Christa Faust
@christafaust.bsky.social
Writer. Pervert. Menopausal Troublemaker. Bisexual Assassin. She Adjacent.
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Blue Intro Post: I’m Christa. She/they. I write stuff. Novels, comics, tie-ins and novelizations. I’m a retired sex worker. A Film Noir obsessive. A complicated Queer. I’m currently Going Through Some Things and plan to take you with me.
Day 22 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir musical performance. I'm going with Veronica Lake's kinky rubber "fishing" number in This Gun For Hire.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Day 22 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir musical performance. I'm going with Veronica Lake's kinky rubber "fishing" number in This Gun For Hire.
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#Noirvember podcast - I talked with Mike White and Carol Borden about Robert Montgomery's RIDE THE PINK HORSE. Also on this episode of @projectionbooth.bsky.social Sarah Weinman discusses Dorothy B. Hughes! www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/11/epis...
Episode 493: Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
Noirvember 2020 continues with a look at Robert Montgomery’s Ride the Pink Horse which was from the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#Noirvember podcast - I talked with Mike White and Carol Borden about Robert Montgomery's RIDE THE PINK HORSE. Also on this episode of @projectionbooth.bsky.social Sarah Weinman discusses Dorothy B. Hughes! www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/11/epis...
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir not made in the USA. I've already listed some of my favorite foreign flicks in other categories (The Bitter Stems, Black Gravel, Pale Flower) so this year I'll go with The Housemaid. It's deeply weird and pervy (complimentary) and you should see it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir not made in the USA. I've already listed some of my favorite foreign flicks in other categories (The Bitter Stems, Black Gravel, Pale Flower) so this year I'll go with The Housemaid. It's deeply weird and pervy (complimentary) and you should see it.
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Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Rain in Los Angeles: a whitenoise symphony and a scrubbing of the world, gorgeous, refreshing. Let's open a window.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
Rain in St. Louis: The cold of a fished-out corpse, all is dim, a darkening of the world akin to a final glaucoma across the eye of god. Let's find out what a gun barrel tastes like.
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In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
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BRB buying my gift for the office Secret Santa gift exchange
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
BRB buying my gift for the office Secret Santa gift exchange
Fungus peeping with The Madwoman.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fungus peeping with The Madwoman.
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir Gambling Scene? This year I'm going with Pale Flower. It doesn't just have a single gambling scene, the whole damn flick is about gambling, addiction and the existential emptiness beneath it all.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Day 20 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir Gambling Scene? This year I'm going with Pale Flower. It doesn't just have a single gambling scene, the whole damn flick is about gambling, addiction and the existential emptiness beneath it all.
Day 19 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Boxing Film Noir. Tried to come up with something more obscure, but I keep coming back to my all time fave, The Set Up.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Day 19 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Boxing Film Noir. Tried to come up with something more obscure, but I keep coming back to my all time fave, The Set Up.
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A decade ago, a FB "fan" sent me faux nudes of my face photoshopped on an adult star's body. It was incredibly disturbing & v real looking. I left FB bc of that & other creepy experiences. Scary as it was, I was a mature woman in my 30s. I can't imagine what it'd be like for teen girls. We need laws
I wrote about this oncoming apocalypse in my Playboy piece - NOBODY is prepared for what easy deepfake technology is going to do to us all.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A decade ago, a FB "fan" sent me faux nudes of my face photoshopped on an adult star's body. It was incredibly disturbing & v real looking. I left FB bc of that & other creepy experiences. Scary as it was, I was a mature woman in my 30s. I can't imagine what it'd be like for teen girls. We need laws
Unsolicited testimony.
(Thanks, Beau!)
(Thanks, Beau!)
Hey, here’s another book I liked. You might like it too. #BookSky #TuesdayRecs
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Unsolicited testimony.
(Thanks, Beau!)
(Thanks, Beau!)
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir MacGuffin. There are plenty to pick from, but this time I'm going with the top secret microfilm in Pick Up on South Street. And, since I couldn't find a photo of the canister itself online, please enjoy Jean Peters smoking in a bubble bath instead.
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Day 18 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir MacGuffin. There are plenty to pick from, but this time I'm going with the top secret microfilm in Pick Up on South Street. And, since I couldn't find a photo of the canister itself online, please enjoy Jean Peters smoking in a bubble bath instead.
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17 years ago -- SEVENTEEN! -- I launched my debut, THE GOOD SON on the world. Look at this picture! I had hair! It was completely black! It is currently available in Kindle and paperback with a new cover, so if you still haven't read it, you can do so right here: amzn.to/4oLiiUL (affiliate link)
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
17 years ago -- SEVENTEEN! -- I launched my debut, THE GOOD SON on the world. Look at this picture! I had hair! It was completely black! It is currently available in Kindle and paperback with a new cover, so if you still haven't read it, you can do so right here: amzn.to/4oLiiUL (affiliate link)
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I don’t have a lot of P.E.C. lesbian titles, but the ones I have live up to the promise of “The finest in adult reading.” I’ve been working hard on my Substack and you’ll see one of these soon!
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I don’t have a lot of P.E.C. lesbian titles, but the ones I have live up to the promise of “The finest in adult reading.” I’ve been working hard on my Substack and you’ll see one of these soon!
Smack was talked. youtu.be/kcEozQZ1REg?...
