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Exec Editor, Design Observer. Editorial and communications consultant. Lover of horror, musical theater, and spuds. Brooklyn, NY. I help fellow humans tell more gripping stories: https://spine-tingler.beehiiv.com

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · 19d

It's the most horrific time of the year! Check out my latest for @designobserver.com.

#HorrorSky #NowWatching

Design Observer @designobserver.com · 19d

A new wave of women-led “beauty horror” films is putting beauty standards, and the backlash against feminism, under the knife. From The Substance to The Ugly Stepsister, these stories reveal the dark politics of the body. New essay by @delaneyrebernik.com on Design Observer.

Mirror, mirror: The rise of ‘beauty horror’ amid today’s antifeminist backlash - DesignObserver

"Beauty horror," the subgenre of "The Substance" and "The Ugly Stepsister," meets feminist backlash and critiques societal expectations.

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Aug 27

Thanks, Chidinma! I see it in our queue. We'll be in touch in the next week or two once we've had a chance to review.

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Aug 27

Pitch me! (No emails, plz -- our form is your best bet)
>> Pitch here: designobserver.com/how-to-pitch...
>> Find full email text here: mailchi.mp/designobserv...

#journorequest
#journorequests
#FreelanceGig
#prrequest

Screenshot of a call for pitches on The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design. Read full pitch details here: https://designobserver.com/how-to-pitch-design-observer/

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Aug 18

#prrequest #journorequest #journorequests

Design Observer @designobserver.com · Aug 11

Nominations are open for The Design Observer 20! This year we're looking for Radical Collaborators - people, projects, and ideas using design to solve urgent challenges through cross-disciplinary collaboration. Deadline Sept 5, 2025. Nominate here: wkf.ms/45zZQaz

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Apr 11

Yes! Full pitch guide and submission form here: designobserver.com/how-to-pitch...

How to pitch Design Observer - DesignObserver

Learn how to pitch Design Observer, a platform for forward-thinking conversations on design, equity, and innovation. Explore our guide for designers, journalists, and publishers.

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · Apr 10

We’re looking for opinion pieces on the rise of AI image-making.
What does it mean when a machine can replicate Studio Ghibli’s iconic hand-drawn style in seconds? Art, ethics, aesthetics and everything in between. Pitch us at designobserver.com/pitch

Design Observer is calling for essays, opinion pieces, and creative responses on AI image-making and its cultural consequences. What happens when AI mimics the magic of Studio Ghibli? White text against blue background above a Studio Ghibli version of the popular Distracted Boyfriend Meme.

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Design Observer @designobserver.com · Apr 10

Discover how architect Sameedha Mahajan is shaping the future of air travel by blending wayfinding, cultural context, and sustainability in airport design. Story by @delaneyrebernik.com

Runway modeler: Airport architect Sameedha Mahajan on sending ever-more people skyward - DesignObserver

In this installment of “Jet Fuel” — er, “Design Juice” — the first-gen immigrant and second-gen architect says the best airports for our brave new world will blend wayfinding, cultural context, and, s...

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Apr 2

This was such a fascinating conversation -- I haven't looked at trees the same since.

Design Observer @designobserver.com · Apr 2

Architect and curator Dan Handel discusses his book Designed Forests with @delaneyrebernik.com, exploring how forestry practices intertwine profit, control, and cultural history. Discover how human and nonhuman forces shape forest planning. Read more: designobserver.com/head-in-the-...

Green background with white text that reads: Yes, “the dark side of forest
development” was “always there.” And today, it’s compounded by climate crisis, fascism, and other perils of our own making that uproot trees from the soil and people from their lands. But all hope is not lost, Handel says. He
sees bright spots in our past that can light our path forward. In an excerpt from the interview with Dan Handel by Delaney Rebernik

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Jan 10

Issue no. 5 of Spine Tingler is out! Hot on the heels of Demi Moore's Golden Globe win, we're talking toxic beauty, chicken wings, and a film with not much of the subtlety but a whole lotta The Substance.

Subscribe to read for free: spine-tingler.beehiiv.com/subscribe

#filmsky #popsky #horrorsky

Spine Tingler

Tell more gripping stories with twice-monthly inspo from horror and musical theater, sans all the belting and bloodshed.

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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · Jan 2

CN: suicidal ideations, mentions of medical abuse and neglect

All new by @nicole-lee-sch.bsky.social

Dying a “Good” Death: Disability and the Assisted Suicide Debate

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Dec 28

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Dec 28

I'm writing a piece for my Spine Tingler newsletter and iso folks with a professional POV on #rabbits and/or their symbolic use in #horror media. Any academics, creatives, trainers, handlers, vets, or misc experts out there up for a brief interview in the next week or two? #journorequest

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Dec 12

Issue 4 of Spine Tingler (my 2x monthly, only slightly spooky newsletter for storytellers of all stripes) is out today! It's all about playing in the liminal space between grinning and (not) bearing it.

Read it here: spine-tingler.beehiiv.com/p/let-s-put-...

Let’s put a smile on that face

On shiny happy people

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Delaney Rebernik @delaneyrebernik.com · Nov 23

appreciate the warm welcome @kokedit.bsky.social!

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Alt: a man is skipping while lawn mowing in front of a house

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