Seth Barry Watter
@sbwatter.bsky.social
new york, ny | author of The Human Figure on Film (SUNY, 2023) and of articles on film, media, the human sciences, psychiatry
scholarly writing here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Seth-Watter
scholarly writing here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Seth-Watter
Recreationally, that is
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Recreationally, that is
Teaching, like life, is risk.
October 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Teaching, like life, is risk.
I had students who laughed the whole way though Meshes once. They just treated it like kitsch. The other day my students were condescending to Eisenstein: "Battleship Potenkin isn't that bad for a movie made in 1925." "Come on, though. The baby carriage? Really?"
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I had students who laughed the whole way though Meshes once. They just treated it like kitsch. The other day my students were condescending to Eisenstein: "Battleship Potenkin isn't that bad for a movie made in 1925." "Come on, though. The baby carriage? Really?"
This new article in The Intercept is worth reading for context:
Shinzo Abe Killer’s Trial Is Exposing the Christian Cult Entrenched in Japanese Politics
Tetsuya Yamagami is now on trial for the assassination of Shinzo Abe. He says he was motivated by Abe's ties to the Moonies.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This new article in The Intercept is worth reading for context:
A new queer classic?
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A new queer classic?
Also these from Kunihiko Kasahara
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Also these from Kunihiko Kasahara
When the song "Coco" by O.T. Genasis was really popular ("I'm in love with the coco"), some preteens were sort of trolling my wife by singing it during an art class. She asked them if they knew what it meant. "Coconuts?" one of them replied.
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When the song "Coco" by O.T. Genasis was really popular ("I'm in love with the coco"), some preteens were sort of trolling my wife by singing it during an art class. She asked them if they knew what it meant. "Coconuts?" one of them replied.
I've read several articles and I'm not sure I do either. Maybe it's time to revisit Burroughs on "the language virus."
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I've read several articles and I'm not sure I do either. Maybe it's time to revisit Burroughs on "the language virus."
What my daughter brought home from the library yesterday
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What my daughter brought home from the library yesterday