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Alex Cooper

@wgacooper

🗒 Editor of @TheAdvocateMag 🌎 ⚡️ Then: @OCCRP @UNLEASHgroup @HIVPlusMag @gvljournal #Balkans @ceu @williamandmary

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a new field study out today analyzing thousands of Washington Post and Upworthy articles finds that while readers prefer simple headlines, journalists do not. (and journalists are not great at predicting what headlines readers will prefer) science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

a new field study out today analyzing thousands of Washington Post and Upworthy articles finds that while readers prefer simple headlines, journalists do not. 

(and journalists are not great at predicting what headlines readers will prefer)

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Emily Ramshaw (@eramshaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news 19thnews — three of our reporters’ beats are changing to more accurately describe what they cover! Chabeli Carrazana is now our economy and child care reporter. Sara Luterman is our disability and aging reporter. Shefali Luthra is our reproductive health reporter.

Emily 🗣️ Tamkin (@emilyctamkin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Got yelled at for saying this last night so here it is again: political violence is not a reason to stop criticizing divisive violent political rhetoric or aspiring authoritarianism. In fact, to push back against these things is to push back against political violence.

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Why are we allowing public officials to be unnamed in stories such as this? What is journalistically useful about publishing an anonymously sourced, non-essential, gossipy story? How does this help our already strained credibility? The journalistic ethics I was taught said we

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Trans people and their advocates have been saying for years that transphobia will easily be weaponized against cis and intersex women who don't conform to trad femininity, threatening all women in the process. And that's exactly what is happening

Kat Tenbarge is on Bluesky (@kattenbarge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The idea that c!s men pretend to be women to abuse women is an obfuscation. C!s men abuse women every day without consequences. The idea that they need to do something to “get away with it” is harmful to abuse victims, and that is often the point

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky (@erininthemorn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Was curious about Rev. Sharpton's views on transgender people. I love it when older Dems have been trans allies for a long time. Loving his speech right now.

Was curious about Rev. Sharpton's views on transgender people. I love it when older Dems have been trans allies for a long time.

Loving his speech right now.
Emily Ramshaw (@eramshaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To understand how the anti-trans agenda is reshaping *all* of our lives, 19thnews set out to examine how the laws and rhetoric behind it are impacting Americans. Today we launch that critical series. 19thnews.org/2024/08/the-to…

To understand how the anti-trans agenda is reshaping *all* of our lives, <a href="/19thnews/">19thnews</a> set out to examine how the laws and rhetoric behind it are impacting Americans.

Today we launch that critical series. 

19thnews.org/2024/08/the-to…
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It's been 23 years since September 11, 2001. ❤️‍🩹 Shortly after, The Advocate ran this cover story honoring the victims. Read the story: advocate.com/cover-stories/…

It's been 23 years since September 11, 2001. ❤️‍🩹 Shortly after, <a href="/TheAdvocateMag/">The Advocate</a> ran this cover story honoring the victims. 

Read the story: advocate.com/cover-stories/…
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🌈 The Advocate launched our first reader-revenue program today to allow readers to invest in The Advocate’s work directly. We’ve brought you #queernews since 1967, and we’re not stopping now. Please consider contributing: advocate.com/1967

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‘Daylight saving time’ is also sometimes called ‘daylight saving,’ ‘daylight savings,’ ‘daylight savings time,’ or ‘daylight time.’ So, listen to your heart.