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art worker - Open City Doc Fest, Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest, Studio Voltaire
homosexual advocate of lowercase letters
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Fringe! 2025 kicks off THIS WEEKEND 🚨 🏃

Set the mood for what’s cumming with a peek at our lush trailer 👀

Head to our site to book your tix for all the films featured in the trailer + many more 💙💜💛

Trailer: Stephan Bless
Music kindly provided by: Tom Rasmussen - There’s A Lot To Be Happy About
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini
The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
ah yes, much like my style of public speaking
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED

We’re showing Angelo Madsen’s A BODY TO LIVE in, a lush study of photographer, performer & body mod pioneer Fakir Musafar

⛓️Come w ur finest studs, hoops & rings + stay for a Q&A w the filmmaker

📍Genesis Cinema
📅 Sun 23 Mar 6pm
🎟️ @ the link👇
www.genesiscinema.co.uk/event/96479
March 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Graeme Arnfield: Zero-Gravity Resistance Lecture Performances & Screening. May 29th, 18:30h - Barbican Cinema, London expcinema.org/site/en/even...
Graeme Arnfield: Zero-Gravity Resistance Lecture Performances & Screening
Join artist and filmmaker Graeme Arnfield for an evening of experimental screenings and live lecture performances exploring the intersections of cinema, history, and speculative futures.This event is ...
expcinema.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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We’re delighted to announce the Opening and Closing Night films for our 15th edition!

Open City 2025 will open with Maeve Brennan’s SITICULOSA which will screen with AN EXCAVATION (2022) with the films part of Brennan’s ongoing careful study into the international traffic of looted antiquities.
March 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
my perennial answer to this is carly rae jepsen because of course she should
Who should headline the 2026 #Superbowl halftime show?
February 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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🚨 🏳️‍⚧️ SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN 🏳️‍🌈 🚨

We want your filthiest, fruitiest, fabbest and (of course) queerest films for our fifteenth edition that will take place in London from 13-21 September 🎉

Find out more about + submit 👇
www.fringefilmfest.com
Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest | queer | London, UK
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest. East London's volunteer-run queer film & arts fest. Bringing you life in September and year-round!
www.fringefilmfest.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
had some time today to check out the Gregg Bordowitz show at Camden Arrs Centre and found loads to chew on in the midst of it all.

words, image, meaning all thrown up in the air and rethought queerly
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
extra screening added on 8th feb due to popular demand!!

there’s something for everyone, from insights into queer activism in east Germany, to twinks in denim 👖
ICA | Coming Out
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...
www.ica.art
January 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
my supervisor is micromanaging my progress getting through my inbox while I’m wfh
January 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;

you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
hadn’t really considered this could be somewhere to promote my work but i suppose it needs to be so with that said, 2 films from the Queer Cinema from the Eastern Bloc programme i co-curated are coming to London’s ICA over the next week 👇
January 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
stuck with my training plan and ran the entire distance i was meant to today and was rewarded with this lush sunset in the final minutes
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
realising that the only social networks i actually enjoy using are strava and letterboxd and think they both work because they’re tied to specific activities and friends/followrs only?

something web 1.0 about a closed-ish space to discuss something specific which feels much better
January 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
didn’t think you could get onto hinge from a new york city jail
December 11, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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“Because there remains – even in this warped, fucked fairground mirror of a world – a thing called right and a thing called wrong.”

amp.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...
Sport may be a blunt tool of social change, but it’s time to take a stand against Israel | Sport politics | The Guardian
As the bombardment continues in Gaza, bodies such as Fifa and the IOC have evaded taking a stand. But fans’ solidarity with Palestinians is growing and should not be ignored
amp.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:17 PM
was reminded of the existence of the bulletproof coffee fad and felt mildly sick at the thought that people melted butter into black coffee
December 1, 2023 at 5:14 PM
watched (most of) saltburn this morning and this critique seems to get at a lot of what irked me about it, namely that glamour and the occasional sharp line can’t make up for horrendous pacing, let alone be the backbone for the class critique that some people seem to think this is
Is Saltburn the most divisive film of the year? | Emerald Fennell | The Guardian
The mixed response to Emerald Fennell’s 00s-set thriller evinces a movie-going conundrum: how do we assess entertainment that is predominantly indexed on vibes?
amp.theguardian.com
November 28, 2023 at 5:38 PM