Katharine Coldiron
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
like you wouldn't want to iron your clothes with a cold iron. if anyone wants me I'll be in my room. patreon.com/KatharineColdiron
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This book is fantastic! I'm not much of a film buff even & I still loved this. So sharp, well crafted, absolutely fascinating. I want to shove it into everyone's hands & shout "Read this! Read this!" So yeah, read this.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
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@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
September 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This book is fantastic! I'm not much of a film buff even & I still loved this. So sharp, well crafted, absolutely fascinating. I want to shove it into everyone's hands & shout "Read this! Read this!" So yeah, read this.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
This pins down exactly what this administration has been doing all year, and I only wish I’d been able to phrase it this well. It’s fake, shammy authoritarianism, but in sheer execution it becomes the real thing.
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This pins down exactly what this administration has been doing all year, and I only wish I’d been able to phrase it this well. It’s fake, shammy authoritarianism, but in sheer execution it becomes the real thing.
as a minor update, the Holiday Inn isn’t kidding about the Express part - I’m sitting in bed less than half an hour after the car dropped me off
So here I am in the back of this fleet car. Tired and disheartened, only cried out for the moment. Not willing to give up, but not gonna lie about how shitty it is sometimes to be an indie author. /end
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
as a minor update, the Holiday Inn isn’t kidding about the Express part - I’m sitting in bed less than half an hour after the car dropped me off
I am in the back of a fleet car on my way to the Buffalo airport at 9:45 pm. I think I’m going to tell you how I got here. 1/
August 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I am in the back of a fleet car on my way to the Buffalo airport at 9:45 pm. I think I’m going to tell you how I got here. 1/
Okee, so the BBC has interviewed me for print & radio recently, & is set to interview me for TV in a few hours. That’s great, but also, this is the 2nd time that a national station has interviewed me hundreds/thousands of miles away from my professional microphone & attractive zoom bg setup at home.
August 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Okee, so the BBC has interviewed me for print & radio recently, & is set to interview me for TV in a few hours. That’s great, but also, this is the 2nd time that a national station has interviewed me hundreds/thousands of miles away from my professional microphone & attractive zoom bg setup at home.
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I have hinted that I would
August 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I have hinted that I would
YES, someone needed to say this
i will die on the hill that the original Nazis were just as silly as our modern versions. Hitler based his plans for the invasion of Russia partly on cowboy novels written by a con-man.
August 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
YES, someone needed to say this
FYI, I will be in Dallas this Thursday with the one and only Mike Nagel. Hope to see you there!
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FYI, I will be in Dallas this Thursday with the one and only Mike Nagel. Hope to see you there!
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Paul Verhoeven believes nuance is for cowards and he’s right! he’s been proven right!
I’ll do the last, least interesting spin on this:
Who is an artist who is aggressively blunt about their politics (that you agree with) in a way that actually makes their art better as a result?
Who is an artist who is aggressively blunt about their politics (that you agree with) in a way that actually makes their art better as a result?
i think an interesting spin on this is, who are artists with politics you strongly agree with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, and that you think actually makes their art worse as a result?
August 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Paul Verhoeven believes nuance is for cowards and he’s right! he’s been proven right!
not sure if very sad or Ethel Cain’s new one is peerlessly good
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
not sure if very sad or Ethel Cain’s new one is peerlessly good
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unspeakable horror
August 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
unspeakable horror
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I'm just getting started on JUNK FILM by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social and holy shit, I feel very seen in her introduction and how she looks at bad movies and their worth. She explains it more concisely than I have and I feel like I'm going yo tear through this once I settle down with it.
August 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I'm just getting started on JUNK FILM by @ferrifrigida.bsky.social and holy shit, I feel very seen in her introduction and how she looks at bad movies and their worth. She explains it more concisely than I have and I feel like I'm going yo tear through this once I settle down with it.
Today at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, Milan Polk reviews Alex Higley's latest novel, a sharp diagnosis of delayed adulthood, out now from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. Take a look: www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/true-fa...
Milan Polk Reviews Alex Higley — Barrelhouse
At the heart of True Failure are silhouettes of young adults today searching for meaning and purpose when milestones seem to elude them.
www.barrelhousemag.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today at @barrelhouse.bsky.social, Milan Polk reviews Alex Higley's latest novel, a sharp diagnosis of delayed adulthood, out now from @coffeehousepress.bsky.social. Take a look: www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/true-fa...
I completely agree with this. I am mostly on FB these days, but I know that terminally tweeting in the late 2010s advanced my writing a great deal in the world - and being mostly me with some promo was the key.
This is the thing: you gotta be a whole person on here. Treating like a billboard is a sure pathway to sadness.
This is my primary social media, so you get all my other nerd shit in addition to my books. I think people here respond well to writers who are genuine and fun.
This is my primary social media, so you get all my other nerd shit in addition to my books. I think people here respond well to writers who are genuine and fun.
July 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I completely agree with this. I am mostly on FB these days, but I know that terminally tweeting in the late 2010s advanced my writing a great deal in the world - and being mostly me with some promo was the key.
Okay it’s at 6:30 pm!
Not sure what time this is happening, but it definitely is, in #Baltimore, next Wednesday! With the delightful @crabmoney.bsky.social.
July 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Okay it’s at 6:30 pm!
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Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
Not sure what time this is happening, but it definitely is, in #Baltimore, next Wednesday! With the delightful @crabmoney.bsky.social.
July 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not sure what time this is happening, but it definitely is, in #Baltimore, next Wednesday! With the delightful @crabmoney.bsky.social.
Poured my heart out on Patreon about quitting being a career writer.
July 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Poured my heart out on Patreon about quitting being a career writer.
Valuable at the time and infinitely more so in the time since.
Someone asked me to define "actualities" in a silent film context and it was a good question, so I will discuss it a bit.
An Actuality is a nonfiction film that does not have a narrative. It's not a documentary or a travelogue, it simply presents images of the real world.
An Actuality is a nonfiction film that does not have a narrative. It's not a documentary or a travelogue, it simply presents images of the real world.
July 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Valuable at the time and infinitely more so in the time since.
Lindsey Drager interviewed me for @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social. Some choice excerpts:
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Lindsey Drager interviewed me for @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social. Some choice excerpts:
Today is my favorite day in the book release cycle: the day I post my acknowledgements to publicly thank those who contributed to my book existing!
Books are not as collaborative an art form as movies, but they do require a lot of support from a lot of people. I owe you all so much. 💜
Books are not as collaborative an art form as movies, but they do require a lot of support from a lot of people. I owe you all so much. 💜
June 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today is my favorite day in the book release cycle: the day I post my acknowledgements to publicly thank those who contributed to my book existing!
Books are not as collaborative an art form as movies, but they do require a lot of support from a lot of people. I owe you all so much. 💜
Books are not as collaborative an art form as movies, but they do require a lot of support from a lot of people. I owe you all so much. 💜
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This was the Rivoli in NYC. 50 years ago this AM I was in a car with the nervous director of “Jaws” and Albert Brooks heading over there. The director wondered whether there’d be a line. There was. It went around the corner and far beyond. He really hadn’t known this could happen. What a day!
June 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This was the Rivoli in NYC. 50 years ago this AM I was in a car with the nervous director of “Jaws” and Albert Brooks heading over there. The director wondered whether there’d be a line. There was. It went around the corner and far beyond. He really hadn’t known this could happen. What a day!