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Allison
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is that Tongue I see?
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🏳️⚧️ Seattle
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Allison
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is that Tongue I see?
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Allison
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Gosh, now wondering if we could have had a truce months ago without the American government propping up this murderous campaign through arms shipments
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Allison
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Why did he waste his time even broadcasting this
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Allison
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cardcaptors of the clow expect the unexpected now!
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Allison
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Oh here it is. If this were a Wendys ad she'd be tweeting at me I'm not cheugy
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Allison
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there's a commercial for a dish soap cleaner going on now and I s2g have actually appreciated it for exactly that reason. Just a lady on a white background telling you that using this cleaning product makes your life better (your kids will talk to you again)
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Allison
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Sky Ferreira where is LP2 we need your guidance more than ever
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Allison
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You're Not The One continues to be an absolutely absurd song. Not only is it itself one of my all time favs, the production team's discography was insanely stacked *BEFORE* Daniel Nigro produced both Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo's latest albums
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Allison
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whoops... being told they need to raise 1.8 million dollars, not 18 dollars. its cool this can still work (??)
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Allison
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Singlehandedly saving Scarecrow Video through a week long rental of Suspira, Before Sunrise, and Wings of Desire. You're welcome 🤗
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Allison
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not worried about Stonehenge. We could make a much better one if we wanted to today
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Allison
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And yeah, it breaks the metaphor when gender nonconformity/HRT is such a gentle ramp by contrast. The movie almost seems like its setting up a cautionary tale of Maddy mishandling an egg crack, but doesn't want to let the focus leave Owen
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Allison
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the planetarium monologue is interesting - I got the sense she had Owen for the first 90% of it but kept pushing just a bit too far for his comfort. The burial totally works in that context as her own personal crucible, but once outside I sympathize with Owen being uncomfortable
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June
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Okay I'll also hop on here when I've written something obviously. I wrote about "I Saw the TV Glow" and relatability, and how that relates to how the film grounds itself (or fails to) in its various ambiguities www.patreon.com/posts/if-the...
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Allison
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Developing a full Voight-Kampff test battery of scenarios, to periodically release on social media to flush out these dweebs
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Allison
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Allison
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University of Washington president Ana Mari Cauce is retiring, and uhhhhhh I did not know this fact. This line in the Seattle Times story slightly modifies them referring to her as a child "refugee".
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Allison
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They thought they were just messing with Lauren (16 bit). FAFO
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Allison
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Oh that's...good! Are you in a funky contractor position or such?
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Allison
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Exactly, in a slightly different world I could have continued being drip fed sports, but it's surprising how willing these orgs have been, with all these little frictions to nudge me out the door. It's like Elon making X impossible to use if you're not logged in. Don't mind if I do!
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Allison
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Bruenig's recurring interest as a writer is this "if you really meant it" thought experiment stuff, which is superficially critical of religious politics, but fundamentally always pretends we're starting with a clean slate.
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Allison
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The clarifying power of the statement "the purpose of the system is what it does" is that it moves discussion beyond endless handwringing about intentions. The Christian right's goal as a political project is to subjugate women. Given that, the only useful question is "so then what?".
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Allison
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Oh no! 😞
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Allison
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I think it's worse than that - considering the amount of space dedicated to it in the piece, I think the op ed author genuinely thinks Spurlock's PR statement itself was a revelatory piece of accountability
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Brooke Binkowski
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Crows outside my home six months ago: please, good queen, an it pleaseth thou, a small handful of treats is sufficient Crows outside my home today: where the fuck are my fucking PEANUTS
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Allison
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Anyways, I still love the movie (+ soundtrack and score) and saw it twice. But that part, I haven't figured out if my assumptions are wrong or what. (bonus ❤️ for Brigette Lundy-Paine and her planetarium monologue)
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Allison
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1, 2, and 3 are all directly expository, which means the hallway VHS scene w Caroline Polachek and 4 are shockingly load bearing for the later (fantastic!) scene at Double Lunch when Maddy starts pulling the curtain back about The Pink Opaque
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Allison
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Owen and Maddy have four scenes, total before she disappears. 1) Election Night, 2) the first sleepover, 3) the high school bleachers, 4) the second sleepover.