Ep3: Chris Chambers Noir — Meet award-winning author and professional Dominatrix Christa Faust
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November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Smack was talked. youtu.be/kcEozQZ1REg?...
Day 17 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir duo.
It's been a sub optimal day, so I'm sticking with my go-to answer for this one. Everybody's favorite gay hitmen, Fante and Mingo from The Big Combo. "I can't swallow no more salami."
... and yes, everything DOES have to be gay, thanks for asking!
It's been a sub optimal day, so I'm sticking with my go-to answer for this one. Everybody's favorite gay hitmen, Fante and Mingo from The Big Combo. "I can't swallow no more salami."
... and yes, everything DOES have to be gay, thanks for asking!
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Day 17 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir duo.
It's been a sub optimal day, so I'm sticking with my go-to answer for this one. Everybody's favorite gay hitmen, Fante and Mingo from The Big Combo. "I can't swallow no more salami."
... and yes, everything DOES have to be gay, thanks for asking!
It's been a sub optimal day, so I'm sticking with my go-to answer for this one. Everybody's favorite gay hitmen, Fante and Mingo from The Big Combo. "I can't swallow no more salami."
... and yes, everything DOES have to be gay, thanks for asking!
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Many thanks to @letterboxd.social, who let me celebrate #Noirvember by creating a series of classic noir / neo-noir thematic double features cat's-cradling everything from Linda Darnell to David Lynch, from DOUBLE INDEMNITY to De Palma, from Humphrey Bogart to OJ Simpson.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
As Noirvember carries on strong, Travis Woods presents a film noir double feature syllabus, pairing ten of the genre’s classics with searing neo-noir gems. boxd.it/2OA
Dark Mirrors: handcuffing ten film noir classics to ten neo-noir masterworks • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
As Noirvember carries on strong, Travis Woods presents a film noir double feature syllabus, pairing ten of the genre’s classics with searing neo-noir gems.
boxd.it
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Many thanks to @letterboxd.social, who let me celebrate #Noirvember by creating a series of classic noir / neo-noir thematic double features cat's-cradling everything from Linda Darnell to David Lynch, from DOUBLE INDEMNITY to De Palma, from Humphrey Bogart to OJ Simpson.
Give it a read:
Give it a read:
...stares into the distance...
Finally saw Helmut Käutner's BLACK GRAVEL. After waiting years for it to turn up on a streaming service that I use I got a copy through an inter-library loan (thank God for libraries!)
Anyway - it's very good.
Anyway - it's very good.
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
...stares into the distance...
In the spirit of today's #NoirvemberChallenge check out this old archived post I did for @maybejed.bsky.social on lesser-known noir gems. www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
30 Days Has Noirvember: Christa Faust
So Jed asked me to throw together a quickfire Noirvember list of my top 5 under-known/underrated noir flicks. How could I resist a chance to champion...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In the spirit of today's #NoirvemberChallenge check out this old archived post I did for @maybejed.bsky.social on lesser-known noir gems. www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Day 16 of the #NoirvemberChallenge Lesser-known Film Noir everyone should see.
My pick is Black Gravel.
(stares into the distance)
My pick is Black Gravel.
(stares into the distance)
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Day 16 of the #NoirvemberChallenge Lesser-known Film Noir everyone should see.
My pick is Black Gravel.
(stares into the distance)
My pick is Black Gravel.
(stares into the distance)
"It’s easier to pay homage to something that’s been well received than to come up with something new and original." This article is about style but see also books/movies/art/music et-fucking-cetera. www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/arti...
Will nostalgia be the defining aesthetic of the 2020s?
From Hedi Boys and King Kylie to Margiela Futures and #swag, fashion is stuck in an endless remix of bygone eras – but can we ever escape the loop?
www.dazeddigital.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"It’s easier to pay homage to something that’s been well received than to come up with something new and original." This article is about style but see also books/movies/art/music et-fucking-cetera. www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/arti...
Last night I was so angry about our friend being kidnapped and deported by ICE that I almost drove @cupcakegoth.bsky.social and Uncle Pete off a cliff. Today I'm taking action. Writing, calling, donating, taking practical steps to help his family and others affected by this administration's cruelty.
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Last night I was so angry about our friend being kidnapped and deported by ICE that I almost drove @cupcakegoth.bsky.social and Uncle Pete off a cliff. Today I'm taking action. Writing, calling, donating, taking practical steps to help his family and others affected by this administration's cruelty.
Tired: Leaf peeping
Wired: Fungus peeping
Wired: Fungus peeping
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tired: Leaf peeping
Wired: Fungus peeping
Wired: Fungus peeping
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I went viral on threads but in that darkly funny way where I wrote a deeply personal post at the end of a really long day of writing, reading, & screens... & shared it with a typo that I didn't catch in my immediate reread. As a perfectionist, lol, it's good for me. www.threads.com/@filmintuiti...
Jen Johans (@filmintuition) on Threads
When I was walking home from the bus stop in the'90s, 2 twenty-sonething men tried to force me into their truck. It was the first time I'd heard such language. I had a back brace under my sweater but ...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I went viral on threads but in that darkly funny way where I wrote a deeply personal post at the end of a really long day of writing, reading, & screens... & shared it with a typo that I didn't catch in my immediate reread. As a perfectionist, lol, it's good for me. www.threads.com/@filmintuiti...