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Founder & EIC, Mediaversity Reviews | TV & films graded on diversity | 🍅 critic | Sr. Director, Content at Common Sense Media (views her own) | 📍Seattle, WA

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · Nov 12

Reintroducing myself and Mediaversity. Supporting emerging TV/film critics from underrepresented backgrounds since 2016, we grade TV and movies on inclusiveness. We're in this marathon for the long haul. Completely independent, consider donating ✌🏻 Either monthly: www.patreon.com/mediaversity...

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Fit gAHHHymer @gaymer.fit · 1d

I watched Boots for the plot

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 11h

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 11h

that surreal, blurred line between parenting weans one day then diving into a film festival the next is very relatable 🥴 juggling a 3yo and 10mo myself and it never stops being weird trying to dissect arthouse movies while getting pooped on

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 1d

Is the United States an oligarchy?

Yes. Yes it is.

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 13h

House of Leaves, if you like haunted houses with a big helping of postmodern meta. A longtime fave of mine www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 22h

NEW REVIEW — Our mission is to celebrate inclusive storytelling, and miniseries #ADiwaliDilemma is precisely the type of passion project we like to support. YouTube episodes start releasing on #Diwali on Oct 20th 🪔 www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

A Diwali Dilemma — Mediaversity Reviews

“ A Diwali Dilemma grapples with the internal conflict shared by many people of color.”

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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · 1d

Let her rest jfc

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Brandon D. Wilson @geniusbastard.bsky.social · 1d

Just got home. Showed my college students McQueen’s LOVERS ROCK tonight. First time seeing it since SINNERS and there’s some overlap. One of my bright students brought that up.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 5d

I really hope the AI bubble bursts soon. So sick and tired of them shoving it into everything whether it makes sense or not.

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 5d

This looks so funny 🤌🏻

Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 6d

If you're in New York, you've got two chances to see the movie my wife co-wrote and co-directed, "This Will Never Work"

SoHo International Film Festival on October 12th (this Sunday!), and Dumbo Film Festival on November 21st.

Links for tix in the thread below ⬇️

This Will Never Work trailer

THIS WILL NEVER WORK is feature length comedy about a Black family coming together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired…

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 11d

In Taiwan on family vacation and crying that I a) don't have time ob) can't understand Chinese (lol), otherwise I'd love to catch this theatrical screening of Yi Yi 😭

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RMJ @rmccarthyjames.bsky.social · 12d

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is so beautifully dated, but the season one episode about Willow getting a AI boyfriend feels very relevant

Willow saying, and he’s romantic and we agree about everything

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 21d

NEW REVIEW — #GabbysDollhouse proves that a movie can be pink, purple, and glittery ✨ while still showing that a girl's value comes from more than just her looks. More on the film's diversity: www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie — Mediaversity Reviews

“While the visuals lean heavily into traditional gender coding, Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie avoids toxic messages.”

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 25d

NEW REVIEW — Another weekend, another crop of new movies in theaters! We caught #Adulthood, but if you're looking for a solidly inclusive movie, this isn't the one www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

Adulthood — Mediaversity Reviews

“To its credit, Adulthood does weave in disability storylines without sensationalizing them.”

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 28d

NEW REVIEW — Lilly Singh's #DoinIt isn't exactly up for an Oscar, but the goofy sex comedy from #SXSW opens in theaters this weekend and could be exactly what you're in the mood for. www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

Doin' It — Mediaversity Reviews

“The cultural references in Doin’ It suffer from oversimplification.”

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Frank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 29d

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 16

live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · Sep 5

Don’t normalize this shit. It’s an affront. The last thing we want is for something like this to be financially successful or make waves in any way. If the “test case” benefits those bankrolling it, where does this stop? Do we get a fake “original” cut of GREED next?

Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes

Amazon-backed firm Showrunner, led by Edward Saatchi, is using the film as a test case for how Hollywood can overhaul production. The results won't be commercialized — the tech giant hasn't obtained r...

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🧛🏻‍♀️Let_The_Right_Hanh_In @hanhonymous.bsky.social · 29d

🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · 29d

NEW REVIEW — Although #TheLastOfUs got shut out of its three #Emmy nominations this past weekend, the inclusive HBO series still has a place in our hearts 🌈❤️ Our latest deep dive: www.mediaversityreviews.com/tv-reviews/2...

The Last of Us - Seasons 1-2 — Mediaversity Reviews

“ The Last of Us constantly shows love—including queer love—persisting in the face of destruction.”

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · Jul 31

Things are pretty bad right now and we need to take joy wherever we can, so here is a picture of Jack McBrayer and Alexander Skarsgard holding hands and being best friends.

Jack McBrayer and Alexander Skarsgard holding hands while standing on the field in a stadium. McBrayer is smiling or in the middle of laughing while Skarsgard is looking at the camera. They are adorable.

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hellresidentNY 🖤 @hellresidentny.blacksky.app · Sep 13

@angryblacklady.bsky.social also mentioned BETTER OFF TED as her answer to that question.

Which is why I'm watching BETTER OFF TED right now, and being reminded of how clever and hilarious it is, how Portia de Rossi as Veronica is the absolute best, and that this show deserved five more seasons.

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · Sep 13

Quote post with your weekend plans:

Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · Sep 12

NEW REVIEW — My third #TIFF50 coverage dives into film #TheSunRisesOnUsAll, an incredible visual story that immerses you into the urban rhythms and indifferences of Guangzhou, China www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

The Sun Rises On Us All — Mediaversity Reviews

“ The Sun Rises On Us All demonstrates an intimacy with women’s experiences around healthcare and fertility, with certain moments feeling plucked from my own life.”

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Li Lai • Mediaversity Reviews @mediaversityreviews.com · Sep 11

NEW REVIEW — Indigenous narrative story about the Sixties Scoop, #Meadowlarks, wound up being one of my favorite films of #TIFF50. Bring handkerchiefs! 🤧 www.mediaversityreviews.com/film-reviews...

Meadowlarks — Mediaversity Reviews

“The women of Meadowlarks are recognizable in so many ways.”