Josh Oakley
@wineandpop.bsky.social
have worked in film criticism, exhibition, restoration & more. currently working on self.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Attention, shoppers! We’re having a Black Friday sale at The Reveal. 20% for first-time subscribers. There is much behind that paywall, plus access to comments and our excellent Discord server: thereveal.film/the-reveals-...
Whitney built herself a character arc on MORMON WIVES this season that rivals Tony Soprano:
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Whitney built herself a character arc on MORMON WIVES this season that rivals Tony Soprano:
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
doesn't appear for five episodes, blatantly says she's just back to get DWTS, gets DWTS, becomes leader of the group by the finale. amazing stuff.
one of my favorite things
Unknown Legend - Rachel getting married (2008)
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November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
one of my favorite things
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
seeing Wednesday bust out a cover of Big Star's "September Gurls" was the most i've smiled in ages. felt like a gift. incredible show.
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
seeing Wednesday bust out a cover of Big Star's "September Gurls" was the most i've smiled in ages. felt like a gift. incredible show.
"It evokes the off-kilter oddities of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but also the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue—the vague feeling that there must be something I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this."
great stuff. bleak!
great stuff. bleak!
I went to Netflix House and had a very weird time, you can read about it here
slate.com/culture/2025...
slate.com/culture/2025...
Netflix Has Built Its Own In-Person Immersive Experience. It’s … Weird, to Say the Least.
What it’s like visiting Philadelphia’s Netflix House, a disorienting experience housed in a giant mall.
slate.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"It evokes the off-kilter oddities of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but also the sensation of restlessness that I associate with scrolling through the Netflix queue—the vague feeling that there must be something I want to do here, but unsure if it is any of this."
great stuff. bleak!
great stuff. bleak!
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Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
“Much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you”
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Much of the centrist manosphere’s rhetoric is predicated on refusing to see half of what’s in front of you”
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
it’s a balm to the brain to see this entire way of thinking, which has somehow taken over this stupid country, so thoroughly and entertainingly dismantled
i can't stop thinking about "is there a place that makes a sound you love?"
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i can't stop thinking about "is there a place that makes a sound you love?"
didn't realize the thesis Nicholas Hoult has been putting together on modern toxic masculinity, especially the pathetic insecurities underlying the bravado
July 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
didn't realize the thesis Nicholas Hoult has been putting together on modern toxic masculinity, especially the pathetic insecurities underlying the bravado
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Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
www.advocate.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
the film series on hurricane katrina i co-curated for MoMA film begins one month from today 🤯 the full program notes are now live: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
okay this is literally me right now
July 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
okay this is literally me right now
this is my incredibly good girl Norma - a terrier mix rescue we adopted in December. she is perfect even when she is tearing up rolls of toilet paper. she gets scared and feisty and she loves so much.
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
July 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
this is my incredibly good girl Norma - a terrier mix rescue we adopted in December. she is perfect even when she is tearing up rolls of toilet paper. she gets scared and feisty and she loves so much.
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
so yes i cried a lot at the SUPERMAN movie
damn i thought we'd be at "FABLEMANS is a universally accepted masterpiece" by now, i'll circle back in a few years
July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
damn i thought we'd be at "FABLEMANS is a universally accepted masterpiece" by now, i'll circle back in a few years
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really nothing better than being able to entertain friends with food and drink
July 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
really nothing better than being able to entertain friends with food and drink
accidentally made myself a nice 2025 double feature about the unwieldy, jagged horror of grief: 28 YEARS LATER + THE WOMAN IN THE YARD. the first, a masterpiece. the second i found to be better, and more honest, than i had expected from others' opinions.
July 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
accidentally made myself a nice 2025 double feature about the unwieldy, jagged horror of grief: 28 YEARS LATER + THE WOMAN IN THE YARD. the first, a masterpiece. the second i found to be better, and more honest, than i had expected from others' opinions.
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This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
I will never, ever vote for Gavin Newsom. Ever, under any circumstances. I don't care if he becomes the Dem nominee, he's still not getting my vote.
On a recent podcast Gavin Newsom tells Shawn Ryan how the Trans sports issue opened the door for him to change his mind on GAC for Trans Youth.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
As someone who adored him since 2004 and voted for him 5 times, I can't wait for him to leave office.
There is no way I will be voting for him a 6th time.
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.
looks like shit and a true embarrassment from him and so many others i admired. nobody needed this money. they all simply don't care. not canceling anyone it's just really fucking disappointing.
Nick Frost in costume as Hagrid as the new Harry Potter TV show starts production. Details here bit.ly/44uyDFW
#HarryPotter #TV #book #fantasy #HBO
#HarryPotter #TV #book #fantasy #HBO
July 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
looks like shit and a true embarrassment from him and so many others i admired. nobody needed this money. they all simply don't care. not canceling anyone it's just really fucking disappointing.
i don't pay much attention to the Emmys these days but that Jeff Hiller/SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE nomination is so richly deserved - my favorite tv performance of the past year by a fair margin
July 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i don't pay much attention to the Emmys these days but that Jeff Hiller/SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE nomination is so richly deserved - my favorite tv performance of the past year by a fair margin
to the person lighting off fireworks once every couple hours overnight, just often enough to keep my dog up and anxious - i hope you never know happiness
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
to the person lighting off fireworks once every couple hours overnight, just often enough to keep my dog up and anxious - i hope you never know happiness