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"Is the sex scene relevant? Does it move the plot forward?" Does it matter? Tiffany Fritz discusses two key moments N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season–and how blending intimacy and narrative builds a story more honest, emotional, and true to the themes of her work: reactormag.com/the-necessar...

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It's a very modern tradition! Not until we got home kitchens did we do this I wrote a whole book on restaurant culture and foodways (Lost Restaurants of Napa Valley) so trust me when I tell you almost everyone ate out all the time until fairly recently.

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Keep in mind public land is land owned BY YOU, the taxpayer. Republicans want to sell it off so they can pay for their tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.

submitted 11 days ago • 54 comments

Me and @zachrabiroff.com have discovered that a gay, disabled, pill-popping Yale Drama grad likely ghostwrote many of Stan Lee's most famous comics Marvel Comics and Disney don't want you to know about Ron Whyte New from @flaminghydra.com below "Face it tiger ... you just hit the jackpot!"

submitted 11 days ago • 43 comments

This year, in the absence of any media outlet or corporation asking me to write about Pride, I challenged myself to write a Pride essay I’d actually want to read. This is what I wrote. open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...

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"Everything in the world is trying to keep us from getting lost in thought lately." My latest newsletter is about why art and culture are more important than ever, and why the world's most powerful people are trying to wreck them. This is a huge theme in my new book! buttondown.com/charliejane/...

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Last thing I'll say about it here, but if you interpret "acting like ordinary human beings who make goofy mistakes sometimes" as a portrayal of humiliating incompetence, the problem is not with the show.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

www.currentaffairs.org/news/andrew-...

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

I subscribe to the @newyorker.com, I was part of ACT UP, I knew Larry Kramer well and know Tony Fauci too. Daniel Immerwahr's piece on RFKJr, features this and other passages that need a reponse. 1/

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Over at the newsletter: "Watchmen," paranoid readings, and what happens when a work designed to upend cliches and formulas becomes the formula in need of upending: jude-doyle.ghost.io/broken-watch/

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Whaddya mean I caint lick the arsenic?

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I’m finally ready to do a full, spoiler-filled thread about Marvel’s Thunderbolts*. Grab a snack and get comfy, or mute me and come back after you’ve watch the movie. CW: mentions of suicide, depression, child abuse, murder, racism, and military propaganda. Alright, let’s do this. #JeanneBolts

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

This is such a fascinating (and also kind of sad) read about the slow corporate death of creativity and some of the people fighting against it

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: How the Pacific Northwest’s Dream of Green Energy Fell Apart @opb.org

submitted 48 days ago • 17 comments

this month for flaming hydra i wrote about the music in Sinners

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