Reah Bravo
@reahbravo.bsky.social
author, speechwriter
New Mexican 🌶️ in Belgium 🇧🇪
she / her
COMPLICIT: How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men
www.reahbravo.com
New Mexican 🌶️ in Belgium 🇧🇪
she / her
COMPLICIT: How Our Culture Enables Misbehaving Men
www.reahbravo.com
This piece is devastating and gives new meaning to "collective punishment."
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come [From 2024]
How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come
Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.
www.motherjones.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This piece is devastating and gives new meaning to "collective punishment."
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RIP Bill Moyers. I think about this particular segment often.
Bill Moyers on Plutonomy
YouTube video by Christopher Smith
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
RIP Bill Moyers. I think about this particular segment often.
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"Hey, y'all. Were here to endorse Andrew Cuomo."
a group of people are standing in a dark room with a lantern .
ALT: a group of people are standing in a dark room with a lantern .
media.tenor.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"Hey, y'all. Were here to endorse Andrew Cuomo."
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The way to message through all of this is "We can have a better world where we're not all affected by rich, pissy men who can't handle their shit."
That's all. Leave the memes behind, the lame attempts at going viral, and just say, we can have all of these things and be free of this bullshit.
That's all. Leave the memes behind, the lame attempts at going viral, and just say, we can have all of these things and be free of this bullshit.
June 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The way to message through all of this is "We can have a better world where we're not all affected by rich, pissy men who can't handle their shit."
That's all. Leave the memes behind, the lame attempts at going viral, and just say, we can have all of these things and be free of this bullshit.
That's all. Leave the memes behind, the lame attempts at going viral, and just say, we can have all of these things and be free of this bullshit.
What's so unfortunate about @anajeanliss.bsky.social's well-founded concern here is that the "toxic strongman political ecosystem" is usually what enables the "apocalyptic new developments."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
June 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What's so unfortunate about @anajeanliss.bsky.social's well-founded concern here is that the "toxic strongman political ecosystem" is usually what enables the "apocalyptic new developments."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/n...
These are the vapid responses of a man who hasn't adequately thought through his vanity project...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/n...
10 Questions With Andrew Cuomo
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
These are the vapid responses of a man who hasn't adequately thought through his vanity project...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/n...
Cuomo will use the investigation to continue casting himself as a bona fide enemy threat to the President, and not the Trump incarnate he actually is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
Will a Federal Investigation Help or Hurt Andrew Cuomo’s Mayoral Bid?
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cuomo will use the investigation to continue casting himself as a bona fide enemy threat to the President, and not the Trump incarnate he actually is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...
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This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
May 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This Rümeysa Öztürk hearing is radicalizing.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
I've been a court reporter for many years, and I've never covered anything like this: A student deeply committed to her studies, imprisoned solely over writing an op-ed, being made to testify under oath for her own freedom.
Dark, dark stuff.
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One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
Wrote this 7 yrs ago this week in an attempt to process the madness and perversity of working for–and being abused by–a powerful male narcissist. This was of course back when egregiously cruel, misogynistic behavior by public figures could still leave us gobsmacked.
www.nybooks.com/online/2018/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2018/...
The Open Secret of Charlie Rose | Reah Bravo
I was a highly educated woman with a strong support network, and I had been privy to the open secret. Rose’s lechery didn’t sideswipe me; it swallowed me, slowly, and despite my best efforts. For thos...
www.nybooks.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wrote this 7 yrs ago this week in an attempt to process the madness and perversity of working for–and being abused by–a powerful male narcissist. This was of course back when egregiously cruel, misogynistic behavior by public figures could still leave us gobsmacked.
www.nybooks.com/online/2018/...
www.nybooks.com/online/2018/...
Proud day for those who "went to school in Boston."
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Proud day for those who "went to school in Boston."
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Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
April 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sure, Kamala Harris would have have preserved our global power and domestic prosperity. But she would have done so as a Black woman.
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
by Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller
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This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
Protecting American Energy From State Overreach
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This new White House executive order says that the US Attorney General is going to prevent states from implementing democratically passed laws regarding climate change and clean energy. It scarcely needs stating at this point that this is wildly, unambiguously unconstitutional. Dictator shit.
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Big day for graph makers.
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Big day for graph makers.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
"‘Did you ever kiss a woman on the cheek? Did you ever say ciao bella?’ Yeah, I probably did."
