Caitlin Parrish
@caitlinparrish.bsky.social
Writer - THE RED LINE, FOUNDATION, TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, G20
Aim for chaotic good.
Aim for chaotic good.
- LA Confidential
- Klute
- The Exorcist
- A League of Their Own
- Vertigo
- Klute
- The Exorcist
- A League of Their Own
- Vertigo
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
-True Grit (2011)
-The Apartment
-Cure
-The Ring
-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
-True Grit (2011)
-The Apartment
-Cure
-The Ring
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
December 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
- LA Confidential
- Klute
- The Exorcist
- A League of Their Own
- Vertigo
- Klute
- The Exorcist
- A League of Their Own
- Vertigo
Tie between telling certain family members to their face that their actions meant they did not get to know my child and hosting deep fried Cajun Thanksgiving for found family in Los Angeles every year. And the main shitty guy died this year so I WIN.
Actually in the spirit of this conversation, what’s a decision you made about a past Thanksgiving holiday that really paid off? I think people often feel trapped by their lives. Sharing our experiences can liberate us from that sense of claustrophobia.
On the most recent episode of VIBE CHECK, we answer listener questions about Thanksgiving, most importantly “do you go celebrate with the family members you don’t even like?”
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Tie between telling certain family members to their face that their actions meant they did not get to know my child and hosting deep fried Cajun Thanksgiving for found family in Los Angeles every year. And the main shitty guy died this year so I WIN.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
I’m late but Interview With the Vampire is the best show on television and it ain’t even close.
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I’m late but Interview With the Vampire is the best show on television and it ain’t even close.
Jump scare.
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jump scare.
Set up a monthly donation to the LA food bank today. The hunger is about to be catastrophic.
"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
October 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Set up a monthly donation to the LA food bank today. The hunger is about to be catastrophic.
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Some assbutt thinks Trek fans are mostly male? The peace-loving, post-capitalist meritocracy, home to thoughtful morality tales in which cultural understanding is more likely to solve the problem than phasers? That Trek?!
October 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Some assbutt thinks Trek fans are mostly male? The peace-loving, post-capitalist meritocracy, home to thoughtful morality tales in which cultural understanding is more likely to solve the problem than phasers? That Trek?!
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I did roast Broadview ICE feds a lot today. “Cowards,” “you’re a disappointment,” “Shame” “if you’re so proud of what you’re doing show your face” “What you’re doing is evil.” “This is wrong” “do you tell your children that you destroy families?” Every (true) guilt trip I could think of. #abolishICE
October 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I did roast Broadview ICE feds a lot today. “Cowards,” “you’re a disappointment,” “Shame” “if you’re so proud of what you’re doing show your face” “What you’re doing is evil.” “This is wrong” “do you tell your children that you destroy families?” Every (true) guilt trip I could think of. #abolishICE
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You guys wanna see a dead body
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her.
So I confronted him.
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
You guys wanna see a dead body
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You know, whatever else there is to say about DC comics firing me, I have to say it felt deeply satisfying to tell a suit, "I get it, it's important to keep the faceless mob of Nazis happy"
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You know, whatever else there is to say about DC comics firing me, I have to say it felt deeply satisfying to tell a suit, "I get it, it's important to keep the faceless mob of Nazis happy"
This. I love the act of writing. It changes you, and you change the world. It is spellcraft. It is witchery. Why would I ever deprive myself of the act of sorcery?
I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This. I love the act of writing. It changes you, and you change the world. It is spellcraft. It is witchery. Why would I ever deprive myself of the act of sorcery?
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People at CBS who worked in scripted arena hated working for a whole array of assholes so much the place leaked like a sieve. At diff points, mgmt was so angry about my reporting, execs speculated furiously about my sources & methods. I know this bec I was sent recordings of those rants (twice lol)
so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
People at CBS who worked in scripted arena hated working for a whole array of assholes so much the place leaked like a sieve. At diff points, mgmt was so angry about my reporting, execs speculated furiously about my sources & methods. I know this bec I was sent recordings of those rants (twice lol)
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I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.
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Clinging to one bit of good news: JOHN CARPENTER’S films are featured on the Criterion Channel.
He deserves a home in the art house, the grindhouse, and the movie theater around the corner. Long live Carpenter!
He deserves a home in the art house, the grindhouse, and the movie theater around the corner. Long live Carpenter!
DIRECTED BY JOHN CARPENTER ⚡ Now playing on the Criterion Channel!
