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Disabled GenX writer. Classic film & TV; music; languages; science; math; history; art; photography; law. Neurodivergent amputee. #TeamPete #TCMParty #FilmSky #DisabilityInFilm #MECFS #MCASπŸ¦‰β™ΎοΈπŸ¦“πŸŒΌ

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Artist Anna Boghiguian: If You Don't Belong, You Belong to Yourself
Artist Anna Boghiguian: If You Don't Belong, You Belong to Yourself YouTube video by Louisiana Channel

May the wisdom and spirit of artist Anna Boghiguian guide whoever needs it this year and always. πŸ™β€οΈ #HappyNewYear2026
youtu.be/XV6kCAP1KU8?...

01.01.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#TCMParty I’m not on here much because of illness + my vision varies from poor to absent these days, although occasionally I can see ok in my right eye. Gotta reserve β€œseeing time” for survival needs as much as possible. Wish I could post all my great finds like this ‡️ but I just can’t. Miss y’all!

27.12.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Top 10 Duet ever right here! Always lifts my spirits. Thank heavens I watched it enough times to see it in my head as it plays now that I’m losing my vision. ❀️

27.12.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sylvia Sidney Career Retrospective | Legacy Collection | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Sylvia Sidney Career Retrospective | Legacy Collection | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation YouTube video by SAG-AFTRA Foundation

SAGAFTRA Foundation posted a 35-minute 1997 interview with Sylvia Sidney on YouTube a couple of days ago, and it’s pure gold from beginning to end!She’s one of my all-time favorite classic film actresses, and I adore her as a person too. So blunt, charming, and vivacious!
youtu.be/-GVLrtywfo0?...

27.12.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

This is still ongoing. Reposting because I’m too fatigued to do an update but I don’t want my account to be inactive for so long!

12.08.2025 11:37 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
I am losing my sight and can’t see this very well, but they are standing together indoors. Ethel Waters and Fredi Washington’s faces are close together.

I am losing my sight and can’t see this very well, but they are standing together indoors. Ethel Waters and Fredi Washington’s faces are close together.

One of the features included in that historic 1939 TV broadcast was a scene from the Broadway play Mamba’s Daughters by DuBose Heyward. Georgette Harvey, Ethel Waters, & Fredi Washington reprised their roles. Here they are at the Empire Theatre in a publicity shot for the play a few months earlier.

15.06.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white photo of Ethel Waters looking fabulous in menswear in the 1920s. She wearing a suit, including a vest and tie. Her hat is ar a jaunty angle, and she has a flower in her lapel. She is looking into the camera and smiling.

Black and white photo of Ethel Waters looking fabulous in menswear in the 1920s. She wearing a suit, including a vest and tie. Her hat is ar a jaunty angle, and she has a flower in her lapel. She is looking into the camera and smiling.

Yesterday was the 86th anniversary of singer and actress #EthelWaters’ variety TV special, β€œThe Ethel Waters Show.” She was the first Black American to host a TV show! She was closeted by then, but she’d lived openly as a lesbian in Harlem before gaining wider fame. #PrideMonth πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

15.06.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yoy remembered! πŸ₯°

15.06.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of the book
WALLS and MIRRORS
Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity
by DAVID G. GUTIERREZ
Cover is red with letters in black and white

Cover of the book WALLS and MIRRORS Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity by DAVID G. GUTIERREZ Cover is red with letters in black and white

here is most of the text from the back cover, not including some of the recommendation quotes:

Covering more than a century of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed-and continues to shape-the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David GutiΓ©rrez explores the ways that the constant influx of Mexican immigrants influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity and thus shaped their politics and the trajectory of the Mexican American civil rights movement.
GutiΓ©rrez draws on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources to challenge some of the most cherished myths about U.S. immigration and labor policies, the adaptation and incorporation of immigrants into society, and the nature of the ethnic Mexican experience in the Southwest.

"An outstanding contribution to Chicano studies and American history in general. ... With balanced, nuanced writing and superior scholarship, the author has provided a first-rate interpretive framework for understanding the political and cultural dilemma faced by Mexican Americans in American society."
-George Sanchez, University of Michigan

