Rated: 3/5 "Sometimes I feel like you're the child and I'm the grown up." "You know, sometimes being a mother really stinks. I don't always know what I'm doing. It's not like you and your sister came with a book of instructions. You know, if I can help you, tell me. I'll give it my … Continue reading Mermaids (1990) review
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Dune Club notes part 6
Continuing from part 5 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 327-370 Notes Before the Twitch Stream Not much I'm going to write about for this session, so I'm just going to focus on a few philosophical lines and what they mean to me. Page 334: My … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 6
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) review
Rated: 3/5 "Everybody knows us, because everybody uses us." No, that line isn't from a film about hookers. It's more innocent than that. The line is from a film about elementary to middle-school to junior high-school aged girls who run the Baby-Sitters Club. A club that takes phone calls from anyone in town who needs … Continue reading The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) review
On Charlottesville, and Frustrations with Closed-Mindedness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RHBiRnWwRs So I didn't plan on making any sort of blog post like this. I saw some of what happened in Charlottesville, viewing some news bits here and there, sighing at the inevitability of all this, that violence was bound to strike with all these insane protests and demonstrations that have been going on, that … Continue reading On Charlottesville, and Frustrations with Closed-Mindedness
Let’s Play the Google Bias Game! (1)
Alright, who's up for a game where you find out how biased the search engines are? It's easy, as you'll see. For this entry, you just need to do 2 different searches. Image searches. Type in "white couple", and see how many images pop up of a white couple. Then type in "black couple", and … Continue reading Let’s Play the Google Bias Game! (1)
Dune Club notes part 5
Continuing from part 4 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 263-324 Notes before the Twitch Stream Page 263: There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. How true this is. Not necessarily for the psychic muscles (we haven't come … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 5
Detroit review and discussion of Hollywood’s portrayal of racism over the years
Rated: 3/5* * = with caveats, especially with dialogue that self-references the year. "Helloooo? This is 1967! I can do whatever I want!" Introduction ... ... ... Ok, so this movie. I had reservations going in. But there are times where I get sick and tired of being on edge, of having such a high … Continue reading Detroit review and discussion of Hollywood’s portrayal of racism over the years
Dune Club notes part 4
Continuing from part 3 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 166-262 Notes before the Twitch Stream Whew, lot of pages to cover for this section, so I'll be a bit more selective. Anyway, it's at this point in the readings where I started to notice the sort … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 4
Atomic Blonde and The Blood of Heroes dual review, and a discussion on female empowerment
Rated: 2/5 Cocksucker? Really? It was convincing wasn't it? So I must confess, Atomic Blonde is a film that I initially didn't have any interest in. That is, until I saw this little parody via Steven Crowder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD3TSrfwJgE Now for the record, prior to watching the film, I assumed he was just exaggerating with … Continue reading Atomic Blonde and The Blood of Heroes dual review, and a discussion on female empowerment
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