Roz Foster
@rozfoster.bsky.social
Writes about tech, mass culture and critical thought.
rozfoster.substack.com
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindlePod
Senior agent at Goldin Literary.
rozfoster.substack.com
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindlePod
Senior agent at Goldin Literary.
Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social in the @yalereview.bsky.social writing on Susan Brownmiller's radical blockbuster, AGAINST OUR WILL: "The book [was] a larger rebuke of a society that rendered women, and the violence used to keep them in check, invisible.⬇️
yalereview.org/article/clai...
yalereview.org/article/clai...
Claire Bond Potter: “The Book That Changed How We Think About Rape”
Claire Bond Potter on Susan Brownmiller’s landmark 1975 book, Against Our Will , fifty years later.
yalereview.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Claire Potter @tenuredradical.bsky.social in the @yalereview.bsky.social writing on Susan Brownmiller's radical blockbuster, AGAINST OUR WILL: "The book [was] a larger rebuke of a society that rendered women, and the violence used to keep them in check, invisible.⬇️
yalereview.org/article/clai...
yalereview.org/article/clai...
THE NEGOTIATION (2 mins)
Death & the Empress negotiate a price.
Look at those costumes! 😳 The characters & their drobe were rendered w AI from my own hand-drawn illustrations.
I hope this inspires for Halloween.
www.youtube.com/shorts/25v_5...
Death & the Empress negotiate a price.
Look at those costumes! 😳 The characters & their drobe were rendered w AI from my own hand-drawn illustrations.
I hope this inspires for Halloween.
www.youtube.com/shorts/25v_5...
The Negotiation
YouTube video by The Spindle
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October 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
THE NEGOTIATION (2 mins)
Death & the Empress negotiate a price.
Look at those costumes! 😳 The characters & their drobe were rendered w AI from my own hand-drawn illustrations.
I hope this inspires for Halloween.
www.youtube.com/shorts/25v_5...
Death & the Empress negotiate a price.
Look at those costumes! 😳 The characters & their drobe were rendered w AI from my own hand-drawn illustrations.
I hope this inspires for Halloween.
www.youtube.com/shorts/25v_5...
Theo wants to lead a seminar: HOW TO GET BY ON YOUR GOOD LOOKS FOR LIFE. He's not much of a lecturer, tho. It would be more of a silent, learn by example thing. Very pro-luddite. Very anti-AI. Super grassroots.
October 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Theo wants to lead a seminar: HOW TO GET BY ON YOUR GOOD LOOKS FOR LIFE. He's not much of a lecturer, tho. It would be more of a silent, learn by example thing. Very pro-luddite. Very anti-AI. Super grassroots.
10 Rules You Need Now for Stability in the Risky Age of AI
1-Know yourself
2-Take care of yourself, then others
3-Live & work w purpose & meaning
4-Think well
5-Communicate well
6-Solve problems
7-Connect w people
8-Adapt & learn
9-Master basic tech
10-Know data/digital literacy
1-Know yourself
2-Take care of yourself, then others
3-Live & work w purpose & meaning
4-Think well
5-Communicate well
6-Solve problems
7-Connect w people
8-Adapt & learn
9-Master basic tech
10-Know data/digital literacy
October 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
10 Rules You Need Now for Stability in the Risky Age of AI
1-Know yourself
2-Take care of yourself, then others
3-Live & work w purpose & meaning
4-Think well
5-Communicate well
6-Solve problems
7-Connect w people
8-Adapt & learn
9-Master basic tech
10-Know data/digital literacy
1-Know yourself
2-Take care of yourself, then others
3-Live & work w purpose & meaning
4-Think well
5-Communicate well
6-Solve problems
7-Connect w people
8-Adapt & learn
9-Master basic tech
10-Know data/digital literacy
If you have a problem you can't get rid of:
1. Face it.
2. Understand it.
3. Solve it.
AI in the arts, humanities, publishing, tv & film is a problem. It's not going away.
I'm working on solutions.
What are YOU doing?
How am I facing AI? Visit me👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindleM...
1. Face it.
2. Understand it.
3. Solve it.
AI in the arts, humanities, publishing, tv & film is a problem. It's not going away.
I'm working on solutions.
What are YOU doing?
How am I facing AI? Visit me👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindleM...
