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chicago-based writer/critic; CFCA (bylines: bwdr, nerdist, vulture, thrillist, etc.)

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04.03.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ›Έ disclosure day dispatch πŸ›Έ join me as i speculate about aliens, extra dimensions, and spielberg's new UFO movie

went a little nutty re: disclosure day on substack because i don't think we're talking enough about disclosure day!!!! read my theories!!!!

04.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Season by Christina Bothwell (American, b.1960 ) Medium: cast glass and ceramic.

02.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 766 πŸ” 198 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4
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🚨 Calling all aspiring film critics in the Chicagoland area! 🚨

Applications for the Chicago Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program are now open!

Details and how to apply here: chicagofilmcritics.org/grant

Deadline to apply is March 27th, 2026!

02.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

COMPANY (1970, Sondheim/Furth/Prince)

01.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on,  and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

28.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 7046 πŸ” 1034 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 15
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Some examples of settings, groups, and eras where purity spirals have occurred:[1][2]

Khmer Rouge
Cultural Revolution, Red Guards and mass denunciations
French Revolution
Instagram knitting circles[4]
Moscow trials[6]

Notable examples Some examples of settings, groups, and eras where purity spirals have occurred:[1][2] Khmer Rouge Cultural Revolution, Red Guards and mass denunciations French Revolution Instagram knitting circles[4] Moscow trials[6]

28.02.2026 22:22 πŸ‘ 2062 πŸ” 453 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 41

Be a little nicer to regular people. Gotcha-ism isn’t activism. The world is crumbling and no one is doing shit. We all keep hoping, but I just know someone out there must still really want to impress Jodie Foster. My heart tells me it is so.

28.02.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the scooby doo comp you made in your letterboxd review was one of my first warnings that i simply wasn’t missing anything!!

27.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

scream is my favorite horror franchise and i will never see scream 7, i don’t feel sad about it, i won’t be reading about it, and it’s really as simple as that

27.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

26.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 9581 πŸ” 3151 πŸ’¬ 524 πŸ“Œ 116

(looking out the window at fascists goose-stepping down my block) hmm not sure which subscription to cancel over this one

26.02.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 696 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

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25.02.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

when we're right we're right!!!

25.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

you are correct, thank you! will edit. the one woe of substack is being my own editor and proofreader lol

25.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

alert the booktok presses!

25.02.2026 15:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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when did wuthering heights become so sacred? emerald fennell's film joins a legacy of irreverent adaptations geared at young people

i wrote about wuthering heights, the classic-lit-turned-teen-movie pipeline, and why it's cool to judge a film for what it *actually* is and what it's *actually* trying to be... and not what it's not!

25.02.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Gold tones / Green leaves Zito Madu on joy and Alysa Liu; a literary trip to African forests with Kọ́lΓ‘ TΓΊbọ̀sΓΊn

I wrote about Alysa Liu and how refreshing it is to see an athlete who enjoys what they do as an art and self-expression in the landscape of sports where being a great athlete is always presented as a miserable and joyless exercise flaminghydra.com/issue-509/?a...

25.02.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 543 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

i think about that green coat almost every day of my life. and the matching scarf??? get outta here. rocks so hard.

23.02.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AND the coolest-dressed women you’ve ever seen

23.02.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
mirror selfie of me in my bedroom

mirror selfie of me in my bedroom

cleaned my mirrors

22.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

14.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 9994 πŸ” 3275 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 181
illustration of woman with web overlaid

illustration of woman with web overlaid

20.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When she left Gavin for a guy named Blake Shelton it was never more over

20.02.2026 20:35 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

that i certainly agree with!

20.02.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i think (and marketing is probably to blame) that people expected something more transgressive and instead got a sort of fantasy light erotica version of the story aimed at teens. again, not sure if it’s wholly successful at being that, but the amount of Cool Guys mad it’s tame is corny imo lol

20.02.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i think they are simply operating in different modes and styles and have different intentions. p&p is more realistic, WH is whacky otherworldly stylized adaptation

20.02.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that’s def valid but that’s not what i’m talking about! lots of letterboxd reviews basically just saying β€œthis is baby kink” and it’s like - well yes, i believe that is the point! i don’t think it’s successful overall i just think the self-assigned horny brigade (mostly dudes) are being weird

20.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i did not personally get that vibe with WH but definitely did in saltburn. this feels more like light erotica aimed at younger women

20.02.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this was under my review of godzilla vs kong

20.02.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0