Gesha-Marie Bland (@gmgeiko) / X

Gesha-Marie Bland

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Gesha-Marie Bland

@gmgeiko

Not bland. Cinephile. Screenwriter. Secular humanist. Atheist. @beautynewsnyc Managing Editor. Bylines in @UnHerd @VanityFair @Indiewire @theblcklst.

New York

Joined July 2008

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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Nov 25, 2021
Check out the inaugural post for my memoir-inflected blog, abt culture, politics and film, even dating when it tickles my fancy. I discuss my innate aversion to identity politics, yet inability to escape them. "Just Not An Identity Politics Kinda Girl"
Just Not An Identity Politics Kinda Girl
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
May 13, 2025
Wow. Halle Berry is absolutely right. Swapping the identity of characters without regard for the archetype they tap into or the mythology they are steeped in is bad writing. Maybe the tide is changing…
Variety
@Variety
May 13, 2025
Halle Berry: "I don't know if [James Bond] should be a woman. In 2025 it's nice to say, 'Oh, he should be a woman.' But I don't know if that's the right thing to do." #Cannes variety.com/2025/film/fest…
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Mar 7, 2022
When Nolan dismissed Zoë Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz for being too "urban," I lost a lot of respect for him despite my appreciation of his brilliance as a director. Hats off to Zoë for apparently killing it in THE BATMAN reboot.
Variety
@Variety
Mar 7, 2022
Zoë Kravitz Opens Up on Losing ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Audition Because of Her Skin Color variety.com/2022/film/news…
Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jul 12, 2025
Thank you for bringing this up and putting your foot in your mouth. Nicole called the police on OJ dozens of times but the starstruck meatheads failed to do their jobs. Social workers would be an improvement over cops who themselves engage in high incidence of domestic violence.
Megyn Kelly
@megynkelly
Jul 11, 2025
Yes, Zohran, what Nicole B. Simpson really needed to stop OJ from nearly decapitating her was a social wkr who could have centered OJ’s blackness to make him feel seen. Same for Diddy as he beat Cassie to a pulp. Just needed a reminder to be his best self! mediaite.com/media/news/zoh…
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jun 8, 2025
It's stunning that lefties spend so much time alienating folks who fail their petulant radical litmus tests without realizing that the reason rightwingers keep winning is because they know how to build alliances and coalitions.
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jan 14, 2025
Replying to @sweetseaslug
Most very wealthy people I’ve encountered are like this. They misinterpret noblesse oblige as the poors are lucky to get access to them, their milieu, and friends that doing favors for them is such a privilege they are under no obligation to see it as labor worthy of pay.
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Oct 11, 2025
Replying to @MichaelSopcg9z
One of the best old school BK accents I've heard in while. They should record her for a linguist archive of NYC dialects.
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jul 27, 2025
I'd like to read those studies as the definition of serial killer has maybe morphed. The serial killers of the peak age weren't just into killing. They were sexual predators for whom killing the object of desire in brutal ways was the zenith of satiation.
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
May 10, 2025
Replying to @dogshit95
That Boyhood didn’t lean on the Forest Gump let’s add a survey of American history angle is why it’s such a poignant coming age meditation for the boy and his parents. Linklater’s focus and discipline speaks to his great storytelling.
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jun 2, 2025
Replying to @ZachNewYork
I’d ban kids before dogs
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Mar 26, 2022
Remember this? Yes, in the 80s metalheads and rockers testified before Congress to preserve the legal precedents and culture of free expression. @FreeBlckThought freeblackthought.substack.com/p/how-generati…
Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Apr 18, 2025
Replying to @katewillett and @jwordfish
“The companies who lethally poison the fewest will rise to the top. That’s the free market working.”
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Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Jan 7, 2022
Replying to @FreeBlckThought
Sidney Poitier nailed anti-race essentialism at the height of the 60s. Can you imagine any current black celebrity daring to say such things, not pandering, not doubling down on his inherent "blackness" as his/her defining characteristic?
Gesha-Marie Bland
@gmgeiko
Nov 14, 2024
Replying to @ckayerawlings
In NYC the real estate boom has raised rents as most new constructions are luxury buildings which incentivize existing landlords to raise their rent to the new average. planetizen.com/blogs/128443-u….
Understanding Average Versus Median Rent
From planetizen.com
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