The Spindle
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you have a problem you can't get rid of:
1. Face it.
2. Understand it.
3. Solve it.
AI in the arts, humanities, publishing, tv & film is a problem. It's not going away.
I'm working on solutions.
What are YOU doing?
How am I facing AI? Visit me👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindleM...
1. Face it.
2. Understand it.
3. Solve it.
AI in the arts, humanities, publishing, tv & film is a problem. It's not going away.
I'm working on solutions.
What are YOU doing?
How am I facing AI? Visit me👇
www.youtube.com/@TheSpindleM...
What's with the hard, corporate push to use AI—even when it threatens the need, purpose & meaning of our work?
Are we paying too much attention to the excuse of beating China to AI dominance?
Or not enough?
The answer affects us all. ⬇️
youtu.be/d7Rr4q5PKWs
Are we paying too much attention to the excuse of beating China to AI dominance?
Or not enough?
The answer affects us all. ⬇️
youtu.be/d7Rr4q5PKWs
Why Are We Being Pressured to Use AI or Die?
YouTube video by The Spindle
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What's with the hard, corporate push to use AI—even when it threatens the need, purpose & meaning of our work?
Are we paying too much attention to the excuse of beating China to AI dominance?
Or not enough?
The answer affects us all. ⬇️
youtu.be/d7Rr4q5PKWs
Are we paying too much attention to the excuse of beating China to AI dominance?
Or not enough?
The answer affects us all. ⬇️
youtu.be/d7Rr4q5PKWs
Reposted by Roz Foster
Preorder AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL (hardcover or ebook) @bn.com from 9/3 - 9/5 and get 25% off with code PREORDERS25. Note, this discount is available only to B&N members but free memberships are available - learn more @barnesandnoble.com/membership/
September 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Preorder AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL (hardcover or ebook) @bn.com from 9/3 - 9/5 and get 25% off with code PREORDERS25. Note, this discount is available only to B&N members but free memberships are available - learn more @barnesandnoble.com/membership/
Reposted by Roz Foster
I have a new book coming out at the end of the year. AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLY PARTON is a deep dive into an American Original.
September 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I have a new book coming out at the end of the year. AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLY PARTON is a deep dive into an American Original.
Woot! 🙌 Congratulations, @robinmbernstein.bsky.social 🏆
I'm thrilled to announce that Freeman's Challenge has received Nonfiction Honors for the Massachusetts Book Awards. I'm incredibly grateful.
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
#BookAward
#MassBookAwards
#prisons
@uchicagopress.bsky.social
#BookAward
#MassBookAwards
#prisons
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Woot! 🙌 Congratulations, @robinmbernstein.bsky.social 🏆
Welcome to the future! 🤖 Datasets from the US🇺🇸 & China🇨🇳 are on track to develop distinctive AI entities reflecting national character.
Read my latest to learn what that'll look like.
➡️ rozfoster.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Read my latest to learn what that'll look like.
➡️ rozfoster.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to the Future of US & Chinese AI
Datasets Are on Track to Create AI Reflecting National Character
rozfoster.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Welcome to the future! 🤖 Datasets from the US🇺🇸 & China🇨🇳 are on track to develop distinctive AI entities reflecting national character.
Read my latest to learn what that'll look like.
➡️ rozfoster.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
Read my latest to learn what that'll look like.
➡️ rozfoster.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
AI isn’t coming for your job. It’s already taking it. CEOs are telling you how. AI isn’t going away, folks.
Here’s what Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins said a few days back & why it should scare you a bit.
I’ll say more in the thread below about why it might also inspire you. 🧵
Here’s what Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins said a few days back & why it should scare you a bit.
I’ll say more in the thread below about why it might also inspire you. 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
AI isn’t coming for your job. It’s already taking it. CEOs are telling you how. AI isn’t going away, folks.
Here’s what Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins said a few days back & why it should scare you a bit.
I’ll say more in the thread below about why it might also inspire you. 🧵
Here’s what Cisco’s CEO Chuck Robbins said a few days back & why it should scare you a bit.
I’ll say more in the thread below about why it might also inspire you. 🧵
On Cleo Abram's HUGE, Sam Altman describes a "proactive" GPT-5 AI companion.
The plan: With access to your private email, calendar, photos, files, mic, camera, AI will make suggestions & take autonomous action.