DAVID G. GUTIERREZ is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20219-1
ISBN- 10: 0-520-20219-8
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

here is most of the text from the back cover, not including some of the recommendation quotes: Covering more than a century of American history, Walls and Mirrors examines the ways that continuous immigration from Mexico transformed-and continues to shape-the political, social, and cultural life of the American Southwest. Taking a fresh approach to one of the most divisive political issues of our time, David GutiΓ©rrez explores the ways that the constant influx of Mexican immigrants influenced Mexican Americans' sense of social and cultural identity and thus shaped their politics and the trajectory of the Mexican American civil rights movement. GutiΓ©rrez draws on an extensive body of primary and secondary sources to challenge some of the most cherished myths about U.S. immigration and labor policies, the adaptation and incorporation of immigrants into society, and the nature of the ethnic Mexican experience in the Southwest. "An outstanding contribution to Chicano studies and American history in general. ... With balanced, nuanced writing and superior scholarship, the author has provided a first-rate interpretive framework for understanding the political and cultural dilemma faced by Mexican Americans in American society." -George Sanchez, University of Michigan DAVID G. GUTIERREZ is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. ISBN-13: 978-0-520-20219-1 ISBN- 10: 0-520-20219-8 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

πŸ‡²πŸ‡½πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Walls & Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, & the Politics of Ethnicity
by David G. GutiΓ©rrez, 1995
Read this when it came out. One of the best history books I’ve ever read. I’d learned maybe 1% in high school, including in Texas history classes. I’m excited that I found it on Kindle!

15.06.2025 14:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Audible sale going on right now is incredible. I’m getting books for like $2 or $3 that I’ve been wanting for ages! #Audiobooks

06.06.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white beach shot of Gary Cooper sitting in a suit chatting with David Niven, squatting in shorts and shirt.

Black and white beach shot of Gary Cooper sitting in a suit chatting with David Niven, squatting in shorts and shirt.

David Niven is priceless in #BluebeardsEighthWife! It’s one of my favorite roles for him. So funny! Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, and Edward Everett Horton are all perfect as well, but David Niven steals the scenes he’s in, or at least most of them! #Lubitsch

06.06.2025 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the recap 🀣

05.06.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s excellent news!! Hopefully the schedule is the accurate one, not the list. Thanks so much for letting me know!

05.06.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Outermost House : Henry Beston : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Outermost House, a Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.Naturalist Henry Beston's classic, one of the best, and best-known, books about the...

The full title of Beston’s book is β€œThe Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod.” I just learned about it by searching for the above quote after seeing it in @maudkeen.bsky.social’s bio. Such beautiful words! Available to read free:
archive.org/details/best...
#NatureBooks

05.06.2025 05:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI lived in the midst of an abundance of natural life which manifested itself every hour of the day, and from being thus surrounded, thus enclosed within a great whirl of what one may call the life force, I felt that I drew a secret and sustaining energy.”
β€” Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928

05.06.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m partial to the messy hair πŸ˜‚

05.06.2025 05:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s so TIMELESS!!

04.06.2025 23:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Rosalind Russell’s Birthday!! I will have to do her justice belatedly. I hope she will forgive me! πŸ‘‘β€οΈ

04.06.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*Not intended as criticism of the #StarOfTheMonth programmers in any way! It’s a great lineup this month! #GaryCooper πŸ’• #TCMParty

04.06.2025 23:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Young Gary Cooper looking at disheveled in a tuxedo

Young Gary Cooper looking at disheveled in a tuxedo

Happy @tcmtv.bsky.social #GaryCooper Month!! Some of my faves aren’t showing, but it’ll be spectacular anyway!
My Top 5 Missing, so folks can seek if interested:
City Streets (1931)
Casanova Brown (1944)
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938)
Peter Ibbetson (1935)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
#TCMParty #SOTM

04.06.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, and Richard Carlson in The Helen Morgan Story

Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, and Richard Carlson in The Helen Morgan Story

I was unable to watch, but here’s one of my old screenshots for comparison to whatever aspect ratio they aired. You’ll probably need to expand to see the full width. Not sure how it will display on here. #TheHelenMorganStory #TCMParty #RichardCarlson

27.05.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! πŸ’•

18.05.2025 19:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d appreciate folks reposting.

15.05.2025 23:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Also would appreciate recommendations on the best Braille label maker, especially one that will work for pill bottles. Thanks!

15.05.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you!

15.05.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get those too. awful! Hang in there!

15.05.2025 15:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yessss! This is what I need to hear! β€οΈπŸ™Œ πŸ’ƒπŸ» πŸͺ© πŸŽ‰

15.05.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Blind and low-vision folks β€” have any of you used a Hable One Braille Keyboard for iPhone? How was it? I can barely see anymore, don’t know yet if it’s permanent or maybe even getting worse, and my iPhone accessibility features are not enough for me. Any advice appreciated. Thanks!

15.05.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ₯Ίβ€οΈ

06.05.2025 09:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so sorry! Maybe we can trade coping tips later. πŸ«‚

06.05.2025 09:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0