I surely will...you got me going down a rabbit-hole now...with this book...and relooking at Nathaniel West...I SO NEED DISTRACTION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS...and getting immersed back in this beloved subject will do it!
I surely will...you got me going down a rabbit-hole now...with this book...and relooking at Nathaniel West...I SO NEED DISTRACTION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS...and getting immersed back in this beloved subject will do it!
Lawd...I’m getting HEAVY vibes of “The Day of the Locust” from this book...a book and movie that is some of the SCARIEST things I have ever seen!!!! Again...THANK YOU!!!!
DAYUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PETTY AS FUCK AND ACCURATE AS HELL!!!! LOVE IT!
I too can talk about this ALL DAY...and I love that those (3) women took advantage of their unique positions to do something that is still helping so many to this day...and LAWD...Marilyn...I was speaking about how she was able to form her own studio...etc...and didn’t mind going on suspension regarding the studio’s…
I am here for it...JUST for the visuals....heck, THAT’S enough for me!
That’s one of the reasons I love Bette Davis and Olivia De havilland so much...because they took on the studio and won! Heck, even Marilyn Monroe did it!
That is a GIFT!!! Thank you so much!
I have France Farmer’s autobiography...”Will there really be a morning...” which I got in late 70s when I was a little girl...because I adored her...and it is one of the most gut wrenching...heartbreaking things I have ever read in my life...and it prompted me to read hundreds of books about early Hollywood...and the…
If your ass hadn’t been able to get healthcare for DECADES...and all of a sudden you were able to get it thanks to POTUS Obama...and THAT AIN’T CHANGE FOR YOUR ASS...then you’re so fucked that it dosen’t make any difference...he DID bring change...policies and policies of it...but way too many folks would rather lean…
Build and educate your grassroots base and do everything you can to ensure that we don’t get a xenophobic, racist, sexist, hateful POTUS elected the next time...that’s ALL you can do with Republicans basically...you can’t work WITH them...and Trump isn’t doing anything different than the other Repubicans have done in…
Ummm...Black folks ain’t NEVA paid too much attention to King’s son...for good reason...so...we good...
I LOVE...how mofos (i.e., Trump) think that the USA has the OVER REACHING POWER OF MAKING EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET DO WHAT THE USA WANTS THEM TO DO! I mean...using THAT reasoning...why is it that most of Trump’s business were a financial BUST...and the ONLY way he was able to amass his wealth was because he was…
I disintegrated a long-time friendship over politics...because politics directly affect my life...my livelihood...my health...where and how I live...and when you’re supporting a racist who has gotten rich because he STOLE from working class tax payers...who is also a sexual predator...I can’t support you...even if you…
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Have stayed at South Shore Hospital...had to curse out the staff at South Shore Hospital...decided to travel the extra blocks to ALWAYS go to Trinity on 93rd!!!! My Mama is still over there...off of 75th and Jeffrey...moved over there in 1972...Folks don’t believe the governmental systematic racism…
I’m a lifelong Chicagoan...grew up in South Shore...was born on the Westside...I can tell you for a fact...the biggest crime-ridden gang I’ve ever seen...is the Chicago Police Department...
Ya’ll are part of the “Gawkerverse” now?!?!!...
Carrie and Debbie’s relationship mirrors me and my own Mama’s so closely...it is STAGGERING!!!! I watched endlessly this weekend...and bawled my eyes out...because my Mama, who SHOULD have been an actress...because she is SO...DAMN...EXTRA...ABOUT...EVERYTHING...is turning 80 this year...and like Debbie..she is a…
Lee Daniel’s unfortunate mouth...is the reason why I don’t truck with Lee Daniel’s shows....everytime I try to give him a break...he says something that makes me go...”nope”....
Amen to THAT! The ONLY reason I knew about Gellhorn is because as a young girl...I INHALED every book I could get my hands on about old Hollywood...and so many people that I read about was friends with “Papa”...and THAT’S how I learned about Gellhorn...Dos Passos...Gertrude Stein...ALL OF THEM...it was through my own…