# handmaid's tale

[beitru]

that joseph lawrence fanfiction made me feel dirtier than any extreme fetish fic i've ever read out of sick curiosity!!! dare i say that old man................................ boiled my blood, sexily

[alfieshawfmp]

Has the digital age killed the typeface

Looking around at brand typography, it can feel like a dark dystopian design world out there, void of creativity. It’s like The Handmaid’s Tale, we’ve dressed our brands in typographic outfits of sameness, no one stands out or has their own voice, and nowhere is this more obvious than in the logos we encounter every day.

Brand identities have almost universally adopted the uniform of conformity, in the shape of the sans serif typeface. It’s as if we’ve sent our fonts into the wasteland to fend for themselves – thinking they no longer have anything to offer.

Bentley, R. (2022). Has the digital age killed the typeface? [online]. Available from: https://michoncreative.co.uk/articles/has-the-digital-age-killed-the-typeface/.

Just like the brutalist architecture of the sixties, the sans serif was born out an ethos of social utopianism.

The brutalist buildings of the 60’s projected modernism and self-confidence, with their stark, simplistic and fit-for-purpose style because they were created out of necessity – to house the masses.

Today’s utopian brand vision is one of inclusivity and accessibility, causing companies to clamber for identities that won’t offend or turn potential customers off. The sans serif’s simplicity fits the bill, going a long way to explain its popularity. There’s no room for offence, confusion or misinterpretation.

When writing my dissertation, I described how AI bases its outcomes on machine learning and what already exists, however by doing so, you limit the creation of new trends. I wrote a lot about styles like brutalism and how they're birthed out of creativity, and when relied on, AI hinders this.

What I'm trying to say is that sometimes, if you take too much inspiration from those around you and try to maintain youthful and trendy with branding, you can lose a sense of identity. The uniqueness of a designer or brand comes from looking within yourself, which Is why I think heritage is such an important part of branding.

[frighthouseofalighthouse]

I'M GONNA DO IT TO EM' ALL ASKS THAT YOU REBLOG TONIGHT TILL 10 AM TOMORROW.... DO THEM!!!!

Hey, you had to do it to ‘em! Here they are starting with the most recent.

“Weird asks that say a lot”

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

Coffee mugs because you can use them for everything. Teacups are too small for a proper cuppa.

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

Chocolate bars always.

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

Bubblegum, which I miss so much. I haven’t had it in over 2 years bc of my braces

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

I didn’t go to public school but all the adults who dealt with me said I was sociable and tried to get everyone to do the group projects but no one listened so I ended up sitting alone reading and quietly doing the project.

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

Glass BOTTLES make it taste superior.

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

Pastel boho preppy goth best describes my style.

7. earbuds or headphones?

Earbuds, but only rubber tipped ones. The plastic ones never fit in my ears. Also headphones never cover my whole ear right. :/

8. movies or tv shows?

TV shows keep my attention span better.

9. favorite smell in the summer?

Brewing thunderstorms.

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

None. But trampoline if I had to pick.

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

Scrambled eggs, peanut butter toast, and some kind of fruit.

12. name of your favorite playlist?

My main one is Things You Love. My one for writing is Queen And Country, and my other two favorites are Summer Songs and A Queen Knows How To Fight A War.

13. lanyard or key ring?

Key ring, lanyards get in the way.

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

Swedish Fish or Sour Patch Kids.

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

OH MAN. To Kill A Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, The Grapes Of Wrath, and The Handmaid’s Tale were definitely my top 5 in English class.

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

Curled up sideways in an armchair with my legs slung over the arm. Sitting normally sucks.

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

Either pair of my black boots, or my pink floral Skechers that I wear to work.

18. ideal weather?

60 degrees, cloudy, windy, with a chance of rain.

19. sleeping position?

On my right side, arms around a fluffy pillow, one leg out straight and the other drawn up with my knee to my chest.

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

Laptop. I’m trying to exercise my hand and wrist so I don’t tire as quick of notebook writing, though.

21. obsession from childhood?

History, Nancy Drew books, Harry Potter, and ghost stories.

22. role model?

The person I am but don’t think I am.

23. strange habits?

