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Critic, Writer, Hitchcockian. Co-host @citizendamepod. MA in Film. PhD in Making Men Mad on the Internet. She/her. Aggressive-aggressive.
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I’m in the Guardian today with an article about the passionate campaign to renew Our Flag Means Death and how these fan led campaigns are getting bigger and more elaborate - billboards, plane flyovers… you name it. #OurFlagMeansDeath #RenewAsACrew
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Our Flag Means Death was cancelled. Its fans are fighting back: ‘Unhinged – in a good way’
A campaign to save the Taika Waititi show has bought billboards, hired planes and raised tens of thousands of dollars. It’s the latest flex from TV fandoms – but it doesn’t always work
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2024 at 11:31 PM
I’m in the Guardian today with an article about the passionate campaign to renew Our Flag Means Death and how these fan led campaigns are getting bigger and more elaborate - billboards, plane flyovers… you name it. #OurFlagMeansDeath #RenewAsACrew
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Dunno know why I just thought of this, but one of my fondest memories of the Edinburgh Fringe was when I got drunk on absinthe the night before and then went off on some poor artist who made the mistake of shoving a flyer in my face and shouting.
Friends thought I was about to start a brawl.
Friends thought I was about to start a brawl.
January 25, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Dunno know why I just thought of this, but one of my fondest memories of the Edinburgh Fringe was when I got drunk on absinthe the night before and then went off on some poor artist who made the mistake of shoving a flyer in my face and shouting.
Friends thought I was about to start a brawl.
Friends thought I was about to start a brawl.
Hitchcock's SECRET AGENT (1936) is really a wild film. John Gielgud and Peter Lorre as the Abbott and Costello of espionage. Overly elaborate plot involving chocolate. 2/3s of the film playing like a screwball comedy, punctuated suddenly by murder.
It deserves to be seen more.
It deserves to be seen more.
January 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Hitchcock's SECRET AGENT (1936) is really a wild film. John Gielgud and Peter Lorre as the Abbott and Costello of espionage. Overly elaborate plot involving chocolate. 2/3s of the film playing like a screwball comedy, punctuated suddenly by murder.
It deserves to be seen more.
It deserves to be seen more.
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I’m not sure a gay woman has ever been allowed to be as hot in a mainstream movie as Kate MacKinnon was in GHOSTBUSTERS (2016), especially this scene:
January 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I’m not sure a gay woman has ever been allowed to be as hot in a mainstream movie as Kate MacKinnon was in GHOSTBUSTERS (2016), especially this scene:
Man, I come on here and immediately see people dunking on America Ferrara in Barbie.
Y'all need to find some whimsy or something.
Y'all need to find some whimsy or something.
January 23, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Man, I come on here and immediately see people dunking on America Ferrara in Barbie.
Y'all need to find some whimsy or something.
Y'all need to find some whimsy or something.
Me watching The Lodger: LOOK AT IT! JUST LOOK AT IT! THE...THE EXPRESSIONISM!
January 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Me watching The Lodger: LOOK AT IT! JUST LOOK AT IT! THE...THE EXPRESSIONISM!
Congrats to @karenmpeterson.bsky.social on going to a place that might be colder than NYC this weekend.
As @karenmpeterson.bsky.social heads off to the sunny climes of Utah in the winter, the Dames discuss some female-directed Sundance favorites! Plus, all the films Karen is looking forward to at this year's festival!
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
January 19, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Congrats to @karenmpeterson.bsky.social on going to a place that might be colder than NYC this weekend.
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Stunning development in scholarly publishing. NYPL will be digitizing "entire out-of-print backlists" of multiple academic presses and making them available.
The Scholarly Press Backlist Revival project shows a striking thoughtfulness in overcoming perceived and real IP and contractual barriers.
The Scholarly Press Backlist Revival project shows a striking thoughtfulness in overcoming perceived and real IP and contractual barriers.
How the New York Public Library is navigating "challenges in providing access to one essential category of research materials: published monographs that are neither in the public domain nor commercially available for the library to purchase or license digitally." #FeedingTheElephant
Introducing The New York Public Library’s Scholarly Press Backlist Revival Project | H-Net
A guest post from Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications. Guest post by Greg Cram, associate general counsel and director, Information Policy; and Kathleen Riegelhaupt, director e...
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January 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Stunning development in scholarly publishing. NYPL will be digitizing "entire out-of-print backlists" of multiple academic presses and making them available.
The Scholarly Press Backlist Revival project shows a striking thoughtfulness in overcoming perceived and real IP and contractual barriers.
The Scholarly Press Backlist Revival project shows a striking thoughtfulness in overcoming perceived and real IP and contractual barriers.
It's me. I'm the social media manager who has been grumpy.
A bit belated (because our Social Media Manager has been grumpy), but our latest episode is up and our next episode will be up soon!
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
January 17, 2024 at 4:02 AM
It's me. I'm the social media manager who has been grumpy.
My fave thing about getting a new tattoo is seeing it and briefly going "OMG, whose tattoo is that?!" Mine. It's my tattoo.
