Maria DiPasquale
@mariadip.bsky.social
*she/her* union communicator, writer, host of the Leftist Teen Drama podcast. NJ born & raised, Brooklyn living ✨ (all opinions are my own)
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Maria DiPasquale
@mariadip.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Since 2021, I have poured so much of myself into @leftistteendrama.bsky.social! We are a small but mighty podcast celebrating (and sometimes critiquing) political moments on TV teen dramas! Available wherever you get your podcasts ✨
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When tech workers’ rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
AWU members from the New York chapter braved the cold today to stand up against union busting at Rockstar Games in the UK and Canada!
AWU members from the New York chapter braved the cold today to stand up against union busting at Rockstar Games in the UK and Canada!
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When tech workers’ rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!
AWU members from the New York chapter braved the cold today to stand up against union busting at Rockstar Games in the UK and Canada!
AWU members from the New York chapter braved the cold today to stand up against union busting at Rockstar Games in the UK and Canada!
I went on @leftistteendrama.bsky.social to chat with @mariadip.bsky.social about teen models, teen activists, coolhunting, and more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
SPECIAL EP: Leftist Teen Drama In Conversation with Colette Shade
Podcast Episode · Leftist Teen Drama · 01/19/2025 · Bonus · 1h 46m
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November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Today, Googlers for Job Security from coast to coast showed up and showed out for our Day of Visibility. Together, we’re organizing for real job security at Google: guaranteed severance, buyouts before layoffs, no GRAD quotas, and severance as leave.
Join the movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security
Join the movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Today, Googlers for Job Security from coast to coast showed up and showed out for our Day of Visibility. Together, we’re organizing for real job security at Google: guaranteed severance, buyouts before layoffs, no GRAD quotas, and severance as leave.
Join the movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security
Join the movement: go.awu.fyi/job-security
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I was on my dear friend @mariadip.bsky.social’s podcast talking about freaks & geeks 🥹 it was so much fun I’ve seen the show like 40 times you should watch it, and if you have, listen to our pod cast!
✨EP 40 OUT NOW✨ @mariadip.bsky.social is joined by fellow union comrade and Freaks and Geeks superfan Margaret McCaughlin to break down the political themes of the show’s one and only season, which is firmly set in the 1980-1981 school year. #FreaksandGeeks
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I was on my dear friend @mariadip.bsky.social’s podcast talking about freaks & geeks 🥹 it was so much fun I’ve seen the show like 40 times you should watch it, and if you have, listen to our pod cast!
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NEWS: @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers are forming their union with OFT & @aft.org!
Members of the organizing committee told the @ohiocapitaljournal.com why they're organizing:
Members of the organizing committee told the @ohiocapitaljournal.com why they're organizing:
Workers at one of Ohio's largest library systems set to unionize • Ohio Capital Journal
Workers with the Columbus Metropolitan Library are establishing a labor union focused on improvements they say need to happen in areas such as wages and paid time off.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NEWS: @columbuslibrary.bsky.social workers are forming their union with OFT & @aft.org!
Members of the organizing committee told the @ohiocapitaljournal.com why they're organizing:
Members of the organizing committee told the @ohiocapitaljournal.com why they're organizing:
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Journalists hold power to account and our @pghguild.com strikers have held Post-Gazette management to account for years. Today the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with us. The company broke the law. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
3rd Circuit Court Orders Post-Gazette to Restore Workers' Rights
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court orders the Post-Gazette to restore workers' rights after a lengthy strike, marking a pivotal victory for union members.
pghguild.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Journalists hold power to account and our @pghguild.com strikers have held Post-Gazette management to account for years. Today the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with us. The company broke the law. pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Chester Morris 🤝 Rickie Vasquez 🤝 Thoughtful Costume Designers That Authentically Depicted Working Class Queer Teens of Color
Episode 38 of #LeftistTeenDrama is now streaming, all about the 2021 HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart!
Episode 38 of #LeftistTeenDrama is now streaming, all about the 2021 HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart!