Pulling my shirt collar up over my nose and mouth/putting it in my mouth and chewing on it.

24. favorite crystal?

Amethyst, my birthstone! Close second is blue goldstone. (Have you ever seen it? It looks like the universe. I have a worrystone made of blue goldstone and it’s one of my prized possessions.)

25. first song you remember hearing?

Something from church probably. Outside of church probably one of these: If I Had A Hammer // Peter, Paul and Mary, Puff The Magic Dragon // Peter, Paul and Mary, Scarborough Fair // Simon & Garfunkel, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald // Gordon Lightfoot.

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

Sit in the shade.

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

Drink tea, read, and play either Pokemon or Nancy Drew and the Clue Benders Society on my 3DS.

28. five songs to describe you?

The Pines // Roses & Revolutions, I Am Here // Pink, Walk Me Home // Pink, Call Home // Heathers (not the musical), Traveler’s Song // Aviators

29. best way to bond with you?

Talk to me about history, crime, musicals, books, or tv shows

30. places that you find sacred?

Natural swamps. Libraries. Old, overgrown gardens. Anywhere historic. Pine forests at dusk. Anywhere under a clear night sky.

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

A plaid shirt, black leggings, and black boots with dark neutral lipstick and a black choker.

32. top five favorite vines?

Fre she vocado, BENTLEY NOOOOO, uhhh I sure hope it does, the one of Lin Manuel-Miranda trying to brainstorm, and this bitch empty YEEt

33. most used phrase in your phone?

Idk how to find this out

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

Idk if this is just a local thing here but WOW ITS NATURESTONE

35. average time you fall asleep?

12-1 nowadays.

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

I can haz cheezburger

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

Depends. Suitcase for things like my laptop that are better protected than in a duffel bag, but duffel bag otherwise because they’re easier to carry.

38. lemonade or tea?

TEAAAAA

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

Both please

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

My house? We had a safe word when we did math. It was “quokka.” If we got overwhelmed we’d say it and then stop and look at pictures of quokkas.

41. last person you texted?

My friend and coworker.

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

Jacket pockets.

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

Cardigan or hoodie

44. favorite scent for soap?

Lavender

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

Fantasy. It takes me a bit to get into fantasy books usually, but sci-fi is hard to follow and superhero is mostly predictable.

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

Fuzzy pants and a t shirt

47. favorite type of cheese?

Muenster, parmesan, or goat cheese

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

Raspberry

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

“I have no country to fight for. My country is the earth, and I am a citizen of this world.” - Eugene V. Debs

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

A weird local political ad a couple years back.

51. current stresses?

My recent breakup, an overnight shift I work on Wednesday night, and trying to find time to go out to a corn maze with my friend.

52. favorite font?

Baskerville or Georgia.

53. what is the current state of your hands?

Covered in small cuts and scrapes from work, nails picked short, black nail polish mostly peeled off.

54. what did you learn from your first job?

babysitting job: Kids suck never have more than one. Retail job: being on your fee it hardddd

55. favorite fairy tale?

Beauty and the Beast or Rapunzel

56. favorite tradition?

Looking at Halloween decorations

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

Cutting, being manipulated by my dad, and letting other people make me believe I wasn’t good enough (still working on that one)

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Writing, puzzle-solving, singing, and calligraphy

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

“Oh shit waddup”

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

One of those preppy gothic private school animes with a dark secret lurking around the corner

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

Book: “Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance. You have to work at it.” - The Handmaid’s Tale. Movie: “It’s not about deserve. It’s about what you believe. And I believe in love.” - Wonder Woman. TV Show: “I am the Bad Wolf. I create myself.” - Doctor Who.

62. seven characters you relate to?

Hermione Granger, Luna Lovegood, Remus Lupin, Richard Gansey III, Blue Sargent, Dean Winchester, Charlie Bradbury.

63. five songs that would play in your club?

Same five that I said describe me.

64. favorite website from your childhood?

Webkinz and the old American Girl site circa 2009.

65. any permanent scars?

One down my chest from heart surgery as a baby, lots from self harm on my arms/legs, some on my left knee from falling as a kid, and one on the back of my right heel from being pecked by a goose at the fair when I was 11.

