Joshua Rivera
@jmrivera.bsky.social
writer for hire. bylines at Vulture, Slate, The Ringer, and Vanity Fair. movies and tv and games and books and
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Joshua Rivera
@jmrivera.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Oh I never did an intro post. So:
I’m a writer interested in pop culture and how we make meaning from it. I was entertainment writer at polygon, and before that had stints at EW, GQ, and freelanced everywhere. Stories saved my life and I want to help people understand them, and each other, better.
I’m a writer interested in pop culture and how we make meaning from it. I was entertainment writer at polygon, and before that had stints at EW, GQ, and freelanced everywhere. Stories saved my life and I want to help people understand them, and each other, better.
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I’d quibble with some of this (not sure Carey is romantasy) but overall, terrific and I hope it pissed BookTok off www.thedriftmag.com/escape-artis...
Escape Artists
Romantasy at the End of the World
www.thedriftmag.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I’d quibble with some of this (not sure Carey is romantasy) but overall, terrific and I hope it pissed BookTok off www.thedriftmag.com/escape-artis...
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
wanna program a series called Homies By Night, and it’s just guys being dudes, nocturnally. You know. Miami Vice, As Tears Go By, things of that nature
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
wanna program a series called Homies By Night, and it’s just guys being dudes, nocturnally. You know. Miami Vice, As Tears Go By, things of that nature
dropped by my local comic shop for the first time in a while and a kid picked up absolute Batman and yelled “YO DAD THIS IS THE ONE WHERE BATMAN IS POOR”
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
dropped by my local comic shop for the first time in a while and a kid picked up absolute Batman and yelled “YO DAD THIS IS THE ONE WHERE BATMAN IS POOR”
everything I have learned about this woman has been against my will but it is nice to know that the bill still comes due for some people
deadline.com/2025/11/dash...
deadline.com/2025/11/dash...
Actress Dasha Nekrasova Fired By Gersh, Dropped From Movie Amid Backlash Over Podcast Interview With Far-Right Political Commentator Nick Fuentes
Actress Dasha Nekrasova has been dropped by Gersh over a podcast interview with far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes.
deadline.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
everything I have learned about this woman has been against my will but it is nice to know that the bill still comes due for some people
deadline.com/2025/11/dash...
deadline.com/2025/11/dash...
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
this is a pleasant read but one I wish dwelled a little less on the mechanics of mystery-making and a little more with how they’re applied in the film to questions of faith and its purpose
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Rian Johnson Is an Agatha Christie for the Netflix Age
The director revived the cozy mystery with “Knives Out.” In a new sequel, can he find his way to the end of the maze?
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
this is a pleasant read but one I wish dwelled a little less on the mechanics of mystery-making and a little more with how they’re applied in the film to questions of faith and its purpose
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
my favorite now you see me tidbit is that in danganronpa v3 one of the murders you have to solve is directly lifted from isla fischer’s trick at the beginning of the first movie
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
my favorite now you see me tidbit is that in danganronpa v3 one of the murders you have to solve is directly lifted from isla fischer’s trick at the beginning of the first movie
I don’t read the piece as horny? This is not an invitation for you to convince me. We probably agree on the net value of the piece.
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I don’t read the piece as horny? This is not an invitation for you to convince me. We probably agree on the net value of the piece.
wait Kensuke Ushio did the chainsaw man movie score???
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
wait Kensuke Ushio did the chainsaw man movie score???
generally speaking if you violate your professions’ core principles you should find another profession, and the compulsion to romanticize a fall from grace has no place in the real world. it is bad for everyone, including the offender.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
generally speaking if you violate your professions’ core principles you should find another profession, and the compulsion to romanticize a fall from grace has no place in the real world. it is bad for everyone, including the offender.
a fun running subplot on this site is seeing annoying people who ostracized themselves on twitter get a new lease on life thanks to people not knowing their whole grift. Only to annoy that whole new crowd the exact same way, because they can’t help themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
a fun running subplot on this site is seeing annoying people who ostracized themselves on twitter get a new lease on life thanks to people not knowing their whole grift. Only to annoy that whole new crowd the exact same way, because they can’t help themselves.
very tired of trying a game everyone is buzzing about only to find it’s some kind of survival type thing. what is this fetish for survival games that gamers have. are you trying to convince society that you would be good at it. that you know where to find wires and beans and how to make a potato gun
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
very tired of trying a game everyone is buzzing about only to find it’s some kind of survival type thing. what is this fetish for survival games that gamers have. are you trying to convince society that you would be good at it. that you know where to find wires and beans and how to make a potato gun
I like Bradley Cooper as a director. I find his movies far less pretentious than their marketing; extremely transparent works wrestling with precisely what’s on his mind at the moment. Which is why he’s not the main character in Is This Thing On? and why his first scene is a huge pratfall.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I like Bradley Cooper as a director. I find his movies far less pretentious than their marketing; extremely transparent works wrestling with precisely what’s on his mind at the moment. Which is why he’s not the main character in Is This Thing On? and why his first scene is a huge pratfall.
Bradley Cooper seems like a guy who should play the phantom of the opera at some point
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Bradley Cooper seems like a guy who should play the phantom of the opera at some point
bad, bad, bad
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
bad, bad, bad
There is no racist argument this guy won’t reach for but this one is real galling.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There is no racist argument this guy won’t reach for but this one is real galling.
I won’t call spider man: turn off the dark good exactly but the sinister six as beauty pageant contestants was a good idea
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I won’t call spider man: turn off the dark good exactly but the sinister six as beauty pageant contestants was a good idea
these people??? just send emails???? For fun???? (Crimes!!)
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
these people??? just send emails???? For fun???? (Crimes!!)
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man Rosalia really is doing everything one can do on this album
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
man Rosalia really is doing everything one can do on this album
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please, tv writers, i beg you
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
please, tv writers, i beg you
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
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If the Republican strategy is "if you reveal the President is a pedophile we'll reveal tons of other pedophiles" then... Okay? Go for it? Take them all down? Send them all to jail forever? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Epstein Files Live Updates: G.O.P. Lawmakers Release Thousands of Files
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If the Republican strategy is "if you reveal the President is a pedophile we'll reveal tons of other pedophiles" then... Okay? Go for it? Take them all down? Send them all to jail forever? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
I think “just go indie!” Is a far more complicated decision than people make it out to be. it means my limited time and energy must be put towards earning and keeping subscribers who have other writers they want to support. it also means I need people to like me, AND the work. maybe more than!
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I think “just go indie!” Is a far more complicated decision than people make it out to be. it means my limited time and energy must be put towards earning and keeping subscribers who have other writers they want to support. it also means I need people to like me, AND the work. maybe more than!