This was going to be a thread about the influence and legacy of Soviet women filmmakers on Arabic cinema and criticism but I quickly wondered if it shouldn't instead be something longer, some proper writing. It could cover 4-5 women, with a few films each. Any interest?

A witch in the woods could fix me.

I learned today that I was meant to receive a job offer I desperately need TWO WEEKS AGO, but didn't because my god damn four letter name was too complex (ethnic) to enter correctly. I am trying to not be angry or offended, it is just tedious.

My most dumb joke is also my most secret because it requires revealing my Hebrew name. 🤫 I wish I could share it, you would all hate it. Alas …

Tiny golden paper crane (folded by me) keeping company with an Edward Hopper shadow (on the cover of Fred Jameson's Raymond Chandler book)

[covering my eyes] يلعن الساعة اللي اشتريتك فيها يلعن اللي صنعك يلعن اليوم اللي شفتك فيه ببيتي [Curse the hour I bought you. Curse the one who manufactured you. Curse the day I brought you into my home.] (Melodramatic? Who, me?)

[covering my eyes] يلعن الساعة اللي اشتريتك فيها يلعن اللي صنعك يلعن اليوم اللي شفتك فيه ببيتي [Curse the hour I bought you. Curse the one who manufactured you. Curse the day I brought you into my home.] (Melodramatic? Who, me?)

Truly amazing timing for my computer to simply lose interest in powering on. I am literally in the middle of attempting to accept a job and I need this stupid box of Chinese plastic and sand to cooperate for no more than five minutes. Pictured: Artist’s rendering of my saggy box of hot mayonnaise.

Tensions are rising between the grocery store with the Ecuador flag that is a restaurant and the hardware store with the Colombia flag that is a restaurant across the street. Some manner of cook and/or dance off could break out at any moment.

@ your favourite media/reporter to cover this story It's not OK that female journalists can be disappeared for YEARS for doing their jobs

additional timeline cleanse deployed

Despite only four films made between 1987-1992, Nadezhda Kozhushanaya's work weaving intergenerational tensions, psychological trauma, and anti-war messaging earned her an enduring legacy and a place among Soviet women filmmakers whose work continues to be lauded within Arabic cinematic discourse.

It is normal to feel distressed in distressing times, and to be unsure which of the twelve calamitous horrors demanding your attention are chiefly responsible for any individual moment of stress.

ask not for whom the onion rings

I can't rewatch Star Trek because there is simply too much of it, but I have a high tolerance and appetite for emotionally devastating fan edits made by autistic girls on tumblr. www.tumblr.com/wizard-dax

It remains fascinating that youtube can consider my search query of a mere two words and decide "clearly only one of these is important". I ASSURE YOU I NEED BOTH YOU ROSEATE BABOON!

Defending the British: MENA people have been on the Isles since before the state of England or the English language existed. Attacking the British: You couldn't steal a LITTLE more of our food? Or a LITTLE earlier?

My thoughts on Russia and Iran are perhaps best expressed by saying that I was the first person in my immediate family to make it to 20 without experiencing an attempted assassination of a head of state, a terrorist attack, or military occupation. By 30 I was at 2, 1, and 1. I am tired and broken.

Rachid Taha was a French/Algerian musician and activist. In 2005 he released this fun Arabic version of Rock the Casbah. I saw him play once and wish I could again. An absolute fountain of joy and zeal for life gone too soon, but his legacy and influence live on.

watching the news and muttering "I can't wait to not watch the Mark Wahlberg film about this" as a deflating sigh, my breath and will to live leaving my body in tandem

HANIM (1989) is a tale of the widow Olcay and her beloved cat Hanim. One of the most achingly beautiful films I have ever seen, starring the grand Yıldız Kenter as a proud woman determined to face ageing and the decline of her country with a quiet dignity.

When the follow up to your 12 year old hit isn't progressing well, there is always money in CMCaaS (community made content as a service). Why stop at making people question their fandom when you can monetise until they actively regret it?