January 11, 2024 at 10:46 PM
My fave thing about getting a new tattoo is seeing it and briefly going "OMG, whose tattoo is that?!" Mine. It's my tattoo.
Yeah, I'm fucking gutted by the OFMD cancellation, not least because it seems very pointless since it was an actually popular and critically acclaimed show.
But also they can't take it away from me, so fuck you too, HBO.
citizendamepod.com/wherever-you...
But also they can't take it away from me, so fuck you too, HBO.
citizendamepod.com/wherever-you...
Wherever You Go: Our Flag Means Death and a Personal Coming Out - Citizen Dame
When I saw the first season of Our Flag Means Death, something in it spoke to me, as it did to a lot of people. There is something deeply relatable about a man who feels he belongs nowhere, finding fr...
citizendamepod.com
January 10, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Yeah, I'm fucking gutted by the OFMD cancellation, not least because it seems very pointless since it was an actually popular and critically acclaimed show.
But also they can't take it away from me, so fuck you too, HBO.
citizendamepod.com/wherever-you...
But also they can't take it away from me, so fuck you too, HBO.
citizendamepod.com/wherever-you...
I had almost forgotten that Twitter still exists and then I see this...
January 9, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I had almost forgotten that Twitter still exists and then I see this...
MISSISSIPPI MASALA is a wonderful film about race and culture and belonging and love and I am sorry but I was too distracted by how fucking hot young Denzel Washington was.
January 9, 2024 at 3:03 AM
MISSISSIPPI MASALA is a wonderful film about race and culture and belonging and love and I am sorry but I was too distracted by how fucking hot young Denzel Washington was.
OK, but this is very, very funny.
it took six security guards to keep dead john wayne from charging the stage. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Lily Gladstone Makes Golden Globes History With ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Actress Win
Lily Gladstone became the first indigenous woman to win a Best Actress Golden Globe for her celebrated performance in 'Killers of the Flower Moon.'
www.rollingstone.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:35 PM
OK, but this is very, very funny.
Greatly enjoying not giving a flying fuck about awards this year. I didn't even know there were awards going on.
January 7, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Greatly enjoying not giving a flying fuck about awards this year. I didn't even know there were awards going on.
Hitchcock also called people who nitpicked things for being unrealistic "the plausibles": "Let's be logical. If you're going to analyze everything in terms of plausibility and credibility, then no fiction film can stand up to that approach, and you wind up with a documentary."
January 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Hitchcock also called people who nitpicked things for being unrealistic "the plausibles": "Let's be logical. If you're going to analyze everything in terms of plausibility and credibility, then no fiction film can stand up to that approach, and you wind up with a documentary."
I've just now remember that I do have a job.
January 5, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I've just now remember that I do have a job.
Finally got around to KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.
Man, that Scorsese guy sure does know his stuff.
Man, that Scorsese guy sure does know his stuff.
January 2, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Finally got around to KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON.
Man, that Scorsese guy sure does know his stuff.
Man, that Scorsese guy sure does know his stuff.
Ah, now we entertain the existential state of the week between Christmas and New Year's, when there is both nothing and everything.
December 26, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Ah, now we entertain the existential state of the week between Christmas and New Year's, when there is both nothing and everything.
Pratchett got it, man.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
this is my favorite quote in the entire series
merry Hogswatch, everyone
December 25, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Pratchett got it, man.
We had a lot of fun with this.
Our final episode of 2023 is here! We discuss holiday rom-coms, including THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, THE HOLIDAY, and the unfairly maligned LAST CHRISTMAS.
Thanks for listening and we'll see you in 2024!
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
Thanks for listening and we'll see you in 2024!
citizendame.podbean.com/e/episode-26...
Episode 264: Holiday Rom-Coms - The Dame Around the Corner | Citizen Dame
For our last episode of 2023, we chat about some holiday rom-coms (or not-quite-rom-coms) that give us all the feels: The Shop Around the Corner, The Holiday, and the unfairly maligned Last Christmas....
citizendame.podbean.com
December 23, 2023 at 7:13 PM
We had a lot of fun with this.
Amazing how I do not give a shit about whatever the contemporary film discourse is anymore. I'd much rather talk about Rita Hayworth's blood lust in BLOOD AND SAND.
December 23, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Amazing how I do not give a shit about whatever the contemporary film discourse is anymore. I'd much rather talk about Rita Hayworth's blood lust in BLOOD AND SAND.
Getting out of Brooklyn the weekend before Christmas is a true ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK situation.
December 23, 2023 at 3:39 AM
Getting out of Brooklyn the weekend before Christmas is a true ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK situation.
WHEN DO WE GET TO CATAPULT THIS MOTHERFUCKER INTO THE SUN?
Adams claims migrants are bankrupting NYC. Meanwhile, overtime for subway cops is up 3875% in one year. No, that's not a typo: 3875%. gothamist.com/news/nypd-ov...
NYPD overtime pay in the subway went from $4 million to $155 million this year
Subway crime is down slightly. Fare evasion tickets and arrests are way up.
gothamist.com
December 22, 2023 at 3:15 PM
WHEN DO WE GET TO CATAPULT THIS MOTHERFUCKER INTO THE SUN?