Dec 12, 2021Member-onlyTimes I Am Not As Important As I Think I AmWhen my physical therapist laughs just as hard at another patient’s joke as they have at mine two tables down from me. When I think a character is no longer in a TV show because they aren’t in the episode I’m watching. When I expect a store to be open…Satire1 min readSatire1 min read
Jul 4, 2021Member-onlyWhat I Learned From People Watching During The PandemicI always had a plan. I had a plan for when my plan didn’t go as planned. When I knew I needed a break, I planned to not have a plan for a certain amount of time or until I got bored. This is the control I had in my…Photostory4 min readPhotostory4 min read
Published inEquality Includes You·Jun 1, 2020Member-onlyThe America You Know: An Essay On RacismIt is time for white people to unlearn and relearn everything they know about America. — We all know many who deny the details of how Black people have been oppressed and murdered for centuries because they think the facts sound too outrageous and monstrous to be true. That speaks to the racism and the privilege that exists in America. It has been time for each…BlackLivesMatter4 min readBlackLivesMatter4 min read
Apr 27, 2020Member-onlyThese Virtual Cinemas Offer Screenings to Support Local Theaters During COVID-19 ClosingsHelp contribute to closed theaters near you and across the country through new rental streaming platforms. — Distributors and movie theaters have launched virtual cinemas to support local theaters, their employees and filmmakers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ticket buyers can find new releases or classics to rent for a flat fee by searching for a local theater through a distributor platform, or from a local theater’s website.Film4 min readFilm4 min read
Apr 17, 2020Member-onlyThe Release of “The Hunt” Brings Last Year’s Criticism of It Into a New PerspectiveFox News and President Donald Trump framed “The Hunt” as controversial before anyone had seen it, unknowingly reflecting the premise of the film. (Some spoilers). — I was scrolling through political pandemic opinions on my Twitter timeline when I saw a friend’s post about a scandal linked to an article with no details that backed up their propaganda-like statement. When I messaged them to ask if they had found any…Film6 min readFilm6 min read
Apr 10, 2020Member-only“Portrait of a Lady on Fire” Breaks Your Heart in the Most Beautiful WayCéline Sciamma unmasks the reality of how women live and experience art in a light that has never been seen before. Ever. — I could not let another week pass without writing about “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” I was lucky enough to see the French 18th Century period piece writer and director Céline Sciamma won Best Screenplay for at Cannes last year in a theater followed by a Q&A with Sciamma…Film5 min readFilm5 min read
Apr 2, 2020Member-only“Swallow” Is a Graphic Discovery of Control and Female EmpowermentEmphasis on the graphic part. — In the nauseating psychodrama “Swallow,” Hunter (Haley Bennett) is a pregnant housewife who develops a craving for inedible, life-threatening objects as the isolating and controlling environment created by her husband Richie (Austin Stowell) and his parents eat at her. I had two questions as I started watching: How will I…Movies2 min readMovies2 min read
Mar 14, 2020Member-onlyWhat People Would Sound Like if They Pressured You to Eat Food Like They Do to Drink Alcohol“I don’t care if you don’t like the taste of strawberry. Eat the cake.” I cut back on drinking in 2019 and the less vodka cranberries I ordered, the more I realized how much people around me cared. I still like to drink a glass of Pinot Grigio at home…Satire3 min readSatire3 min read
