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Fishnets and Philosophy Podcast
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Fishnets and Philosophy is a podcast that discusses horror and genre films through a Queer lens.
You can find my writing at www.fishnetsandphilosophy.com
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Now that I'm rebuilding my podcast presence on here - let's remind folks what I've done.

I covered all Saw films before Saw X with the amazing @arihellraiser.bsky.social (author of Millenial Nasties) and you can listen here
www.fishnetsandphilosophy.com/podcast/saw-...
Saw Franchise Retrospective — Fishnets and Philosophy
A five episode deep dive into the Saw film Franchise with Ariel Powers-Schaub as we delve into the rich lore of these films
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Not to be all Fontaines about it, but as a colonised people, those of us who slag off aspects of our own culture like the Irish language or wearing zogabongs - you'd want to have a word with yourselves
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I’m just a gay man, standing in front of a gay world, saying it’s okay if you’re not all that bothered about Wicked.
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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I'm told one of youse made that rapist cry is that right
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Night of sold out World Cup qualifer in Aviva stadium and Irish Rail using minimum carriage DARTs.......I hate the lack of reliable and functional public transport in this country
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.

I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you have friends struggling through the shutdown, consider inviting them over for a family dinner this week. Make too much. Insist they take leftovers home. Some folks can't say they need help out loud but will appreciate the kindness.
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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One thing to keep in mind...

One of the fastest pipelines to a financially successful grift for the right is left baiting. A no name asshat succeeds in getting lefties screaming about their content, and they start getting better offers and placement in the right's ecosystem.

Don't fall for it.
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just out of my second viewing of @crobertcargill.bsky.social and Scott Derrickson's The Black Phone 2 and excited to get my racing thoughts into a coherent review
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Why in 2025 does Ireland/Dublin still not have functional 24 hour train system to get you from the airport to your onward destination?

I hate coming back here after being away somewhere where public transport is actually reliable and functional
October 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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In honour of the late, great Drew Struzan, I wanna post my favourite from his legendary career… would love to see your favourites too. Rest in peace, Drew ❤️
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The episode on Bit (2019) by @thisendsatprom.bsky.social @bjcolangelo.bsky.social @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social fucking ROCKS.

Everyone- I implore to you to first watch this transgressive film and then listen to this amazing podcast episode.
October 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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We've had Hereditary, Get Out, Sinners and Weapons so it frustrates me that horror films are still seen as "less than" & must be seen as "more than just". Having seen Frankenstein (which I really enjoyed) it's a fucking horror film and there's nothing wrong with that

www.pajiba.com/news/dont-ca...
Don’t Call Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ a Horror Movie
Everyone involved sees it as much more than that.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Low/no budget filmmakers have been finding ways to make what they want for decades prior to using AI so please spare me. LAZY! TASTELESS! CULTURAL VOID!
October 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Worry about who you are, and who you want to be, not what you think you're "supposed" to be. Indulge hobbies, and don't stop being curious. Whether it's writing, gardening, woodworking, whatever. You do not know what lessons those will teach you that may be far more important than you realize.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Had my first Daggerheart session today and I am already in love with how collaborative and creative this game is.

Massive kudos to @criticalrole.bsky.social @darringtonpress.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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One of the things that has always been true, but doesn’t get addressed until you start to get pretty nerdy in talking about horror, is that it’s actually many different audiences, pushed together under the umbrella of horror. That variation, is good for the genre and audiences.
Horror doesn't have to be about violence and gore, and there's nothing wrong with preferring ghost stories or weird, eerie stuff. I have very good reasons for avoiding violent stories when I feel like I can't handle them. I still love horror.
October 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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stop posting AI slop, even to trash it. please.
October 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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ahhh! i absolutely LOVED doing this! thank he first time i’ve gotten to discuss film in a podcast in a real way, despite being one of my favorite topics (i wish i had more opportunities to engage w ppl
talking about film & tv!)
PLEASE LISTEN!!! and tell us what you think!
Finally releasing the closing episode of Season 2 of my podcast. Sex on Screen- where genre cinema and porn collide.

On this episode I discuss David Cronenberg's Crash with @sinnsage.bskyverified.social

www.podbean.com/ea/dir-59s99...
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM