Karen M. Peterson

So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

Nooooo

The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.

Back in my day we used headphones to listen to our IPod shuffles on the F train.

Now, people sit on trains and in hospital waiting rooms scrolling through TikTok at full blast with no headphones, subjecting everyone to their shitty algorithmic addiction. It’s so rude! We used to be a society!

It's great that critic groups are condemning Disney, but are they also refusing to review or cover or help promote Disney's upcoming movies and TV shows? (Rhetorical question, I know the answer.)

Oh no! Stop! You finished it! There's no season 7 and 8, it's a lie!

Ummmm how can someone be a "festival regular" and "bedridden" at the same time?

I've never wished harder for DAVE to become a true story.

Obviously I don't want to go back to Covid times, but I do miss social distancing.

Episode 13 of The World According to Glenn is out now, discussing 1991's Sarah, Plain and Tall!

@karenmpeterson.bsky.social joins me to break down Glenn's work as both star and executive producer of this beloved Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie classic. Listen now!

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This Wednesday on The World According to Glenn, we'll be discussing Glenn's heartfelt performance in the beloved 1991 TV movie Sarah, Plain and Tall!

With special guest @karenmpeterson.bsky.social! Subscribe now on all podcast platforms.

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Image from the movie Weapons of a child running in the street at night with their arms opens and stretched downward

For our latest episode, @derekmiranda.bsky.social and @karenmpeterson.bsky.social do NOT agree about #Weapons, but really, how is it fun if everyone agrees? You know you wanna listen.

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Professional criticism is not the same as individual reviews. They can both be useful but criticism is a skill-based genre like any other writing. The yelpification of criticism isn’t evolution.

Okay, Sundance, we know 2026 is going to be the last year in Park City but do you really have to send the same email 6 times about it?

Scarlett Johansson watches Jonathan Bailey looking at a large dinosaur egg in an image from Jurassic World Rebirth.

We've been so terrible about keeping up with social media, but the podcast has been going strong. This week, @derekmiranda.bsky.social and @karenmpeterson.bsky.social are talking #JurassicWorldRebirth. Join us!

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Not even a little surprised it starts in Utah County.

The other day, I was telling one of my college student employees a story about my great-grandfather, who died when I was a freshman in high school. She was shocked when I said he was born in the 1890s.

I'm no longer "born in the 70s" old. I'm now "knew someone born in the 1800s" old.

The Academy should lose the right to complain about ratings if they don’t have Tom Cruise receiving his Honorary Oscar as part of the live telecast.

L.A. will never be defeated.

Look, I absolutely agree that the person in the middle seat gets both armrests but that does not make it okay to elbow the person next to you for the whole flight.

ok I feel completely insane asking this but like

weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago. weren't we successfully sending rockets up that did not rattle apart. also weren't we like "ah yeah that was a fail" when the rocket fell apart instead of calling it a "partial success"

If a hotel is going to have shitty TV, the least they can do is add Chromecast.

The child is considerably less cute now that he has kicked me three times and keeps elbowing me while his dad gives zero fucks. Kill me.

No cute pups next to me, but a very cute small child that will severely limit my in-flight movie selections 😬

There are so many dogs on my flight to New York and my fingers are crossed so hard that I get one for a seat neighbor. Wish me luck!

I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.

I forgot my phone at home today. It is insane how many things I was unable to do simply because I needed my phone to unlock stuff for me. Technology is so ridiculous.

AwardsWatch - ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Takes Ethan Hunt to the Ends of the Earth and Back “Our lives are the sum of our choices.” Though the words were first said to Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt in the penultimate quest, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, they continue to echo as he faces…

#MissionImpossibleTheFinalReckoning is so, so good. The stunts are incredible. Cinematography AMAZING. A few quibbles with the slow start, but overall a really great finale.

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I'm excited to stop saying, "HBO Max, no wait, just Max" and now being able to say, "HBO Max, no wait, er, yeah, HBO Max."