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Oliver Wang
@owang.bsky.social
Arts & culture writer, sociology professor, disk junkie. Curator of the forthcoming "Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community."
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Cruising J-Town Exhibition Trailer
YouTube video by Japanese American National Museum
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Coming summer 2025.
Cruising J-Town Exhibition Trailer
YouTube video by Japanese American National Museum
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 5:30 AM
"Tiny Beautiful Things" is pretty solid but jesus, does it have one of the *least* realistic therapists I've ever seen on television (and that's saying a lot).
July 7, 2023 at 4:31 AM
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Always be rude to fascists. Be rude, be vulgar, and laugh at them when they cry their shitty little crocodile tears over it. By now, everyone can probably see why it's important to do so, yes?
Again, it was a bigger deal to these people when Sarah Sanders was politely refused service at a restaurant, we had four years of civility discourse because of it https://bsky.app/profile/adamserwer.bsky.social/post/3jzsyb26fyn2o
Trump seems to have provoked an assassination attempt on Obama but it’s not being covered as a big political story bc msm political desks don’t want to look biased https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-obama-justice-department-capitol-mccarthy-27934bbd095111e7eb2bac5b5bb24e06
July 6, 2023 at 2:02 AM
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I invite you to read every word of this important and searing column by Elie Mystal.
The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.
The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.
www.thenation.com
June 30, 2023 at 12:42 AM
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"

Better than 2 and 4 (which isn't saying much), PWB was great (even if this felt like her audition reel to take over "Tomb Raider"), and the fan service didn't feel overdone.

But...
July 2, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Not that BSKY has to wholly resemble TW but the ability on TW to tweet-storm is a useful one. Hope BSKY can integrate a feature like that.
July 1, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I've been contemplating writing long-ish form album reviews by anchoring each around a formalist core. In other words: in additional to historical context, I talk about the same basic formal qualities, i.e. LP length, song duration, sequencing, etc.
July 1, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Started from Friendster, now we here.
June 27, 2023 at 5:23 PM