Elizabeth Cantwell
@eccantwell.bsky.social
high school teacher, horror-lover, poet, Bright Wall/Dark Room editor, parent, person
Petersen Automotive museum maybe worth it just for these two beauties
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Petersen Automotive museum maybe worth it just for these two beauties
Closing out this shitty mess of a year with a major home repair is really so absurd that it just feels … correct? Anyway fuck it at least my teachers salary is super high and everything in Hollywood is amazingly functional for Chris
Already gearing up for 2026 by kicking it off with mid-five figure home waterproofing estimates! Fuck I feel alive! Yes!
December 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Closing out this shitty mess of a year with a major home repair is really so absurd that it just feels … correct? Anyway fuck it at least my teachers salary is super high and everything in Hollywood is amazingly functional for Chris
I actually think I find Bruce Willis SO attractive in this movie not just because he is the epitome of masculinity but also because he’s so well-lit
DIE HARD has great lighting. Look at those blues and skin tones enshrouded in darkness, we got a light blasting through smoke in the next room to give you the contrast; you wanna know why I dunk on modern blockbusters? This is why, the visual poverty, the fear of lighting a set properly
December 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I actually think I find Bruce Willis SO attractive in this movie not just because he is the epitome of masculinity but also because he’s so well-lit
merry Christmas guess whose storage room flooded
December 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
merry Christmas guess whose storage room flooded
still think this essay I wrote for @brightwalldarkroom.com a few years ago slaps
December 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
still think this essay I wrote for @brightwalldarkroom.com a few years ago slaps
When Santa loves you
December 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
When Santa loves you
easiest night of the year to put a 3 year old to sleep
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
easiest night of the year to put a 3 year old to sleep
Okay, thought brought on by Scrooge’s dressing gown, but: is Leo’s bathrobe in OBAA a signal that he is a sort of contemporary Scrooge of revolution, one who has to grapple with ghosts of his past, present, and future in order to see the light?
December 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Okay, thought brought on by Scrooge’s dressing gown, but: is Leo’s bathrobe in OBAA a signal that he is a sort of contemporary Scrooge of revolution, one who has to grapple with ghosts of his past, present, and future in order to see the light?
Merry Christmas Eve, if you celebrate!
December 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Merry Christmas Eve, if you celebrate!
It’s cool that last year at this time LA was about to go up in flames and this year it’s about to flood. A very non-apocalyptic place to live.
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s cool that last year at this time LA was about to go up in flames and this year it’s about to flood. A very non-apocalyptic place to live.
Reposted by Elizabeth Cantwell
This is where holiday cinema peaked
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is where holiday cinema peaked
Reposted by Elizabeth Cantwell
This really sums up my recent state of mind
(also, now I’m second-guessing not giving that last half star to Crash)
(also, now I’m second-guessing not giving that last half star to Crash)
December 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This really sums up my recent state of mind
(also, now I’m second-guessing not giving that last half star to Crash)
(also, now I’m second-guessing not giving that last half star to Crash)
Reposted by Elizabeth Cantwell
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
a sequel:
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by the trump-kennedy center than the fact that congress said a second time in 2 days, “no, really this kind of child’s healthcare should be banned & criminalized” & 46/47 non-GOP senators won’t commit to “i will oppose this.”
First semester down at a new school. Feels like an accomplishment. Gonna go take a walk and listen to some birds.
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
First semester down at a new school. Feels like an accomplishment. Gonna go take a walk and listen to some birds.
Between whatever awful bullshit happens at this HHS press conference and the Senate vote on H.R. 498, it’s gonna be a long day for people who believe in the absolute necessity of access to gender-affirming care.
December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Between whatever awful bullshit happens at this HHS press conference and the Senate vote on H.R. 498, it’s gonna be a long day for people who believe in the absolute necessity of access to gender-affirming care.
I don’t love being the spouse who’s not on social media or the news all day and then comes home and just says “what” over and over again as my husband recites the litany of bad things that happened that day
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I don’t love being the spouse who’s not on social media or the news all day and then comes home and just says “what” over and over again as my husband recites the litany of bad things that happened that day
okay but why does teaching at the end of the semester with a pretty mild cold feel the same as attempting to teach in September with the flu
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
okay but why does teaching at the end of the semester with a pretty mild cold feel the same as attempting to teach in September with the flu
feel like I could write a whole book about SHAMPOO (1975)
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
feel like I could write a whole book about SHAMPOO (1975)
Please sign and call your reps.
The House is looking to vote TOMORROW on 2 bills that would criminalize gender-affirming care for trans youth. Please sign the ACLU's petition opposing these bills.
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Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Please sign and call your reps.
Attempted to play Christmas music with my 3yo in the car to run errands and he requested the soundtrack to John Carpenter’s The Fog instead and this is not a joke post this is my life what have I created
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Attempted to play Christmas music with my 3yo in the car to run errands and he requested the soundtrack to John Carpenter’s The Fog instead and this is not a joke post this is my life what have I created
There's nothing to say about Rob Reiner that hasn't already been said. But: the range! A movie my kids have seen multiple times (& that I quoted nonstop in elementary school), one of the best romantic comedies, one of the best Stephen King adaptations, one of the best courtroom dramas. Incredible.
December 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There's nothing to say about Rob Reiner that hasn't already been said. But: the range! A movie my kids have seen multiple times (& that I quoted nonstop in elementary school), one of the best romantic comedies, one of the best Stephen King adaptations, one of the best courtroom dramas. Incredible.
Literally what the fuck is going on. I can’t take it anymore.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Literally what the fuck is going on. I can’t take it anymore.
Okay, everything is really bad in the world, so I am retreating by syllabus planning while drinking spiked eggnog. It has somewhat helped. But. Why is it so hard to be a person in 2025.
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Okay, everything is really bad in the world, so I am retreating by syllabus planning while drinking spiked eggnog. It has somewhat helped. But. Why is it so hard to be a person in 2025.
As creative people know, 2025 has been a hell of a time to be a creator. @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social has really been through the wringer this year and has nevertheless produced some truly incredible things. So proud to see both Out of Alcatraz and Red Shirts on this list. Buy them & read them?
It’s very nice and an hour to have two books on this list. Of course it’s because of the incredible teams both books had. Happy to be included.
The Beat's Best Comics of 2025
The Beat staff has come together once again to compile its annual, wide-spanning list of the best comics of 2025.
www.comicsbeat.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
As creative people know, 2025 has been a hell of a time to be a creator. @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social has really been through the wringer this year and has nevertheless produced some truly incredible things. So proud to see both Out of Alcatraz and Red Shirts on this list. Buy them & read them?