A master at turning B-movie premises into dazzlingly artful nightmares, Carpenter mixes pulse-pounding thrills and subversive social commentary into some of the smartest, most stylish, and electrifying genre films of all time.
A master at turning B-movie premises into dazzlingly artful nightmares, Carpenter mixes pulse-pounding thrills and subversive social commentary into some of the smartest, most stylish, and electrifying genre films of all time.
October 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Clinging to one bit of good news: JOHN CARPENTER’S films are featured on the Criterion Channel.
He deserves a home in the art house, the grindhouse, and the movie theater around the corner. Long live Carpenter!
He deserves a home in the art house, the grindhouse, and the movie theater around the corner. Long live Carpenter!
Annual Spooktober viewings have begun. Night one - Trouble Every Day. Okay, so look. I love Beau Travail. Claire Denis is a genius. This move is bad. The violence is as misjudged and gratuitous as Vincent Gallo’s entire existence, and he’s also in this movie. Wishes it were Ducournau’s Raw. 3/10.
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Annual Spooktober viewings have begun. Night one - Trouble Every Day. Okay, so look. I love Beau Travail. Claire Denis is a genius. This move is bad. The violence is as misjudged and gratuitous as Vincent Gallo’s entire existence, and he’s also in this movie. Wishes it were Ducournau’s Raw. 3/10.
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I truly cannot tell you how many times I have watched that movie G20 where Viola Davis keeps beating up bad guys and ripping her dress shorter and looting armor and weapons off all the men trying to hurt her and her family and then like stunt driving and piloting a helicopter, etc. 10/10 every time.
September 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I truly cannot tell you how many times I have watched that movie G20 where Viola Davis keeps beating up bad guys and ripping her dress shorter and looting armor and weapons off all the men trying to hurt her and her family and then like stunt driving and piloting a helicopter, etc. 10/10 every time.
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it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...
It's official: My next book is about Battlestar Galactica!
Long ago, the gods decided my fate, and I have embraced it: I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica!
I made it official at the Creation convention that took place in New Jersey this past weeken...
www.moryan.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...
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shit ain’t over til it’s over
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
shit ain’t over til it’s over
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this is sickening.
fuck these fucking fuckers!
fuck these fucking fuckers!
New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday.
Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events.
Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:
What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
unraveledpress.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
this is sickening.
fuck these fucking fuckers!
fuck these fucking fuckers!
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My review of last week's Foundation is now up after a technical snafu. I don't know how this show blends like forty different kinds of science fiction not only seamlessly but symbiotically
'Foundation' Season 3 Episode 8 recap: Judgment Day
It’s really a miracle the Empire lasted as long as it has.
decider.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My review of last week's Foundation is now up after a technical snafu. I don't know how this show blends like forty different kinds of science fiction not only seamlessly but symbiotically
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This week's Foundation is fucked up and magnificent even by Foundation standards. What a goddamn television program
'Foundation' Season 3 Episode 9 recap: The Empire strikes back
What a show. What a show.
decider.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This week's Foundation is fucked up and magnificent even by Foundation standards. What a goddamn television program
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“The fact is that our Present has become the very Past we desperately hoped we had outrun. History, as it turns out, has swifter feet than even the most alert of us could’ve expected.”
"The People's Project" is going on tour!
Come see me and Maggie Smith IRL!
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September 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“The fact is that our Present has become the very Past we desperately hoped we had outrun. History, as it turns out, has swifter feet than even the most alert of us could’ve expected.”
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Crow T. Robot said trans rights
There are some incredibly vital issues at this moment in time that go beyond like, oh we disagree on marginal tax rates but we can still be friendly. Trans rights are one of those issues. Trans rights are human rights and those are not negotiable. (see also: genocide; fascism. not unrelated!)
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Crow T. Robot said trans rights
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They got Oscar off The Gilded Age playing Langella's Skeletor on Foundation, and it fucking rules. "Does this metal seem dead, Empire?"
August 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They got Oscar off The Gilded Age playing Langella's Skeletor on Foundation, and it fucking rules. "Does this metal seem dead, Empire?"
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one of the great conservative moves over the past decade has been to make themselves so unpleasant that their own family members are forced to cut them off, and then use that fact to argue that *liberals* are too uncivil
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
one of the great conservative moves over the past decade has been to make themselves so unpleasant that their own family members are forced to cut them off, and then use that fact to argue that *liberals* are too uncivil