March 2012
“How did a film like this—where gender roles are uprooted, reality television demonized, and children kill each other in cold blood—become such a huge success? Perhaps because it somewhat mirrors the disconnectedness of America today. We are a country of two opposite cultures. We are red state versus blue state, rich versus poor, conservative versus liberal. All of us are itching, deep down, to rebel and be our own people. It is an artificial divide, one that does not exist in reality. But by constantly pitting one against the other, we all tend to believe that we are rebelling against something larger than us, something that has been oppressing us. I feel like above anything else, that is the deep core that The Hunger Games has tapped into. Our divided nation, more like Panem than we could ever truly admit to ourselves, is looking for something more.”
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The Hunger Games (2012) - a bright wall in a dark room.
Well-blogged, Michelle. Well-blogged.
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I disagree that the divide doesn’t exist in reality. There’s a very real divide between those who can buy Supreme Court justices, candidates, and elections, and the rest of us who are at their whims in a fake democracy.
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a haiku about making pasta
god fucking dammit
does it really take that long
for water to boilbeautiful :’)
This is the real hunger games.
Why don't people understand that you can like something and still critique it?
holy fucking christ, this is the question of my LIFE.
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An email just sent to all faculty, staff, and students of the school where I work
Skittles and Ice Tea “No Justice No Peace” Non-Bake Sale
Thursday, March 29, 2012
10am – 4:30pm
Alliant Lobby
How: Wear a “hoodie” all day Thursday in solidarity for Trayvon and purchase a bag of Skittle and some Ice Tea on Thursday from 10am – 4:30pm in the Alliant Lobby.
What: Proceeds from the non-bake sale will be donated directly to Trayvon’s family to support their on-going battle to ensure justice is served, or to a social justice organization assisting the family in their efforts.
“People who live along the eastern edge of East Hollywood will sometimes fudge their way into Los Feliz. There’s a section of Los Feliz where it’s popular to consider yourself part of Silver Lake. Hipsters who think Silver Lake has become too gentrified claim the disputed border between the two for Echo Park. Locals who don’t care refer to that border as HaFo SaFo, after the Happy Foot Sad Foot sign at Sunset and Benton. A friend of mine insists he coined this but I’m skeptical. The city’s official name for it is Berkeley Hills. Nobody calls it that.”
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Name That Los Angeles Neighborhood! | The Awl (via felixsalmon)
I’ll be in Los Angeles tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week; I miss you LA but not really…
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This whole article is great.
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Amazing! I was just explaining to someone about Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Echo Park!
“Ever since puberty, ever since I was 11 or 12, I’ve had cyclical depression. That’s something that has been a defining feature of my life as an adult. It’s manageable. But it’s real. And it doesn’t take away from my joy or my work or my energy, but coping with depression is something that is part of the everyday way that I live and have lived for as long as I can remember. … Depression for me, you can’t distract your way out of it. … When you are depressed, it’s like the rest of the world is the mother ship, and you’re out there on a little pod and your line gets cut and you don’t connect with anything. You sort of disappear. And so it’s not something you can talk-therapy out of. It’s really a chemical thing. You get adrenaline from work, but adrenaline is not a cure.”
—Rachel Maddow on depression (via nprfreshair)
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Why Should I Worry?
Billy Joel
“Why Should I Worry?” by Billy Joel from the “Oliver & Company” OST
OMG. YESSSSS. THIS MOVIE. THIS SOUNDTRACK. DAMN.
THIS SONG! THIS SONG!
some green-lit pilots i want to see!
Friday Night Dinner
Logline: An adaptation of the British series that revolves around the Goodmans, a traditional Jewish family as they observe Shabbat dinners in which twentysomething brothers Adam and Jonny visit their parents.
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Allison Janney, Kevin Bigley, Gil Ozeri, Aya Cash, Gary Anthony Williams
“. . one member of the extended Bluths has not been invited back: Steve Holt! Now his fans are rallying behind him, trying to get the illegitimate son of George Oscar Bluth Jr. (and four-time student body president) a spot in the show’s fourth season.”
—Save Steve Holt! Arrested Development Fans Rally Behind Bit Player | NewsFeed | TIME.com
I’m not biased. Really, I’m not. Well, okay, I probably am, but just hang on for a minute.
Remember Doctor Who, that crazy, black-and-white science-fiction epic we watched without understanding it at all when we were kids?
Where anyone could be a companion? You could be a man or a woman or a girl or a boy; you could be human or alien or Timelord; you could be from the past or the present or the future; you could be an orphan or a soldier or a metal dog or a shape-shifting android, for all the Doctor cared. That was the whole point. You never knew. It could be anyone.
It could be you.
Nowadays, it could still be you. As long as you tick off at least three of the boxes in the “young, white, conventionally-pretty female from modern England” category.
Hey, Doctor. Remember these two?
Those guys were the most badass not-companions you’ve had since the reboot. That’s right, a middle-aged dude from the nineteenth century and his ass-kicking, awesome-being non-white friend. Awesome.
All I’m saying here is, let’s have some representation. Hell, let’s have some imagination. Where are my Asian companions? My alien companions? My companions with disabilities?
We are so ready to step outside the box, Doctor Who. Why don’t you join us?
After all, that’s what you’re all about.
On the one hand, as I’m watching classic Who on Netflix, yes, bring in the men and the aliens and the animals and the Asians!
But also, I mean … Martha wasn’t THAT long ago? And Donna was nearing middle age? And Rory’s a guy? Yes, he’s white, and Donna was white, and all three are attractive, yes, of course let’s shake up the companions, but also, you know - refine your argument?
I’m sorry that you’re so oppressed
Does your father beat you?
Are you going to be forced to have an arranged marriage?
