Dear air conditioner enthusiasts, You may have heard that June is LGBT Pride Month in these United States, marked by rainbow-banner parades in cities across the country. Boston’s passed a few Saturdays ago (favorite sign: “gender is a drag,” courtesy of a Traniwreck marcher), but I’ll confess, the parade that still means the most to [...]
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An Archival Pride Parade
Posted in film, LGBT, periodicals, politics, video, tagged gay, gay history, LGBT pride, pride parade on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Q & A: Tania Modleski, Feminist Film Critic
Posted in books, feminist theory, film, Lazy Scholar Interview, television, visual culture on March 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dear diligent-ish followers, Today marks the premiere of a semi-regular feature in these pages: the Lazy Scholar Interview. Each entry asks scholars of American culture a series of questions about the books, resources, and trends that inspire, excite, distract, or vex them—often at the same time. With that flourish, I’m pleased to introduce the first [...]
Yale Radicals, Juvenile Offenders, and Henry Miller’s Bathroom
Posted in books, college, film, politics, technology, television, video, tagged henry miller, sixties on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Dear viewers like you, The website Snagfilms usually gets pegged as “Hulu for documentaries”—a pretty generous comparison when I think about how many episodes of 30 Rock I’ve watched on our Mac. But while Hulu gives a chance for major TV networks to distribute shows both popular and flagging, Snagfilms shines its spotlight on filmmakers with [...]
Flashy Dressers
Posted in ballet, film, Hispanic, musicals, theater, visual culture on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To the relaxation-inclined, Like many people, my first exposure to theater came not from any Broadway house but the humbler stages of our local high school. Trust me, you haven’t seen Fiddler on the Roof until you’ve seen my brother in his walk-on-role as a priest! Or Twelve Angry Men performed by twelve not angry [...]
Rabbis, Incompetent and Feisty
Posted in books, film, Jews on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To the always already caffeine dependent, The nominations are in! No, not for the Oscars or the Golden Globes, but the awards we’ve all been waiting for: The Independent Spirit Awards. Let the office pools begin! In all honesty, while I tired of televised award ceremonies long ago, the ISA’s—or is it the Indies? the [...]
Musketeers, Cowboys, and Stop-Motion Desecration
Posted in film, humor, visual culture, tagged europa film treasures on November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dear readers suffering from archive-related-asthma, Allow me to introduce you today to the fabulous Europa Film Treasures, which brings together rare archival movies from 28 of the best collections across the continent. But don’t let the name fool you: you need not be a Franco-, Russo-, or Swedophile to appreciate these silents and talkies. A [...]
Wheelchairs and Weddings
Posted in advertising, disability studies, film, television, visual culture on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To my fellow homebodies, If you, like me, have found yourself reluctantly addicted to FOX’s high school dramedy Glee, then you know that this week’s episode shined its bemused spotlight the show’s wheelchair-riding, background singing Artie Abrams. The character has raised the ire of some disability advocates because he’s played by a nondisabled actor. But what [...]
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