What Does Zohran Mean for Hollywood?

Come for discussion of tax credits and labor issues; stay for snark about Jon Voight. The Ankler asked me to write an opinion column about what a Zohran Mamdani win might mean for Hollywood. Here's a partial excerpt of the column: Near my house in Brooklyn is the

Donald Trump's $300 Million Playpen

Trump can find money for a vanity project, but not for SNAP recipients [Note: I actually filed this for the NYT ten days ago but it sort of lingered in the workflow and by the end of the week, they deemed it something that had already been written about too

Andrew Cuomo is a Nihilist Who Hates New York City

Near the beginning of Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign, an eagle eyed observer noticed his car parked illegally and snapped a photo of it for social media. It wasn’t the worst of Andrew Cuomo’s offenses—not by a longshot. But it was indicative of something important about

Requiem for Early Blogging

As part of Talking Points Memo's 25th anniversary, I wrote an essay on early blogging, and what I miss about it. Here it is, in its entirety: Whether I like it or not, the first line of my obituary will probably be that I was the founding editor

Whatta Week: Charlie Kirk, JD Vance, and My Inbox

I wrote a column for The Nation about why I don't celebrate Charlie Kirk's death, but I won't celebrate his life, either. I'm posting it below in its entirety. Since the column came out, it has been predictably and intentionally distorted by

Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts

Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disclose that they're being paid by the group. Taylor has written about Chorus before, and in

Quit Yer Whinin', Gen X

I wrote a column for The New York Times about my cohort's disappointment that neoliberalism hasn't worked out for many of them, and the mistake Boomers are making right now that I don't want to see us make. (Originally published here on August 17th.

Hulk Hogan's Real Legacy

I don't mind speaking ill of the dead when they've done horrible things that will outlive them. I wrote about Hulk Hogan's legacy for The New York Times this week. That's a gift link, so you can read the whole thing even

Zohran Mamdani Did All The Things The Estabishment Hates. He Won Anyway.

(Originally published in The New Republic.) In 2018, I briefly worked on a state Senate campaign in south Brooklyn, and the field organizer was Zohran Mamdani. He was charismatic, indefatigable, and could talk to anybody, and as I watched him fire up a crowd of volunteers before they set out

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I'm Elizabeth Spiers, a digital strategist, writer, and podcaster who has also founded some media properties you may have heard of. This is my personal website and sometime blog.