Here’s a narrative you might be interested in: An Angel at My Table (1991), which is a biopic, directed by Jane Campion, about Janet Frame, who was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia and institutionalized.

ooof The Blind Side is so cringe-worthy. All the complexity of Michael Lewis’ book is flattened in/by the movie.

I think you’re going to have to settle for re-watching My Best Fiend.

It’s what you’d wear to a Banana Splits concert if you wanted to get your groove on with the drummer.

Oh, Sorry. “CSA” = “Community Supported Agriculture”; in other words, subscription farms— a person buys a “share” of the farm’s bounty up front and gets produce throughout the season.

Hmmm. Very interesting.

I would have thought Taxi Driver would go more with the aesthetic.

me, too. I’m on the left coast, so I could manage a flight to LA.

LOL. A few of years ago, when my mother was in her dotage, she suddenly became interested in religion, so I carted her to a united Methodist church in town; the congregation was quite old, and they were eyeing my almost- 50-year old self with great interest.

I’m interested to see what happens to that church.

LOL.  So many puns, Rich.

I realize that Christian churches tend to get ridiculed on Jezebel, but The United Methodist Church, historically, has been pretty progressive for a mainstream Christian organization. In the 1970s, it supported ERA and women’s right to abortion. In the 19th Century, the church opposed slavery, while supporting women’s…

I love this story. Yay! for your acting class with McDaniel.

I read Kaysen’s book in the early 1990s and then saw the movie later; I confess I didn’t remember Val as black and my response to the film was to appreciate what I read as a politicization of class and race politics when the memoir seemed less political but more philosophical (what is the nature of reality? who gets…

Years ago, I was in a creative writing class full of male, would-be-auteurs, and the best story of the term was written by a kind of mousy, quiet girl, who produced this amazing gender-flipped narrative about a future earth, where menstruation was regarded as an important, monthly cleansing of hormonal build up.

Good luck with the creative endeavor. It’s a brave thing to flex one’s creative muscles publicly.

Man, I wanted to like that version . . .

This pro-tip sees like a win-win for everyone:)

me, too:)

I had these sheets as a kid because my mother had wonderful taste. I slept on Kliban cat sheets through most of my teens.