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Chester Morris 🤝 Rickie Vasquez 🤝 Thoughtful Costume Designers That Authentically Depicted Working Class Queer Teens of Color
Episode 38 of #LeftistTeenDrama is now streaming, all about the 2021 HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart!
Episode 38 of #LeftistTeenDrama is now streaming, all about the 2021 HBO Max teen drama Genera+ion with @mariadip.bsky.social feat Dondré Taylor-Stewart!
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TLDR: tech workers, get organized!
The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”
The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
TLDR: tech workers, get organized!
The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”
The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”
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#LeftistTeenDrama is a podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by @mariadip.bsky.social (hi, I made this collage in my new junk journal!) Season 5 of the pod is currently airing with new eps streaming on Sundays thru Dec 14, 2025! Listen wherever you get podcasts✨ #collage
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#LeftistTeenDrama is a podcast celebrating political moments on TV teen dramas, hosted by @mariadip.bsky.social (hi, I made this collage in my new junk journal!) Season 5 of the pod is currently airing with new eps streaming on Sundays thru Dec 14, 2025! Listen wherever you get podcasts✨ #collage
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Tomorrow, our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com marks it's third full year. Three years of fighting the most lawless union-busting campaign can be tiring, but we're never going to quit fighting.
Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Tomorrow, our unfair labor practice strike against @post-gazette.com marks it's third full year. Three years of fighting the most lawless union-busting campaign can be tiring, but we're never going to quit fighting.
Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
Last night, we were uplifted to see a new sign adorning the Pittsburgh skyline...
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💖TRAILER DROP💖#Starving4Change At UMKC: The Black Student Union Protest Movement in ‘Switched At Birth’ Season 5
@mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz
Episode #35 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 12, everywhere you get your podcasts!
@mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz
Episode #35 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 12, everywhere you get your podcasts!
October 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
💖TRAILER DROP💖#Starving4Change At UMKC: The Black Student Union Protest Movement in ‘Switched At Birth’ Season 5
@mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz
Episode #35 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 12, everywhere you get your podcasts!
@mariadip.bsky.social feat Kelly Diaz
Episode #35 of #LeftistTeenDrama premieres Sun, Oct 12, everywhere you get your podcasts!
One of my favorite lines teased in the season 5 trailer is from my friend Abir: “teen dramas, like especially television teen shows, they allow you to kind of love everyone. Like when it’s done well, there’s no like, bad people. Everyone is just human.”
🎀 #LeftistTeenDrama Season 5 ⭐TRAILER DROP⭐
Season 5 is filled with a stacked cast of new and returning guests, and I’m happy to announce that, for the first time since 2022, this season has been extended to 10 episodes!
Season 5 is filled with a stacked cast of new and returning guests, and I’m happy to announce that, for the first time since 2022, this season has been extended to 10 episodes!
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One of my favorite lines teased in the season 5 trailer is from my friend Abir: “teen dramas, like especially television teen shows, they allow you to kind of love everyone. Like when it’s done well, there’s no like, bad people. Everyone is just human.”
A chill in the air and your favorite podcast about political moments on tv teen dramas is returning with a new season soon!
💗SEASON 5 SHOW REVEAL💗
Here’s our annual reveal of the shows we’re covering this season on #LeftistTeenDrama! Trailer drops Sunday, Oct 5, so stay tuned!
Here’s our annual reveal of the shows we’re covering this season on #LeftistTeenDrama! Trailer drops Sunday, Oct 5, so stay tuned!
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A chill in the air and your favorite podcast about political moments on tv teen dramas is returning with a new season soon!
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🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨
AWU teamed up with @techequity.bsky.social & @cwaunion.bsky.social to produce a report - Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation - documenting the working conditions of the workers behind the AI boom.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
AWU teamed up with @techequity.bsky.social & @cwaunion.bsky.social to produce a report - Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation - documenting the working conditions of the workers behind the AI boom.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🚨NEW RESEARCH🚨
AWU teamed up with @techequity.bsky.social & @cwaunion.bsky.social to produce a report - Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation - documenting the working conditions of the workers behind the AI boom.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
AWU teamed up with @techequity.bsky.social & @cwaunion.bsky.social to produce a report - Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation - documenting the working conditions of the workers behind the AI boom.
cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
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I had the pleasure of being a part of this. It is refreshing to talk to people who see you, when you work in an industry designed to be invisible. Amazing work @techequity.bsky.social, @cwaunion.bsky.social and @alphabetworkersunion.org .
NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨
Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to others.
But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.
Tech giants are making massive investments in generative AI, integrating it into their existing products and selling access to the foundational models to others.
But all that money and power isn’t making its way down to the people who make AI actually work: data workers.
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I had the pleasure of being a part of this. It is refreshing to talk to people who see you, when you work in an industry designed to be invisible. Amazing work @techequity.bsky.social, @cwaunion.bsky.social and @alphabetworkersunion.org .
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If you want to know what’s really going on with AI, talk to data workers. I’m so grateful for all I’ve learned from the U.S. AI supply chain workers who talked to us about data work.
Check out a new report with @alphabetworkersunion.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
Check out a new report with @alphabetworkersunion.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If you want to know what’s really going on with AI, talk to data workers. I’m so grateful for all I’ve learned from the U.S. AI supply chain workers who talked to us about data work.
Check out a new report with @alphabetworkersunion.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
Check out a new report with @alphabetworkersunion.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social: cwa-union.org/ghost-worker...
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Don’t try this at home; organize a union instead! Join AWU and @brainstormmedia.bsky.social for a virtual screening of #AmericanSweatshop on Mon 9/29 at 8 PM ET followed by a panel discussion featuring creatives behind the film and AWU members who handle trust and safety content.
American Sweatshop Exclusive Trailer (2025)
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September 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Don’t try this at home; organize a union instead! Join AWU and @brainstormmedia.bsky.social for a virtual screening of #AmericanSweatshop on Mon 9/29 at 8 PM ET followed by a panel discussion featuring creatives behind the film and AWU members who handle trust and safety content.
love this from @jennyhunter.bsky.social! excited to both be contributing to @solongdentalplan.com, a forthcoming book about depictions of unions and class struggle on television! (I had the pleasure of peer reviewing Jenny’s chapter and y’all are in for a treat!)
"Union representations in popular culture are sparse, mostly very old, and often negative." Yes, very true, especially in Hollywood.
Labor & Culture: Beyond Jimmy Hoffa Movies
Positive depictions of unions are hard to find in the culture. Progressives should focus on elevating them.
prospect.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
love this from @jennyhunter.bsky.social! excited to both be contributing to @solongdentalplan.com, a forthcoming book about depictions of unions and class struggle on television! (I had the pleasure of peer reviewing Jenny’s chapter and y’all are in for a treat!)
if you’re waiting to speak to me about the beach confession scene in this week’s #TheSummerITurnedPretty episode, STAY IN LINE!
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
if you’re waiting to speak to me about the beach confession scene in this week’s #TheSummerITurnedPretty episode, STAY IN LINE!
Leveled up my status as a Mets wife today by finally acquiring the ultimate Mets girlie accessory 🫡🍦
August 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Leveled up my status as a Mets wife today by finally acquiring the ultimate Mets girlie accessory 🫡🍦
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✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨ Welcome back to #LeftistTeenDrama's series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! Maria is joined by twins and self-professed “camp freaks” Kelly and MG Gilbert to break down all the class conflict inherent to the plot of Camp Rock!
August 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
✨MOVIE SPECIAL OUT NOW✨ Welcome back to #LeftistTeenDrama's series of special episodes covering political moments in teen movies! Maria is joined by twins and self-professed “camp freaks” Kelly and MG Gilbert to break down all the class conflict inherent to the plot of Camp Rock!
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Zohran should propose “Cuomo’s Law”, a law that bars sex offenders from being mayor of New York City
August 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Zohran should propose “Cuomo’s Law”, a law that bars sex offenders from being mayor of New York City
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They murdered somebody during one of their raids.
They actually did it.
They actually did it.
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
They murdered somebody during one of their raids.
They actually did it.
They actually did it.