"In order to render the strange logic of dreams, Freud quoted the old joke about the borrowed kettle: (1) I never borrowed a kettle from you, (2) I returned it to you unbroken, (3) the kettle was already broken when I got it from you."

Quite literally the only reason to tell people this is to convince them to commit crimes

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

The following women haven’t directed a feature film since either 2020 or 2019:

Dee Rees
Regina King
Eliza Hittman
Autumn de Wilde
Regina King
Alice Wu
Reed Morano
Melina Matsoukas
Roseanne Liang
Sarah Gavron
Lorene Scafria
Lulu Wang
Sophia Takal
Shannon Murphy
Radha Blank
Amy Seimetz
Miranda July

My answer to the q what's the scariest film you've seen is always JESUS CAMP (Rachel Grady & Heidi Ewing, 2006), a doc about homeschooled evangelicals. This girl of 8 has had her mouth taped shut for an anti-abortion protest. The preacher says "Isn't that the most beautiful thing you've seen"?

Pleased to have an article in the new issue of @socres.org — “Hollywood’s GASLIGHT and the Gendered Dynamics of Gaslighting.”

Fascinating to re-visit the film in today’s climate.
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Cream coloured text on a rust red background. A crack cuts through the image halfway down. Text reads: END TIMES FASCISM AND THE FIGHT FOR THE LIVING WORLD NAOMI KLEIN & ASTRA TAYLOR Farrar, Straus and Giroux | U.S.A. Allen Lane | U.K. Knopf Canada

I've been a bit quieter than usual these past months because @astra.bsky.social and I have been going deep into what we are calling End Times Fascism. The research has been bleak, I won't lie, but it's also been inspiring.

Nancy Fraser | After Habermas Jürgen Habermas may be variously described as the moral conscience of postwar Germany, the last great systematic...

Incredible, sharp, critical reflection on Habermas’ legacy from Nancy Fraser. This is the postmortem I’ve been hoping would come and also sums up so much of my relationship to his work

A brilliant talk by @shelleystamp.bsky.social on the importance & influence of “Women in Film Noir” (ed. E. Ann Kaplan, 1978, BFI)! #SCMS2026

Cover of The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics by Léopold Sédar Senghor. The cover is a textured beige with the title in a teal serif font. Partially overlapping the very bottom of the title is a sepia colored photograph of Senghor. The subtitle is written in black to the right of Senghor and the author’s name appears directly below in italics. “Edited and translated by Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, Cheikh Thiam” appears in white on Senghor's shoulder.

Save 30% on "The Essential Senghor," edited by Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall & Cheikh Thiam, which provides a new opportunity for English readers to engage with Leopold Sédar Senghor’s critical and philosophical writings.
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There's lots of great moments in 1,000 Women in Horror (especially coming from @horrornonna.com and @kierlajanisse.bsky.social) but Kate Siegel describing her own C-section, which is then illustrated with clips from horror films has got to be the top for me.

The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon Delta Airlines suspends its special congressional service, while a Senate bill could end the line-skipping perk for members of Congress.

BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com.

Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers.

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We All Have Our Weird Little Passions: A Conversation with Pamela Hutchinson Silent Sundays: Interviews

The only thing you need to read this Sunday!! @pamhutch.bsky.social and @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social in conversation -- talking Queen Kelly👑, C.A. Lejeune, feminist film history, silent festivals, Musidora, Iris Barry, and "the magic of film"! 🎞️❤️

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I’ve got a long one for you today! I had so much fun talking with author, critic and film historian @pamhutch.bsky.social about QUEEN KELLY, Louise Brooks, C. A. Lejeune, HÄXAN, and so much more!

Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/silent-fil...

The Weirdness of the Archive, the Possibilities of the Present | Los Angeles Review of Books On the global resurgence of feminist film curating collectives.

This piece on Feminist Film Curating Collectives has been in the works for a while!! 🎞️🏳️‍🌈 It was *such a joy* to speak to the organizers/curators of these crucial collectives!

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Long live the queer feminist film archive!!! ❤️🎞️📽️‼️

New Report: Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining A new report co-released by the AAUP and the National Center provides the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how academic freedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements acros...

Check out this new report published today providing the first in-depth, industry-wide examination of how #academicfreedom has been written into collective bargaining agreements across American higher ed.
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This report is useful for anyone hoping to collectively bargain meaningful AF protections.

Walmart is rolling out digital price tags at all of its stores.

At the same time, the corporate giant just secured a patent for "dynamically and automatically updating item prices.”

Plus another patent for using machine learning to predict demand and recommend prices.

Incredibly honored to be receiving the David Shepard Career Achievement Award at the Denver Silent Film Festival next month. (And guess which film I’ll be introducing! 😉)

“I have zero introspection…400 years ago it would never have occurred to anyone to be introspective”. Andreessen’s combo of neurodivergence, vast wealth, airport book executive summary knowledge and intense white guy sense of personal centrality should be studied by future historians

Thank you Andy Jurgensen for dedicating your Oscar to your late aunt Barbara Hall, archivist extraordinaire, beloved by film historians like me. So sad she isn’t here to see you win. 🥹

Important thread about Trump's war from Chris Murphy.

Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians | CBC Radio Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canadians as well as Canada's wildlife and environment.

Mark Carney, February 2026: "Let's build a more cooperative, resilient world together. Canada is ready."

Mark Carney, also February 2026: "Let's cut 15% of the department responsible for Canada’s environmental policies, including advisors to cooperation programs around the Arctic."

The Crawlers from Mickey 17

The super pigs from Okja

Some thoughts on Okja (Bong Joon Ho, 2017), which we watched as the final film in Representing Animals today. It's an obvious predecessor to Mickey 17 (Bong Joon Ho, 2025), both of which use animal alterity and oppression as a lens to critique capitalism. Both also have a similar cartoonish tone.

💙 Join me this upcoming Monday for my lecture on The Trans Feminine Grotesque 💙

Happy to make my LA Review of Books debut writing about how the spectre of photographer Francesca Woodman haunts Mascha Schilinski’s stunning film SOUND OF FALLING.

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Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Collapse After Allegedly Censoring Indigenous Filmmaker’s Pro-Palestine Speech The mass exodus at the Toronto Film Critics Association is gathering pace after indigenous actress and filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award trophy following the alleged censorship of her video acceptance speech, which included remarks in support of Palestine.

The mass exodus at the Toronto Film Critics Association is gathering pace after indigenous actress and filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returned her award trophy following the alleged censorship of her video acceptance speech, which included remarks in support of Palestine.

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The 100 Greatest Cinemas In The World Right Now Classic kinos, cult film temples and fabulous picture palaces from across the planet

my new life goal is to visit every one of these beautiful cinemas. 📽️ www.timeout.com/film/the-100...

Doctorow has coined some widely-used concepts, but his arguments have always felt elusively shallow and anemic to me, and this really snaps the reason into focus: It's because they're always and entirely focused on the consumer.