“I am my parent’s retirement plan.” I want to put words to a part of the housing crisis I see playing out: Many of our parents + grandparents weren’t able to get jobs w/ traditional retirement plans (due to discrimination) and as such, rely on their children for housing/care.

I often think about posting more to #screenwriting twitter, but then I say, "I'm nobody. I don't have a manager, I've never sold anything, and I'm not on any cool lists. Why would anyone want to hear from me?" But tonight, something clicked...

As a kid who was trafficked by my dad, the right to go to the library unsupervised and read any book I wanted saved my life. Public libraries taught me that other lives and other worlds were possible

When I decided to be a writer, people told me I needed to move to LA immediately. I couldn't and spent years feeling like a huge coward for not being able to. However, now that I'm here and working, I realize the game has changed. Here's how I think about it: 🧵

Matt Damon said it perfectly

Best Actors. Cillian Murphy with Ben Kingsley, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser, and Nicolas Cage photographed Greg Williams. #Oscars

The power of representation 🥺😭😭💛 Cillian bringing home the Oscar was definitely a source of pride - look how much everyone's beaming!

In partnership with @JapanSociety we're giving away some free tickets to the North American premiere of Takashi Miike's Lumberjack The Monster, which features Kamenashi Kazuya, on May 6th in NYC! RT this tweet and follow both accounts for a chance to see this awesome film!! The

Pitch mistakes to avoid, a thread from a former development exec (moi): 1- Your pitch is confusing. This is the thing I saw the most often in hundreds of pitches. You know this story so well, but you only have a few minutes to convey it to me. Pause, then ask the exec, "Are you

In partnership with Japan Cuts at Japan Society Film, we're giving away free tickets to the US premiere of "All the Long Nights", starring Mone Kamishiraishi and SixTONES' Hokuto Matsumura! The screening is in New York on July 16. RT this tweet and follow both accounts for a chance to

A WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF Y'ALL need to hear this 🥰

I know I’m a weird messenger to be giving advice, but I truly mean this to be helpful, JD Vance. Fire your whole team. They clearly hate you. This is TV production 101, and they failed it. 1) Someone is supposed to scout ahead and make sure everyone there is interested in being

I need aspiring TV writers to realize that you will NEVER find bigger fans of TV/movies than in a writers room. Watch any episode of The Simpsons. They LOVE TV. So if your edgelord style is crapping on shows/being happy about cancellations, find a different aspirational career?

When you are 26 years old, it common to spend a lot of time pursuing what you want without spending much time considering why you want it. When I was 26, I wanted to be a successful YA novelist. I wanted it more than I wanted a long life, or happiness, or a family...

Great social ideas die in overbearing approval processes. In The Washington Post and Drew Harwell's latest reporting on the Kamala HQ social strategy, the team talked a lot about how they get content approved. Here are a few operational insights for your brand to steal:

Great research that is an illuminating read for anyone interested in the world of SEO and how the internet can be manipulated. What a fascinating read!

I distilled my 4 years of marketing lessons into minimalistic visuals. 1. Sell Benefits. Not features.

Ryan Coogler’s Warner Bros deal to gain ownership of Sinners 25 years after release has Hollywood ultra freaked out. “It could be the end of the studio system” an exec at another studio tells me. My dive into this “dangerous deal”: tinyurl.com/mu7b8z45

You ever wonder why the U.S. is so obsessed with Iran? Why we’ve been on the brink of war for decades? It all traces back to one coup in 1953—a story most people in the U.S. were never taught. But once you know what really went down? Everything else falls into place. 🧵👇🏾