Did he ever ask young female employees about the rumored size of his genitalia? Or tell them he considered any woman 22yrs or older a suitable sexual partner? Yeah, he did.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Did he ever ask young female employees about the rumored size of his genitalia? Or tell them he considered any woman 22yrs or older a suitable sexual partner? Yeah, he did.
nymag.com/intelligence...
The (Partial) Reinvention of Andrew Cuomo
He says he’s grown and learned. His brute-force takeover of the mayor’s race, at least, looks familiar
nymag.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"‘Did you ever kiss a woman on the cheek? Did you ever say ciao bella?’ Yeah, I probably did."
Did he ever ask young female employees about the rumored size of his genitalia? Or tell them he considered any woman 22yrs or older a suitable sexual partner? Yeah, he did.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Did he ever ask young female employees about the rumored size of his genitalia? Or tell them he considered any woman 22yrs or older a suitable sexual partner? Yeah, he did.
nymag.com/intelligence...
White women being called foot soldiers of the patriarchy somehow still inadequate for Megyn Kelly.
May this interview radicalize those who have the stomach to listen.
May this interview radicalize those who have the stomach to listen.
Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News host, has found a new lane in podcasting and on YouTube. She built her career in the mainstream media, but says she’s now in “a new ecosystem where the old rules don’t apply.” Read, listen or watch The Interview. nyti.ms/43t1YjX
March 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
White women being called foot soldiers of the patriarchy somehow still inadequate for Megyn Kelly.
May this interview radicalize those who have the stomach to listen.
May this interview radicalize those who have the stomach to listen.
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Adolescence is a show with merits and major problems--both moral and conceptual katemanne.substack.com/p/adolescenc...
"Adolescence" Has a Missing Victim Problem
Netflix’s hit mini-series continues an important conversation about boys under the influence of misogyny—but erases their female victims
katemanne.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Adolescence is a show with merits and major problems--both moral and conceptual katemanne.substack.com/p/adolescenc...
The same goes for patriarchy and its use of the gender binary...
1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The same goes for patriarchy and its use of the gender binary...
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You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
Yesterday I went forest bathing, or what the Japanese call “shinrin-yoku.” With a guide in the Sonian Forest, friends and I were led through three hours or sensory engagement with nature. What might sound woo-woo to some, felt like radical self-care in the current moment.
March 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yesterday I went forest bathing, or what the Japanese call “shinrin-yoku.” With a guide in the Sonian Forest, friends and I were led through three hours or sensory engagement with nature. What might sound woo-woo to some, felt like radical self-care in the current moment.
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the doppelganger plot thickens
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
the doppelganger plot thickens
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
As terrifying as this is, it's all the more stomach churning after reading @swordsjew.bsky.social's Wild Faith.
Q: What crime did Mahmoud Khalil commit to warrant his arrest?
JOHNSON: Let me tell you something. I faced down the angry mob at Columbia at the height of that stuff...if you're on a student visa and you're an aspiring young terrorist who wants to prey upon your Jewish classmates, you're going home
JOHNSON: Let me tell you something. I faced down the angry mob at Columbia at the height of that stuff...if you're on a student visa and you're an aspiring young terrorist who wants to prey upon your Jewish classmates, you're going home
March 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As terrifying as this is, it's all the more stomach churning after reading @swordsjew.bsky.social's Wild Faith.
Cuomo’s treatment of women was a feature of his office, not a bug. Beyond the fact that women like Boylan deserve better, is that Cuomo was a liability to his party -- a ruthless bully, consummate liar, and a paragon of the same narcissistic male “leadership” we’re currently trying to survive.
“His path to victory is to destroy the women he abused,” @lindseyboylan.bsky.social told the AP. “I’ll do everything within my power and my sense of ethics to make sure it doesn’t happen.” apnews.com/article/cuom...
As many top Democrats stay silent on Cuomo mayoral run, an accuser feels betrayed
Lindsey Boylan helped drive Andrew Cuomo from office in 2021 when the former aide came forward as the first woman to accuse the governor of sexual harassment.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Cuomo’s treatment of women was a feature of his office, not a bug. Beyond the fact that women like Boylan deserve better, is that Cuomo was a liability to his party -- a ruthless bully, consummate liar, and a paragon of the same narcissistic male “leadership” we’re currently trying to survive.