Last week I told you what I thought of the live action Oscar nominated shorts for the upcoming Oscars, which means this week we get to talk about the much more light-hearted animated shorts. I don't know what it is about animation that makes people opt for happier stories, but pretty much every year the… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2014: Animated
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Barbie, Sports Illustrated, & Incoherent Rage
I now interrupt your regularly scheduled posts to bring you some feminist rage. Regular post will still go up on Monday. Being a person who believes that women are complex and intelligent human beings deserving of respect (read: a feminist) sometimes means having your entire day ruined by a headline. Today is one of those… Continue reading Barbie, Sports Illustrated, & Incoherent Rage
Oscar Shorts 2014: Live Action
For those of you new within the past year to this blog, one of my personal traditions is to watch & review the Oscar-nominated short films each year (2012, 2013). There's a local theater in Seattle (the Harvard Exit, now--it use to be at the Varsity) that plays both the animated and live-action shorts before… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2014: Live Action
Drunk Movie Monday – Crybaby
Like many girls my age, I went through a period immediately after the release of Pirates of the Caribbean in which I was absolutely obsessed with Johnny Depp. My mother had a similar interest, and so we set out on a quest to watch every movie he had ever filmed, including the deeply questionable ones (there… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Crybaby
Review: The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
As you may recall, I have made a resolution to read more books by ladies and people of color this year. While I was waiting for my shipment of lady books to come in from Powell's, I dug through my to-read shelf to see if there were any acceptable options hiding in among all the… Continue reading Review: The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
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