Talia Barrington
@taliabarrington.bsky.social
Journalist, dancer, London born New Yorker. Reluctant social media participant.
✍️ The Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian. NYU journalism 👩🎓
✍️ The Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Slate, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian. NYU journalism 👩🎓
It was so inspiring talking to the peerless Megan Hilty for @nytimes.com last week. Here’s just a small window into her day, and everything it takes to dominate on Broadway!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
How Megan Hilty, a Tony Nominee, Spends Her Show Days
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
It was so inspiring talking to the peerless Megan Hilty for @nytimes.com last week. Here’s just a small window into her day, and everything it takes to dominate on Broadway!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
For Cosmopolitan I wrote about a phenomenon I've experienced more and more in recent years. Why ARE people telling me not to have kids? (also, yay, casual front page of the magazine!)
www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
I Can’t Believe How Many Parents Are Telling Me Not to Have Kids
Everyone agrees that raising children can be difficult, thankless work—but it’s still worth it, right? This Mother’s Day, the answer is...maybe not.
www.cosmopolitan.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For Cosmopolitan I wrote about a phenomenon I've experienced more and more in recent years. Why ARE people telling me not to have kids? (also, yay, casual front page of the magazine!)
www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a6...
For @thecut.com I spoke to the @nwslsoccer.com’s Commissioner Jessica Berman about the direction of the league, work/life balance and living in fluidity instead of artificial boundaries.
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
Jessica Berman Is Taking the NWSL to New Heights
The women’s soccer commissioner talks growing the league as the curtain rises on the 2025 season.
www.thecut.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
For @thecut.com I spoke to the @nwslsoccer.com’s Commissioner Jessica Berman about the direction of the league, work/life balance and living in fluidity instead of artificial boundaries.
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
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I had to bring this here because it’s so good
March 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had to bring this here because it’s so good
If ‘going through it’ were a person:
There is a woman in the laundromat with me who has been standing in front of her dryer staring at it spin for the past 30 mins.
There is a woman in the laundromat with me who has been standing in front of her dryer staring at it spin for the past 30 mins.
March 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If ‘going through it’ were a person:
There is a woman in the laundromat with me who has been standing in front of her dryer staring at it spin for the past 30 mins.
There is a woman in the laundromat with me who has been standing in front of her dryer staring at it spin for the past 30 mins.
Jane Fonda. “This is our documentary moment.”
February 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Jane Fonda. “This is our documentary moment.”
It’s a hockey game. And I’m rooting for a team.
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It’s a hockey game. And I’m rooting for a team.
For Women’s Health, I wrote about how a 5000 year old sport is meeting new challenges, and the devastating accident that is inspiring change.
www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a636884...
www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a636884...
The Ice Broke When It Shouldn’t Have. This Expert 'Wild Ice' Skater Is Determined To Figure Out Why.
The traumatic incident changed her in more ways than one.
www.womenshealthmag.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
For Women’s Health, I wrote about how a 5000 year old sport is meeting new challenges, and the devastating accident that is inspiring change.
www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a636884...
www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a636884...
Not at all apocalyptic right now in NYC.
February 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Not at all apocalyptic right now in NYC.
Would be really nice to be able to read just about anything these days without involuntarily screaming What The Actual Fuck in my head.
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Would be really nice to be able to read just about anything these days without involuntarily screaming What The Actual Fuck in my head.
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Timely — "If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled" Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley on Technodictators
YouTube video by Blank on Blank
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February 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Timely — "If you want to preserve your power indefinitely, you have to get the consent of the ruled" Aldous Huxley
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CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Hey, you aren’t crazy or depressed.
It’s fascism.
It’s fascism.
February 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Hey, you aren’t crazy or depressed.
It’s fascism.
It’s fascism.
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This seems bad www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This seems bad www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
For @theguardian.com, I wrote something I wish I didn’t have to.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
‘Our youngest and brightest’: grief of DC plane crash rocks figure skating community
The loss of the young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short in the American Eagle flight 5342 crash has ripped a hole in the tightly knit world of figure skating
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For @theguardian.com, I wrote something I wish I didn’t have to.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...
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This.
This is not a thought and prayers post,,, this is heartfelt hurt for the families and friends and US Figure Skating and DC School District and everyone who is affected.
This is bout politicians who need to stfu bout trying to blame women and black people for this absolute tragedy,,, Not the time!!!
This is bout politicians who need to stfu bout trying to blame women and black people for this absolute tragedy,,, Not the time!!!
My heart breaks for all victims and their friends and families of last nights horrific air crash,,, it’s a time of grieving and strength and love,,, not politics. May God bless everyone with strength to get thru this tough time together.
January 31, 2025 at 4:55 AM
This.
Trying to cover a story on the federal funding freeze
patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in a room and talking about chaos .
ALT: patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in a room and talking about chaos .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Trying to cover a story on the federal funding freeze
For @theguardian.com I spoke to Quad God Ilia Malinin on a second world title, a new golden age of figure skating, and landing a ‘quint’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Ilia Malinin: ‘I have a little more pressure on myself. I don’t think I’m really that far away from everyone’
Figure skating’s ‘quad god’ takes aim at a third straight US national title starting on Saturday, but for the first time as the incumbent world champion
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For @theguardian.com I spoke to Quad God Ilia Malinin on a second world title, a new golden age of figure skating, and landing a ‘quint’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Please read this.
January 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Please read this.
Turns out watching a tv show about the devolution of society into self destructive anarchy does not, in fact, relieve anxiety about the devolution of society into destructive anarchy.
January 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Turns out watching a tv show about the devolution of society into self destructive anarchy does not, in fact, relieve anxiety about the devolution of society into destructive anarchy.
The new normal: A woman in her thirties getting her quality news from a teen magazine.
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The new normal: A woman in her thirties getting her quality news from a teen magazine.
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...
www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-wa...