Valerie Ettenhofer
@aandeandval.bsky.social
TV critic, writer, fan of little treats. Words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice + GALECA. Just moved to Scotland. 🏳️🌈🫶🇵🇸
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63 Reasons To Quit Your Entertainment Journalism Job in 2025 (NOT Clickbait!)
Number 36 will surprise you!
valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io
Been trying to figure out how to get all of this down on paper for a year or three. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/quitting/
If anyone else out there deals with benign fasciculation (muscle twitches and jolts) after getting vacc*nes, try taking magnesium and loading up on vitamins both in the weeks leading up to the shot and the day of! Doing so cut my personal twitchy time down from a week or two to less than two hours.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If anyone else out there deals with benign fasciculation (muscle twitches and jolts) after getting vacc*nes, try taking magnesium and loading up on vitamins both in the weeks leading up to the shot and the day of! Doing so cut my personal twitchy time down from a week or two to less than two hours.
You know a 99p spooky season ebook sale hates to see me coming!
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You know a 99p spooky season ebook sale hates to see me coming!
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I feel like I've been slacking on horror this year. Can you give me
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
a woman is holding a stuffed animal in her hands and looking at something
ALT: a woman is holding a stuffed animal in her hands and looking at something
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I feel like I've been slacking on horror this year. Can you give me
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
oh okay
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
oh okay
I meant to reply to each individual response to this, but I haven't had the spoons for it, so I just want to say a blanket thank you, thank you, thank you.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Been trying to figure out how to get all of this down on paper for a year or three. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/quitting/
63 Reasons To Quit Your Entertainment Journalism Job in 2025 (NOT Clickbait!)
Number 36 will surprise you!
valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I meant to reply to each individual response to this, but I haven't had the spoons for it, so I just want to say a blanket thank you, thank you, thank you.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
another day, another true crime documentary where the guy reminds me of my dad
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
another day, another true crime documentary where the guy reminds me of my dad
Now that I've quit trying to write full time, I actually like writing again. Shhh, don't question it, just take this review of The Diplomat season 3. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/the-diplomat...
[Review] The Diplomat Season 3: Hot Mess On The Global Stage
One of Netflix's best shows wants to break up.
valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io
October 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Now that I've quit trying to write full time, I actually like writing again. Shhh, don't question it, just take this review of The Diplomat season 3. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/the-diplomat...
Oh, this is SO fun.
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum
The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery.
“A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Rachida Dati wrote on social media. She used the French word braquage, which can mean robbery or hold-up. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oh, this is SO fun.
A couple years after the big fade-out, my Film School Rejects email has finally stopped working. I've been trying to get all PR mailing lists moved over to my main account for ages, but a few things (like HBO screeners!) still inexplicably only showed up in this inbox. RIP to a real one.
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A couple years after the big fade-out, my Film School Rejects email has finally stopped working. I've been trying to get all PR mailing lists moved over to my main account for ages, but a few things (like HBO screeners!) still inexplicably only showed up in this inbox. RIP to a real one.
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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7 million people marched today. That's greater than world's three largest militaries— combined.
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
7 million people marched today. That's greater than world's three largest militaries— combined.
I blinked and now Brooklynn Prince is 15. 😭
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I blinked and now Brooklynn Prince is 15. 😭
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October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This week has been stressful as fuck, and I've been coping by backsliding into drinking Coke, picking at my face, buying things, and aimlessly scrolling on my phone. As always, I'm grateful to be the only person in my family with minimally damaging vices.
October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This week has been stressful as fuck, and I've been coping by backsliding into drinking Coke, picking at my face, buying things, and aimlessly scrolling on my phone. As always, I'm grateful to be the only person in my family with minimally damaging vices.
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
Why is the this dystopia soooooooooooooooo dumb
This is what the Department of Transportation is tweeting out today.
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Why is the this dystopia soooooooooooooooo dumb
Just found this at the edge of our dog's bed and started to panic, assuming we'd somehow dropped a prescription pill and she'd had it in her mouth.
Reader, it's a sprinkle from a caterpillar cake.
Reader, it's a sprinkle from a caterpillar cake.
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just found this at the edge of our dog's bed and started to panic, assuming we'd somehow dropped a prescription pill and she'd had it in her mouth.
Reader, it's a sprinkle from a caterpillar cake.
Reader, it's a sprinkle from a caterpillar cake.
Day job tentatively acquired! 💃👯♀️🥳
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Day job tentatively acquired! 💃👯♀️🥳
The suped-up soda envy I get from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is unreal.
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The suped-up soda envy I get from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is unreal.
Lest anyone think I've changed too much these past couple years...I spent most of my Saturday night making a bunch of pop culture watch- and read lists that I will surely forget about in a week, and it was SO fun.
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Lest anyone think I've changed too much these past couple years...I spent most of my Saturday night making a bunch of pop culture watch- and read lists that I will surely forget about in a week, and it was SO fun.
I really loved The Long Walk, but weeks after seeing it, I'm still thinking about how much it could've benefited from practical effects. The inadvertent distancing effect of CGI head explosions cannot be ignored.
October 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I really loved The Long Walk, but weeks after seeing it, I'm still thinking about how much it could've benefited from practical effects. The inadvertent distancing effect of CGI head explosions cannot be ignored.
Resharing one of my more vulnerable essays from the past few years in honor of National Coming Out Day. www.slashfilm.com/1261899/ted-...
Ted Lasso Season 3 Offers A Perfect Monologue About Coming Out - SlashFilm
Ted Lasso just delivered one of the show's most transcendent moments.
www.slashfilm.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Resharing one of my more vulnerable essays from the past few years in honor of National Coming Out Day. www.slashfilm.com/1261899/ted-...
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
It’s easy to feel over it about things like National Coming Out Day, but my life diverges at 25ish from catastrophically unlivable to interesting, worthwhile, *possible* because I was able to say to friends, family, colleagues, etc. “hey, this is who I am, this is how you need to receive me”
October 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s easy to feel over it about things like National Coming Out Day, but my life diverges at 25ish from catastrophically unlivable to interesting, worthwhile, *possible* because I was able to say to friends, family, colleagues, etc. “hey, this is who I am, this is how you need to receive me”