66. favorite flower(s)?

Sunflowers, roses, and dahlias.

67. good luck charms?

Myself.

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

Ranch anything.

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

Jellyfish have no brains and no heart.

70. left or right handed?

I’m third generation left handed!

71. least favorite pattern?

Vertical stripes.

72. worst subject?

Math.

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

Wendy’s fries and chocolate frosty.

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

7. Usually I just ignore it because I have a “high pain tolerance” (which means I like to put myself through minor pains because I think I deserve it)

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

Age 5. I was trying to blow up an inflatable ball and it came out.

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

ALL POTATOES EXCEPT POTATO SALAD

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

Violets.

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

Neither, both suck equally.

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

Never had a school id so I guess the license

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

Earth tones for me

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

...They are literally the same thing

82. pc or console?

PC

83. writing or drawing?

Writing. I absolutely cannot draw.

84. podcasts or talk radio?

Podcasts, talk radio is so obnoxious.

84. barbie or polly pocket?

Barbie. The clothes are easier to take on and off. I used to accidentally rip polly pocket clothes all the time.

85. fairy tales or mythology?

Mythology. I like it because it explains things, it’s creation stories, its origins. Fairy tales are just fantasies or cautionary tales.

86. cookies or cupcakes?

Cookies.

87. your greatest fear?

Rejection, drowning, and clowns.

88. your greatest wish?

To be a semi-successful author and historian.

89. who would you put before everyone else?

My mom.

90. luckiest mistake?

Not succeeding in killing myself!

91. boxes or bags?

Bags.

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

Dim lamps if they have yellow bulbs. I hate white lights. And also fairy lights yes please.

93. nicknames?

Ellie, Ell, Little Lion, Lioness.

94. favorite season?

FALLLLL

95. favorite app on your phone?

Tumblr, Spotify, or Instagram.

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

6.

98. favorite historical era?

Revolutionary War-era America or late Victorian England.

THIS GOT REALLY LONG AND I DONT WANNA HIT THE TEXT BLOCK LIMIT SO IMMA DO ALL THE HALLOWEEN ONES SEPARATELY, MAYBE IN THE MORNING.

[nirikeehan]

weird questions for writers! #1, #4, #25, #32

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

Times New Roman, 12 point. When I was younger I used to pick a different fun font for whatever new project I was working on, but I can't be arsed anymore lol. Whatever I write these days gets posted in a different font regardless so I just use the one I deem the least obtrusive.

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

Tundra. I've always thought it sounded and looked cool af. I love that there's one neat word for "frozen wilderness." English does a lot of things in super weird and ugly ways, but not this one.

(I just looked up the etymology and it came to English from Russian. because of course it did.)

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

Ahhh this one's hard because I tend to think all details are important to the story and reveal something about the character!

I guess this might count: I recently wrote dialogue from Samson where he said he "barely" got Cullen to go to the Hanged Man pub while they were living together in Kirkwall. I keep thinking: what does that mean? Did Samson talk Cullen into it, and then proceed to get belligerently drunk and threaten to fight some thugs in an alley or something? Forcing Cullen to mediate a situation he did not want to be in and vowed never to be a part of again?

I mean it sounds like a fic now that I'm writing it out like this lmfao

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

The opening chapter of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood comes to mind. I've read and reread that book for almost 20(!) years now, and every time I feel like I'm coming back to absorb something essential for my own writing. (And I have noticed my writing get closer to it in style over time, which has pleased me.)

This is the first paragraph:

We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted on it, for the games that were formerly played there; the hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone. A balcony ran around the room, for the spectators, and I thought I could smell, faintly like an afterimage, the pungent scent of sweat, shot through with the sweet taint of chewing gum and perfume from the watching girls, felt-skirted as I knew from pictures, later in miniskirts, then pants, then in one earring, spiky green-streaked hair. Dances would have been held there; the music lingered, a palimpsest of un-heard sound, style upon style, an undercurrent of drums, a forlorn wail, garlands made of tissue-paper flowers, cardboard devils, a revolving ball of mirrors, powdering the dancers with a snow of light.