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Allison
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Instead, the movie seems so absolutely committed to portraying a lead character with dissociated dysphoria, that Owen is more or less a flat line from beginning to end. So at the end, TV Glow felt like it leaned more on my own trans experience to cover Owens part of the Isabel/Tara/Maddy dynamic.
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Allison
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To me this matters because if we see Owen becoming more of himself through sublimated fandom, I buy that he ever COULD make the third act choice Maddy presents. Owen understands the beauty and power of the road in front of him, but rejects it for a familiar, but degrading mediocrity.
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Allison
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It's confusing as well and makes me think I'm misinterpreting the movie because TV Glow seemingly goes out of its way to deny Owen and Maddy building a relationship around their common fandom. The lead chars are grades apart, and we're told never talk except for the VHS dead drops.
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Allison
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But Justice Smith after two Ambien, doing a voice over while Owen stares impassively at the screen, as a means to pass this info on feels underwritten.
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Allison
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There's a ton I love about I Saw The TV Glow, but there's one major thing sticking at me about Owen's character. It feels a bit silly to say cold, but I'm not sure the movie really figured out how to convey he's a fan of The Pink Opaque. The script certainly has him SAY it.
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Allison
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I saw TV Glow last month, and the next day was driving somewhere for four hours and the whole time just listening to the soundtrack and thinking about/unpackaging it
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Allison
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In that case forcing the issue is still best, I think. Citizens fundamentally engaging with the structure of their democratic Republic is good in of itself, and builds our capacity to push back on things as egregious as you note.
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Allison
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It's a valid concern, but the great news is that the larger the voting pool, the less likely for any given bad actor to be able to affect the outcome. Think how it's easier for a 5-5 tie for 10 voters, versus 70 mil-70 mil when there are 140 million. The EC actually makes this worse today!
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Allison
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Not needed! Jon Walker pointed out in 2020 that sufficient remaining states allow ballot initiatives, that with a (relatively) modest expenditure for the millionaire class this can be done without R legislative approval
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Allison
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This whole congestion tax rollback has been an S-tier example of motivated reasoning from people
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Allison
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She has yet to mention a single concrete fact yet, lol just daydreaming
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Allison
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do you mind if I ask what the discussion is about? I have 9001 at my work and the idea of Quality Management Standard Drama fascinates me now
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Allison
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Both his books are great, and I'm amazed an author like Bevins exists with 1) access to American journalism that 2) has an interest in the mechanics of social movements, and 3) put in the insane effort to survey activists across nations to draw common lessons. Hitting all three is unicorn stuff
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Allison
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An under leveraged thing about Chait is that his whole thing as a pundit is he just reads media articles. That's all he does, he's not an *actual* expert at anything. This schmo thinking other people need to expand their horizons is really something.
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Dan
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Does not matter the context. Does not matter how many times I see it. This image is in my Mt Rushmore of “Will Laugh My Ass Every Time”
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bakoon
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playing alien isolation on easy mode and the alien is bringing me magazines to read and sandwiches from the vending machine. i think it just wants to hang out
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Allison
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This must be the modern equivalent of those dead enders rooting for one of the inbred Habsburgs to assume their country's throne
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Allison
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His skybox appreciation videos invented a genre I basically didn't know I needed
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Allison
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The two modes of modern Democratic presidential campaigns Clinton '16: 300 white papers no one read, written by unsupervised McKinsey consultants Biden '24: our FAQ page is about fundraising questions
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Allison
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it looks like there's an SFD tweet about a boat fire. I've seen them burn on the north side of the lake before where they're all stacked up for storage
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Allison
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just donated! medical bills suck, hope it helps get through this
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alt.rec.lauren (32 bit) 🥥🌴🏳️⚧️
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please please help me i cant afford my medical bills and my rent is almost due cashapp $LIsReal2401 the next bill due in a couple days is $158 and I can't afford it at all.... i need to set up a venmo account too
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