*Think* about this.🤔... 😳
Learn more:➡️ shorturl.at/BdGLZ
The plan: With access to your private email, calendar, photos, files, mic, camera, AI will make suggestions & take autonomous action.
*Think* about this.🤔... 😳
Learn more:➡️ shorturl.at/BdGLZ
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On Cleo Abram's HUGE, Sam Altman describes a "proactive" GPT-5 AI companion.
The plan: With access to your private email, calendar, photos, files, mic, camera, AI will make suggestions & take autonomous action.
*Think* about this.🤔... 😳
Learn more:➡️ shorturl.at/BdGLZ
The plan: With access to your private email, calendar, photos, files, mic, camera, AI will make suggestions & take autonomous action.
*Think* about this.🤔... 😳
Learn more:➡️ shorturl.at/BdGLZ
Google & OpenAI are trying to persuade you to grant them full access to your private files. Your emails, your photos, your files.
They're aggressively targeting young people.
If you're a student, parent or teacher & want to know how and why, read this:
➡️ substacktools.com/sharex/v98ZV...
They're aggressively targeting young people.
If you're a student, parent or teacher & want to know how and why, read this:
➡️ substacktools.com/sharex/v98ZV...
Google & OpenAI Battle for Your Kids' Minds & Privacy
Aggressive AI Marketing Puts Your Kids’ Data & Autonomy at Risk in the Race for AGI
substacktools.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Google & OpenAI are trying to persuade you to grant them full access to your private files. Your emails, your photos, your files.
They're aggressively targeting young people.
If you're a student, parent or teacher & want to know how and why, read this:
➡️ substacktools.com/sharex/v98ZV...
They're aggressively targeting young people.
If you're a student, parent or teacher & want to know how and why, read this:
➡️ substacktools.com/sharex/v98ZV...
Google & OpenAI are fighting to sell you or your kids on waiving your rights to privacy while damaging your ability to think.
DEAL! 😂
Read my latest to learn why aggressive AI marketing is targeting kids & putting all of our minds & data at risk.
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
DEAL! 😂
Read my latest to learn why aggressive AI marketing is targeting kids & putting all of our minds & data at risk.
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
Google & OpenAI Battle for Your Kids' Minds & Privacy
Aggressive AI Marketing Puts Your Kids’ Data & Autonomy at Risk in the Race for AGI
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Google & OpenAI are fighting to sell you or your kids on waiving your rights to privacy while damaging your ability to think.
DEAL! 😂
Read my latest to learn why aggressive AI marketing is targeting kids & putting all of our minds & data at risk.
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
DEAL! 😂
Read my latest to learn why aggressive AI marketing is targeting kids & putting all of our minds & data at risk.
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
Why is Big Tech racing to lead the market for a universal AI assistant? 🍭Targeting Teens, Google is the closest to being able to ship.
Join me as I explain how Google has all the pieces and is selling full data transparency to young generations.
Watch now! ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkE...
Join me as I explain how Google has all the pieces and is selling full data transparency to young generations.
Watch now! ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkE...
The Universal AI Assistant — The One Product to Rule Them All
YouTube video by The Spindle Pod
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August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why is Big Tech racing to lead the market for a universal AI assistant? 🍭Targeting Teens, Google is the closest to being able to ship.
Join me as I explain how Google has all the pieces and is selling full data transparency to young generations.
Watch now! ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkE...
Join me as I explain how Google has all the pieces and is selling full data transparency to young generations.
Watch now! ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TkE...
Awesome to see @wweek.com, hailing from my old stomping ground of Portland, Oregon, featuring Scott Alexander Howard's literary spec-fic THE OTHER VALLEY amongst its staff's top reads for the month! 🙏
@loanloan.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social
www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...
@loanloan.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social
www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...
Portland’s Top Reads: July
Here’s what the city’s been reading.
www.wweek.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Awesome to see @wweek.com, hailing from my old stomping ground of Portland, Oregon, featuring Scott Alexander Howard's literary spec-fic THE OTHER VALLEY amongst its staff's top reads for the month! 🙏
@loanloan.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social
www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...
@loanloan.bsky.social @atriabooks.bsky.social
www.wweek.com/arts/books/2...
What are your favorite bookshops in upstate New York? I’ll go first!