So much conveyed in one paragraph with such beautiful language and imagery. Ugh, kill me. It's one of my favorite books of all time.

Questions here.

[jaunitaeasterby-blog]

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[oonaghdavisdigitalartblog-blog]

Tuesday Smillie: Aesthetic Strategies (10/11 at 5:15pm, Milstein Hall)

Smillie’s art work strikes at a dynamic intersection between contemporary exhibition quality work and current events and protests. He is inspired by the “theatricality” that people put into protests, many of which are directed at social media audiences. Smillie spoke about the Ohio abortion bill protest as a particularly potent example that utilized the power of symbol to send a message. Women sitting in the front row of the hearing wore red robes and white bonnets which reflected those of the characters in the novel and TV series, The Handmaid’s Tale. He also spoke of other theatrical protests related to the most recent election. Smillie also voiced his interest in how social media activates social and political scenes, and how those digital conversations are translated to the streets. 

The graphics that are used in protests are essential. Smillie emphasized the labor that goes into these graphics, in many cases being made by hand, and how this impacts the message that each individual is attempting to convey. The sociopolitical message suddenly becomes personal and relatable. One can identify the effort that was invested. An example of this that he identified was the women's suffrage movement. 

Along with the personal effort that goes into these graphics, the message that they are relaying must be clear and legible. The font used is very important and often overlooked. However, Smillie pays careful attention to this aspect of his designed works. Sans Serif is a very common font for protest graphics due to the clean lines and curves of the letters. 

One of the questions that I wanted to ask but someone was able to ask it before I had the chance was: Did he, Tuesday Smillie, ever take his art to the streets? He mentioned that he has only done this with one of his works (depicted above) because he’s interested in the gallery setting as it’s more “personal”. In response to this answer I was still curious why. Protest graphics are designed to convey a message to a large group of people; connecting with individuals from all social classes, all religious backgrounds, all educational backgrounds etc. This style of art wants to be where the people are, the gallery setting seems a bit buttoned down? Perhaps I’m wrong; it would have been nice to speak with him more in person. 

One more note: I also saw connections between his work and Xu Bing’s work. Both artists are enthralled with font, message, and symbol. Ultimately, how art can act as a communication device for social and political issues. 

[cookietimele]

Bilan Cinema 2017

Voilà, c'est ce moment de l'année, le moment du bilan cinématographique de 2017. Je ne sais pas pour vous, mais pour ma part cette année a été très riche. Je compte une trentaine de film qui m'ont ému, qui m'ont enchanté, fait rire, pleurer, réfléchir. Des films qui ne me quittent plus. Certains sont même rentrés dans le fameux top 100 sans d'autre forme de procès (même si je ne pratiquerai  jamais cet exercice, c'est déjà assez compliqué de me mettre d'accord pour un top 10 chaque année, comment faire pour classer TOUS les films vu dans ma vie). La semaine dernière, je me suis posée, et j'ai classé les films vu au cinéma pour faire un top 10. Qui s'est transformé en top 15. Qui s'est transformé en top 20. J'en suis arrivée à un classement qui me plait à peu près. Et je m'en vais vous le partager maintenant.

20/ Paddington 2 de Paul King (décembre)

Ceux qui me connaissent ne peuvent pas ignorer mon adoration pour ce petit ours maladroit. Ce deuxième opus est dans la lignée du premier, un enchantement. Coloré, mignon, drôle. J'aime tellement cet univers que j'en ai écrit un article, plus une lettre d'amour qu'une véritable critique. Donc il était impensable de ne pas le mettre dans ce top.

19/ The Young Lady de William Oldroyd (avril)

C'est ce genre de film que je vais voir sans en avoir entendu parler, juste parce que cela se passe en Angleterre et qu'il y a des costumes (chaque année il y en a et je n'en rate jamais un, c'est un peu mon péché mignon). Mais The Young Lady est plus qu'un film en costume. C'est un film glacial, dure. Le personnage principal féminin (brillamment interprété par Florence Pugh) est intéressant et bien écrit. Deux scènes m'ont particulièrement glacé le sang par leur côté pervers et mécanique, quasiment insoutenable. On n'en ressort malheureusement pas indemne et ce film austère m'a hanté un bon moment cette année.

