Finished Reservation Dogs last night. Season 2 makes the already great Season 1 even better: plot threads and character beats are developed to deep effect, and I’m grateful now for the slower episodes, and what they set up. The big pay off is in the very final moments of the last episode, but my favourite […]
Whenever I rewatched The Godfather Part III over the years, which I’ve done fairly often, I was always sorry that its strengths have been largely overshadowed by its flaws. The initial mixed response swiftly settled into a consensus that it was an abomination, those who had initially praised it falling into that line. I felt […]
It’s echo chamber, in that I only like it because it expresses my opinion with a skill I don’t possess, but Michael Goldfarb‘s Guardian piece hits the nail on the head for me. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/08/trump-was-no-accident-the-america-that-made-him-is-still-with-us
This video from Feminist Frequency isn’t their easiest to find, but it’s the most valuable starting point for me, so for ease of access, I’m posting it here. Here are the books referenced in the 2nd piece of advice: educate yourself. Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks Publisher’s page Kindle Audible The Will to […]
The fact Wendy and Lisa weren’t huge, after they left Prince’s Revolution, makes me sad. It’s unjust. Look at them on Top of the Pops. I just think they look great. Such style. Genuinely loving looks. Wonderful. The release of the Deluxe box set of Prince’s Sign ☮️ the Times has given us, finally, many […]
I attended Glasgow’s #BlackLivesMatter protest yesterday with the family. Adding to its numbers was literally the least I could do: as a white man, I do practically nothing to counter the engrained bigotry that comes with 43 years of privilege. This morning I read a blistering account by Elyse Cizek of her own internalised racism […]
I’m a satisfied customer of The Guardian, but I’ve long grown a bit tired of its opinion pieces. They could all be called You Know Me: I Don’t Like This Sort of Thing. Their real value to me now is as better informed and expressed versions of my own opinion. For example, Owen Jones was […]
Do I want ad content to be more appropriate to me? Christ, no. My whole existence depends on adds not being targeted. There are millions of products out there that I simply must have. I only avoid financial ruin because I don’t know they exist. All it would take is for some clever algorithm to […]
Despite Life is Strange 2 ultimately leaving a sour taste in the mouth, I’m indebted to Feminist Frequency Radio for introducing me to the series. I thought I’d collect links to their episodes on the subject here. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ffr-63-life-is-strange-2-episode-2/id1307153574?i=1000429304606 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/83-life-is-strange-2-episode-3-wastelands-tevis-thompson/id1307153574?i=1000442821385 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ffr-94-life-is-strange-2-episode-4-faith/id1307153574?i=1000449374892 Edit 2020-04-27_1126: changed the first sentence to reflect my ultimate disappointment with Life is Strange […]
It’s about time to pick up my daughter from nursery, but I’m not going to. In my defence, she’s on an outing, so she’s not there to pick up, but try telling my gut that. I have that dreadful sinking feeling that I’m neglecting something really important. My every fibre knows it’s time to pick […]