Diamond Hollow in Andes ➡️ diamondhollowbooks.com & The Lost Bookshop in Delhi ➡️ thelostbookshop.com
✨📚✨
Diamond Hollow in Andes ➡️ diamondhollowbooks.com & The Lost Bookshop in Delhi ➡️ thelostbookshop.com
✨📚✨
July 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
What are your favorite bookshops in upstate New York? I’ll go first!
Diamond Hollow in Andes ➡️ diamondhollowbooks.com & The Lost Bookshop in Delhi ➡️ thelostbookshop.com
✨📚✨
Diamond Hollow in Andes ➡️ diamondhollowbooks.com & The Lost Bookshop in Delhi ➡️ thelostbookshop.com
✨📚✨
The cure for everything is a walk in the woods. 🧵⬇️
July 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The cure for everything is a walk in the woods. 🧵⬇️
Want to know what women want today?
They want to be small, hypermasculine weaponized competitors in life and on the market here in late-stage capitalism. 🧵⬇️
They want to be small, hypermasculine weaponized competitors in life and on the market here in late-stage capitalism. 🧵⬇️
Happiness is a Battle-Ready Power Couple
And the Ideal Woman Is a Petite, Hypermasculine War Heroine
rozfoster.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Want to know what women want today?
They want to be small, hypermasculine weaponized competitors in life and on the market here in late-stage capitalism. 🧵⬇️
They want to be small, hypermasculine weaponized competitors in life and on the market here in late-stage capitalism. 🧵⬇️
July 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Happy, happy, happy, happy, dead.” ~Joseph Heller, Catch 22
July 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“Happy, happy, happy, happy, dead.” ~Joseph Heller, Catch 22
Is Romantasy Ruining Us or Making Cultural History?
Dragon smut is dominating sales, but spicy romance novels have been huge bestsellers since the 18th century.
In fact, Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas may just be making literary history! ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
Dragon smut is dominating sales, but spicy romance novels have been huge bestsellers since the 18th century.
In fact, Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas may just be making literary history! ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
Is Romantasy Ruining Us or Making Cultural History?
Dragon Smut Dominates as Spicy Romance Has Since the 18th Century
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Is Romantasy Ruining Us or Making Cultural History?
Dragon smut is dominating sales, but spicy romance novels have been huge bestsellers since the 18th century.
In fact, Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas may just be making literary history! ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
Dragon smut is dominating sales, but spicy romance novels have been huge bestsellers since the 18th century.
In fact, Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas may just be making literary history! ⬇️
open.substack.com/pub/rozfoste...
The wise @rainalips.bsky.social on #Mamdani's win: “You don’t get anywhere responding to the racist, fascist, aggression of ppl like Donald Trump w a defensive crouch. You can only win by standing up for yourself, by being brave & uniting w other ppl.” ⬇️ @versobooks.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE: Writer @Raina Lipsitz joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
#politics #podcast #DemocraticSocialist #news #books #nycprimary
lithub.com/raina-lipsit...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
#politics #podcast #DemocraticSocialist #news #books #nycprimary
lithub.com/raina-lipsit...
Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left
Writer Raina Lipsitz joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. Lipsitz explains how Mamdani,…
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July 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The wise @rainalips.bsky.social on #Mamdani's win: “You don’t get anywhere responding to the racist, fascist, aggression of ppl like Donald Trump w a defensive crouch. You can only win by standing up for yourself, by being brave & uniting w other ppl.” ⬇️ @versobooks.bsky.social
When you see a fascinating, disturbing, illuminating pattern emerge across a large swath of experiences, reading & research & then have to articulate it simply & succinctly in a digestible format that others can grok.
July 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
When you see a fascinating, disturbing, illuminating pattern emerge across a large swath of experiences, reading & research & then have to articulate it simply & succinctly in a digestible format that others can grok.
Office life here in summer, 😂 the Disney movie version.
#literarylife #officelife #country #UpstateNY #NewYork #horselove #cabinlife #amreading #books #ai #veo3 #disney #writing
#literarylife #officelife #country #UpstateNY #NewYork #horselove #cabinlife #amreading #books #ai #veo3 #disney #writing
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Office life here in summer, 😂 the Disney movie version.
#literarylife #officelife #country #UpstateNY #NewYork #horselove #cabinlife #amreading #books #ai #veo3 #disney #writing
#literarylife #officelife #country #UpstateNY #NewYork #horselove #cabinlife #amreading #books #ai #veo3 #disney #writing