I AM NOT AN INFLUENCER! NDC if you are "influenced" by me! Not my, not my problem. 🤷🏽♀️
www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans...
www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans...
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This makes me unbelievably happy!!!
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This makes me unbelievably happy!!!
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Looking forward to sending my newsletter out Friday! Support on social media is much appreciated, but subscribing to my newsletter is even better! So, THANK YOU to everyone who's subscribed and especially to those who've shared! meganbradneperry.com/newsletter 💌
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Looking forward to sending my newsletter out Friday! Support on social media is much appreciated, but subscribing to my newsletter is even better! So, THANK YOU to everyone who's subscribed and especially to those who've shared! meganbradneperry.com/newsletter 💌
OH! I'm sending out my newsletter this week! Visit meganbradenperry.com/newsletter to sign up! It's free! And monthly at MOST. Please sign up, it's really helpful for me. Thank you! Please repost this too!
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September 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
OH! I'm sending out my newsletter this week! Visit meganbradenperry.com/newsletter to sign up! It's free! And monthly at MOST. Please sign up, it's really helpful for me. Thank you! Please repost this too!
TRAVEL, CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, FOOD AND DRINK EDITORS: Mid-October, I'll be traveling to Cancun, Mexico for a press trip to stay at an all-inclusive resort! I'll even get to be among the first to visit a nearby adults-only beach club. Super blessed and excited! Editors: Wanna work with me?
September 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
TRAVEL, CULTURE, LIFESTYLE, FOOD AND DRINK EDITORS: Mid-October, I'll be traveling to Cancun, Mexico for a press trip to stay at an all-inclusive resort! I'll even get to be among the first to visit a nearby adults-only beach club. Super blessed and excited! Editors: Wanna work with me?
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did u hear Barry White is gonna be in charge of the news
September 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
did u hear Barry White is gonna be in charge of the news
Spent about FOUR HOURS today tryna set up my printer on my new computer, so that I could scan my IRS 501(c)(3) document so I can get listed on Guidestar.
It's interesting that the IRS mail is more up to date than the website.
Anyway. Did it. But later than I wanted, so I'm waiting on Guidestar.
It's interesting that the IRS mail is more up to date than the website.
Anyway. Did it. But later than I wanted, so I'm waiting on Guidestar.
a monkey is sitting at a desk using a laptop computer
ALT: a monkey is sitting at a desk using a laptop computer
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September 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Spent about FOUR HOURS today tryna set up my printer on my new computer, so that I could scan my IRS 501(c)(3) document so I can get listed on Guidestar.
It's interesting that the IRS mail is more up to date than the website.
Anyway. Did it. But later than I wanted, so I'm waiting on Guidestar.
It's interesting that the IRS mail is more up to date than the website.
Anyway. Did it. But later than I wanted, so I'm waiting on Guidestar.
Ayyyeeee thank you so much!
I don't always link to WaPo, but when I do it is because @meganbradenperry.com got a byline there reporting on HBCU's & college football:
The HBCU football weekend that’s ‘like a family reunion’ in New Orleans
The winner of the Bayou Classic matters to Southern and Grambling football fans. But the Battle of the Bands might be a bigger deal.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Ayyyeeee thank you so much!
Love you always, Kevin!!!
Two former @gambitweekly.bsky.social colleagues have major national pieces this week: @meganbradenperry.com in The Washington Post on Bayou Classic, and Jeanie Riess in The New Yorker about New Orleans and her mother’s death. I worked with some amazingly talented people.
September 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Love you always, Kevin!!!
Hey! I don't be on here lol. Anyway! Two things: My debut @washingtonpost.com story, about Bayou Classic and HBCUs in general was in PRINT SUNDAY! wapo.st/4fSubVm
Also the 501(c)(3) paperwork for my nonprofit newspaper, The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly, was approved!
Also the 501(c)(3) paperwork for my nonprofit newspaper, The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly, was approved!
The HBCU football weekend that’s ‘like a family reunion’ in New Orleans
The winner of the Bayou Classic matters to Southern and Grambling football fans. But the Battle of the Bands might be a bigger deal.
wapo.st
September 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hey! I don't be on here lol. Anyway! Two things: My debut @washingtonpost.com story, about Bayou Classic and HBCUs in general was in PRINT SUNDAY! wapo.st/4fSubVm
Also the 501(c)(3) paperwork for my nonprofit newspaper, The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly, was approved!
Also the 501(c)(3) paperwork for my nonprofit newspaper, The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly, was approved!
It's been two months since I founded The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly and it's about two months til the first issue comes out! Here's a little update on what I've done these past two months and what I plan on doing in these next two before going to press. www.meganbradenperry.com/introducing-...
Introducing The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly - Megan Braden-Perry
Two months post founding The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly, editor-in-chief Megan Braden-Perry shares plans for two months before printing.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It's been two months since I founded The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly and it's about two months til the first issue comes out! Here's a little update on what I've done these past two months and what I plan on doing in these next two before going to press. www.meganbradenperry.com/introducing-...
PLEASE REPOST! 😊 Since May 19, when I haven't been doing cool mom stuff, I've been working pretty much exclusively on the creation of The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly. So, yeah, I "missed" a few monthly newsletters. In my defense, I said no more than monthly. Never promised perfection!
July 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
PLEASE REPOST! 😊 Since May 19, when I haven't been doing cool mom stuff, I've been working pretty much exclusively on the creation of The New Orleans East Sunshine Weekly. So, yeah, I "missed" a few monthly newsletters. In my defense, I said no more than monthly. Never promised perfection!
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My cab home from Congress is playing Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream, it’s Over.”
July 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
My cab home from Congress is playing Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream, it’s Over.”
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Following the President’s decision to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran, I’ve directed our public safety teams to be on heightened alert for potential threats to Minnesota. While there’s no known threats at this time, we’ll continue to monitor the situation and respond accordingly.
June 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Following the President’s decision to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran, I’ve directed our public safety teams to be on heightened alert for potential threats to Minnesota. While there’s no known threats at this time, we’ll continue to monitor the situation and respond accordingly.
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If i had just stayed offline i could have saved the “bombed Iran” news for the morning
June 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
If i had just stayed offline i could have saved the “bombed Iran” news for the morning
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Don’t blame me, I voted for the first black President, the decent man from Scranton and the two highly intelligent successful talented supremely qualified women.
June 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Don’t blame me, I voted for the first black President, the decent man from Scranton and the two highly intelligent successful talented supremely qualified women.
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i have no idea how to cover a war but i suspect i'm about to be forced to figure it out
June 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
i have no idea how to cover a war but i suspect i'm about to be forced to figure it out
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Fell asleep on the couch and just looked at my phone as I relocated to bed
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What's the wildest thing you missed while asleep
I remember my roommate waking me up in college like yo we killed bin Laden???
I remember my roommate waking me up in college like yo we killed bin Laden???
June 22, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Fell asleep on the couch and just looked at my phone as I relocated to bed
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You didn’t vote for Kamala because you thought she was a warmonger and you spread that message to others. How you all holding up tonight?
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
You didn’t vote for Kamala because you thought she was a warmonger and you spread that message to others. How you all holding up tonight?