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At the César Awards, 64YO Canadian treasure Jim Carrey was honoured for his four decades of achievements with an elaborate song and dance tribute and an honorary statue. He humbly accepted with a speech in French(!) which he reportedly had practised for months. English social media: "ew face weird"

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I am watching my first episode of the American police show The Rookie, coming in late in the day at s08e09 ... because they are doing some sort of crossover with my internet comedy improv show? @dropout.tv

Desgleichen ist die deutsche Zunge ein Medium, um nach Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit aufzuschreien.

I don't understand why everyone gets so upset at weddings when I offer to follow the vows with a "response from the opposition" speech.

Today's friendly #ttrpg question: What's a fictional setting you know so well you could run a game in it tomorrow? Can be an RPG module, a series of books, a TV show, movies, anything at all. Been thinking about it lately and curious what answers come up often.

The second I saw this I knew it was april, 1805:

Do not mistake my tears for those of pride or zealotry. I feel only dread and despair as France commits to expansion of nuclear arsenal. Loué soit l'atome, ployons sous la foudre et le feu du soleil d'acier.

Ballad Hunters, @moltensulfur.bsky.social's brilliant GUMSHOE game of folk songs gone supernaturally wrong on the gritty side of the Regency era, Kickstarts soon. Sign up for launch notification! bit.ly/47jkjRn

Why is so much of your media committed to portraying most of the world as little more than fields from which to harvest self-righteous sorrows? Are you incapable of cultivating any interest beyond what is required to ensure you are pro- and anti- the things that flatter and confirm your self-image?

If your only engagement with Lebanon is through foreign media, you might be forgiven for thinking the only thing that happens there is Israel bombing Hezbollah.

One of the iconic posters of the Guerrilla Girls, US artists devoted to fighting sexism in the art world since 1985 #Womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

L'Armée des ombres is a 1969 film set in occupied France. It comes not to glorify war or resistance, but to dramatise the grim logistics of desperation and survival.

Now it really is the 20s again.

But I defer to Iranian women: "گفتم سر قبرتون میرقصیم نگفتم؟" "Didn't I tell you we would dance on your grave?"

Additional pettiness: Jet Li has four daughters and has described watching them all graduate from university as a highlight of his life.

HBO chief Casey Bloys says you can't just replicate the success of "Heated Rivalry" by combining whatever sport with gay people, and maybe he is right but it will be a lot of fun to try. Lesbian fencers is my dream but if they want to chase the zeitgeist maybe something with figure skaters?

Smattering of good news: my e-reader was unresponsive for a few days but I was able to restore it to full functionality. The cat card I carried in my notebook was damaged but I found a lovely mushroom card to replace it.

I'm happy to hear this, but I will be engaging in hand-to-hand combat with these people in the aisles of my local thrift store.

It is a severe cultural taboo to celebrate anyone’s death, ANYONE, I remind myself as I bite my tongue with a righteous fury.

"Post-revolutionary France tried to stamp it out, but working class communities kept speaking it. Now Occitan powers a vivacious and political European music scene"

If you had nothing to say about Iran while its government slaughtered tens of thousands of its citizens, nothing to say while the raped and disfigured bodies of female protesters littered the streets, why the fuck are you on here now cosplaying as a political commentator.

"Post-revolutionary France tried to stamp it out, but working class communities kept speaking it. Now Occitan powers a vivacious and political European music scene"

I am upset and worried about what comes next for Lebanon as conflict in Iran draws all eyes away from fresh Israeli strikes and continued Hezbollah defiance and belligerence. I will cope with this by posting articles about Lebanon. Que le Liban retrouve sa splendeur d'antan. لبنان رح يرجع

And yet, Americans grocers have stopped stocking soy milk in order to make space for other plant alternatives that are more environmentally damaging AND not as nutritious. ICYMI, I hate ubiquitous almond milk badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/2019/01/put-...