DeAnna (she/her)

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.

Just rewatched Down and Out in Beverly Hills for the first time in 30 years and it is fantastic.

Thanks @grandillusioncinema.org for helping spread the word about the fest!!!

Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.

This is how they claim you were 'over the line'. They pull you over and start the riot for themselves.

Hit like if you read film criticism weekly and repost if you read film criticism more than that

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:

Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP

Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you attended:

Orchestral Manuevers in the Dark
Gang of Four
Simple Minds / Soft Cell
PJ Harvey
PULP

Citizen Power Guide The United States is amid a serious and dangerous challenge to our democracy and freedoms, but there are things you can do to help.

Under #5 are some good places to give your money. Transgender Law Center is one of them.

racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...

Just read today that ICE finally killed a farm worker yesterday. Fuck all of this.

Image of Route 8 bus stuck in traffic near Westlake

Scientists Discover First Law of Motion Does Not Apply to Route 8 Buses: tinyurl.com/3txf89wp

I used to share my soy nuts with the crows at my bus stop after work. They seemed appreciative or at least curious.

This is awful, but important to know what is happening to the people who feed us.

Following on-line lessons with my beginner level Yamaha concert guitar. I'll let you know the moment it kills fascists.

I bought a guitar today. I was so angry about all those lessons I took in the 80s that never taught me anything but a few powerchords. So I quit and decided I'd never play again.

Now I have a hankering to play some Woody Guthrie and maybe some 70s tunes and it's going well.

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

I bookmarked this:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

The Weaponization of Science Echoes of the 1930s in Today’s Effort to Redefine, Replace, and Control Scientific Truth

In both the 1930s and today, authoritarian movements have selectively used science, valuing it only when it serves their agenda. Evidence-based science becomes inconvenient when it challenges power or exposes harm. So they redefine it, suppress it ... open.substack.com/pub/drjessic...

I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings

Movie posters for Fongaluli, the Battle of Algiers, the spy who came in from the cold, code 46, 28 day later, somekind of wonderful, thunderbolts, running on empty, how to steal a million, the elephant Mann, the working class goes to heaven, and more.

Watched 25 movies in May: 7 re-watches, 18 first times. Red May inspired some selections and caught 7 screenings at SIFF.

Best Firsts: THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN, PAYING FOR IT, SONS, THE NEW YOUR THAT NEVER CAME.

And I always enjoy rewatching RUNNING ON EMPTY.

“Andor” Has a Message for the Left: Act Now The “Star Wars” series shows a rebel movement struggling to be born but has a clear lesson for fighting rising fascism.

Let ANDOR radicalize you. I also highly recommend catching up with THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1966).

theintercept.com/2025/05/24/a...

I’m kneeling between Jon King and Hugo Burnham of Gang of Four while they signed me copy of Solid Gold.

Not only did I get to see Gang of Four preform Entertainment! But I also was able to meet Jon King and Hugo Burnham after the show. They are absolutely wonderful and courageous Humans.

Saw one of the best shows last night; Gang of Four’s final tour. They sounded fantastic and refused to be apolitical. We all need to follow their example.

A training montage!

Syril Karn and Reactionary Centrism This essay contains spoilers for Andor season 1 through Andor season 2, episode 8 (but not episodes 9 through 12).

this has been stuck in my mind for the last week, so I wrote up a short 4-minute-read about it. come for the Ben Shapiro jokes, stay for why I hate reactionary centrists!
on Substack (no paywall):
juliaserano.substack.com/p/syril-karn...
& Medium (friend link):
juliaserano.medium.com/syril-karn-a...

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.

Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

YES! Prolly his best and Jamie Lee Curtis makes an appearance.

Eddie Murphy seated on the hood of a red car holding a pistol - the movie poster for Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

Beverly Hills Cop. This series is still pretty fun, but I haven't seen the new installment.

Jerome (Ewan McGregor) on a bed smoking with the text of Noriko's (Vivian Wu) first book written upon his flesh. From Peter Greenaway's THE PILLOW BOOK.

popped up and couldn't believe the other correct answer was missing in this thread. VELVET GOLDMINE & THE PILLOW BOOK.

The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.

John Carpenter's THE THING.