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Like when AOC dressed up in white and cried at a fence Remember the Alamo, right? All no respect, fuck…
The reason it’s one of the go-tos that come up when I think of performativity, is also the reason I…
So are you claiming that AOC – who wasn’t even a member of Congress at the time – spent millions…
Corso (sorry for getting your name wrong, btw!) wrote: There’s difference in size and scope between doing a land acknowledgement…
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Category Archives: Popular (and unpopular) culture
Switched At Birth’s “Uprising” Episode – The Best Political TV Show Of The Year
The “ABC Family” network, owned by Disney after beginning life as one of Pat Robertson’s properties, [1. ABC Family is still contractually obligated to broadcast Robertson’s show “The 700 Club” twice daily, although they precede it with a disclaimer.] has … Continue reading
Single Dads In Film: Yay, or Yawn?
So Melissa at Shakesville was not impressed by the trailer for The End of Love, a new film about “a grieving father struggling to raise his two-year-old son alone.” It’s not that this, too, isn’t a story worth telling. (I … Continue reading
Some Things I’ve Read Or Seen Lately
Django Unchained If the idea of an action movie featuring a former slave bloodily blowing away dozens of white slavers appeals to you, then this movie won’t disappoint. I loved it. It was extremely well-done popcorn, well-filmed and well-acted, and … Continue reading
RIP, Ray Bradbury
RonF has commented twice, now, that Ray Bradbury’s passing has passed without comment here. I have to admit I’m a little puzzled, myself. Here we celebrate, among other things, creative endeavor, including writing and speculative fiction. If this non-commentary state … Continue reading
Odes to Joy. Or Anything Else.
. Roughly speaking, a genre is the type of story told — the people and the setting — while a medium is the form it’s told in. David Benedict asks, “what makes Singin’ in the Rain the masterpiece of so … Continue reading
The Mystical Pregnancy Trope
A video from Feminist Frequency. I think her argument loses focus towards the end, and generally needs more nuance, but is still worth watching: (Transcript here.) I think the way to think of this, is something like The Bechdel Test. … Continue reading
With Thanks to Liz Wallace.
[This post is by Kip Manley, and cross-posted from his blog Long Story; Short Pier with his kind permission.] The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women. —Dan O’Bannon, Alien (née Starbeast) FOOM! FOOM! FOOM! … Continue reading
Zombies and Politics
Last night, a few friends and I were discussing what in our culture makes zombies so big right now. My favorite (somewhat tongue in cheek) argument, from Charles, was that it’s about our politics. “There’s this horrible group of people … Continue reading
Finally, a Huge post
Note – I wrote this post for my my blog so it is written for an audience who haven’t even heard of Huge (which hasn’t aired in New Zealand yet). But I thought I’d post it here, so we can … Continue reading
" If ACT had floated the bill knowing it was doomed to fail, then absolutely." ACT's two right wing coalition…