just got laid off from vox/nymag! 😂😂
super sudden and figuring some stuff out but in the meantime: i am a queer+trans music+culture journalist/critic of color that loves writing and audio and would luv any opportunities (freelance or other) sent my way
reanna.r.cruz
@gmail
.com
i am very very proud of this scathing review i wrote for
@nprmusic
of jesy nelson's single "boyz" which is one of the absolute worst solo career starts i have ever witnessed LOL
yea i wrote about the charli xcx RuPaul ripoff song and his nefarious tendency to repackage and commodify all the cool things about being queer ... in relation to hyperpop :
so… cat is out of the bag: this is my last week at the great
@nprmusic
☹️
however a perfect time to announce… in june, i will be joining the
@SwitchedOnPop
team as their new producer ‼️😁💯👊💿 real dream job vibes
now that i’m laid off from Big Media Company lemme give a big fat FREE PALESTINE. its felt so gross how many in media/journalism are stifled into complacency by the fact that if you speak outwardly on “politics” (as if genocide isn’t a human rights issue) your job is at stake
I SAW THE TV GLOW changed my life.
for npr music i had the honor of talking to
@sapphicspielbrg
,
@sloppyjanemusic
,
@kngwmn
, yeule and more about the soundtrack, donnie darko + etc:
a while back i tweeted that i have so many thoughts on miss kim petras and just needed to get them out … i made my return to
@nprmusic
writing that essay 😁
in Madonna: A Rebel Life by mary gabriel, madonna expresses on multiple occasions a frustration and desire to be a gay man – she mentions being angry that she wasn't born one. it's one of the many things that endear myself to her, we're very similar in that regard
#transgender
RuPaul’s new song "Smile" waters down early bubblegum hyperpop in an act of bleak corporate reappropriation — and sounds as if producers tried to recreate a Charli XCX song from memory after a blackout-inducing hit of poppers, our critic writes.
no bullshit… two teenagers got kicked out of my ELVIS showtime tonight for giving a blowjob in the second row of my (fully packed btw) theatre. it was during the final tom hanks confrontation
returned to freelancing with a personal essay for
@them
body week about clothes and why it’s so hard for a guy like me (fat transgender clothing fan) to find them 🦺👖
in my no longer an intern era!!! starting monday i transition into being a news assistant for
@AltLatino
+
@nprmusic
... and not to be c*rny but i am excited 😝 it's cuckoo it really is ... salud
[ahem] pleased to announce this summer i have gotten offers to work at both ABC and NPR!!!!!!!!!!!! as a first gen college student qtpoc this means a lot to me and i appreciate everyone that helped me get this far THIS IS HOW I B FEELIN TD YERRR
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE USC APOCALYPSE
1. study hall closing
2. fall semester parkside midnight breakfast
3. cats (2019)
4. grinder closing. that really is what did it
i started 2022 precariously temping while in a cross country LDR and ended it as a producer of my favorite music pod, writing things i'm proud of for multiple outlets, interviewing ppl i idolize, and getting my first p4k byline with my partner in los angeles with me! mega W
Excited to announce that I'm the new brand ambassador for
@Neopets
! My family and I have been long time fans of the game, and I can’t wait for you to experience it too. Looking forward to more adventures together!
all i want is to be taken seriously as a music journo/critic/writer/voice... working on a couple pieces that i'm really into right now and it feels nice. lately i've been going down the twitter hole of feeling inadequate next to my peers but i have to remind myself i'm movin
one last time: the thing about unholy is not just that it’s terrible but that sam/kim/everyone that can only tolerate palatable queer culture thinks that it’s deeply transgressive. when in reality,
it's national gf day... when is national they/them bf day that's my question... jk did you know my girlfriend wrote the subway tuna article and i am madly in love with her also she's 5'10 ❤️
@julcarm
thank you vanessa hudgens
thank you selena gomez
thank you ashley benson
thank you rachel korine
thank you harmony korine
thank you candy
thank you faith
thank you brit
thank you cotty
thank you for being spring breakers
so uhhhh... last night at the turnstile show, a security guard yelled at me in front of a large group of people for trying to use the men's restroom. it was extremely embarrassing, incredibly patronizing, and messed me up at a show where i felt very comfortable
Blackfishing aside, there's a reason Jesy Nelson isn't a household name, our critic writes. With toothless lyrics and vocals reminiscent of a bad Camila Cabello impression, she commits the cardinal solo career sin — being boring.