18/ Creepy de Kiyoshi Kurosawa (juin)

On garde le thème du malaise avec ce film  japonais, aussi glacial que malsain. J'étais assez mitigée à la sortie, mais il m'a fait réfléchir pendant des mois. Donc il a tout à fait sa place dans ce top.

17/ Atomic Blonde de David Leitch (août)

Un film d'action avec un lead féminin ? Évidemment que j'allais me ruer dessus. Surtout que Charlize Theron n'a plus rien à prouver pour jouer une femme badass, on sait tous qu'elle assure à deux milles pour cent. J'avais été mitigée à la sortie, le film ayant de petites baisses de rythme. Mais les scènes d'action et les chorégraphies m'ont tellement marqué que sa place dans mon petit top était tout trouvé. Et on devrait arrêter de comparer les films lead féminin/ lead masculin (« le Jason Bourne féminin » … non mais sérieux, ça m'énerve profondément).  

16/ Au revoir là-haut de Albert Dupontel (octobre)

Chaque année, mes top sont assez américanisés (et celui là aussi, je m'en excuse déjà). À part quelques exceptions, il n'y a jamais de films français, ou s'il y en a c'est que c'est un film exceptionnel. Donc, je n'ai pas grand chose à rajouter, voir Au revoir Là-Haut dans mon top en dit long...

15/ Mother ! de Darren Aronofsky (septembre)

Peut-être le film le plus controversé de l'année. Le genre de film qui divise en deux camps��: ceux qui aiment, ceux qui détestent, sans mesure. Je fais partie du premier camp, trouvant le film très dense. J'ai surtout aimé l'atmosphère, été bouleversé par le personnage de Jennifer Lawrence. Le film est d'une violence en terme émotionnelle, très viscéral et organique. J'ai hâte de le revoir pour identifier les différentes lectures.

14/ Battle of the sexes de Valerie Faris et Jonathan Dayton (novembre)

Emma Stone m'a ébloui deux fois cette année (on se demande quel est l'autre film). Battle of the sexes est ce genre de film démontrant le société patriarcale de l'époque mais on ne peut s'empêcher de faire un lien avec la notre (et ça en devient même déprimant). Ce film m'a aussi permis de connaître Billie Jean King et ses combats.

13/ Quelques Minutes après Minuit de Juan Antonio Bayona (janvier)

Le premier film de l'année à m'avoir arracher des (torrents de) larmes. Un film très juste sur le deuil et sur l'enfance. Rien que d'y repenser, j'ai les larmes aux yeux.

12/ Your Name de Makoto Shinkai (sorti le 28 décembre 2016 mais vu en janvier)

Année très pauvres en œuvres d'animation japonaises, mais ce film est une pure merveille. Dommage qu'il n'a pas fait trop parler de lui.

11/ Jackie de Pablo Larrain (février)

Un film très austère, qui n'a pas plu à tout le monde. Le film brosse un portrait d'une femme traumatisée, meurtrie mais toujours debout. Natalie Portman est si époustouflante, une de mes prestations favorites de cette année.

10/ The Lost City of Z de James Gray (mars)

Je ne sais si vous vous rappelez de ma réaction après le visionnage du film, on ne pouvait pas faire plus mitigé. Et il a fait son petit bonhomme de chemin dans ma tête, jusqu'à devenir un élément capital de mon bilan. Ce dernier plan me hante encore.  

9/ Coco de Lee Unkrich (novembre)

Mon top n'est pas mon top s'il n'y a pas un Pixar dedans. Encore une fois, Pixar a trouvé le chemin de mes glandes lacrymales avec ce film coloré mais qui réveille des peurs inavouées comme l'oubli et la mort.

8/ Wind River de Taylor Sheridan (août)

Le talentueux scénariste de Sicario à la réalisation ? Je me suis élancée comme un chat devant ses croquettes. Les thrillers hivernaux font toujours d'excellents films, celui là confirme cette règle, poisseux et glauque à souhait.

7/ Miss Sloane de John Madden (mars)

On va me suspecter de favoritisme avec ce film, juste à cause de Jessica Chastain (et peut-être que vous n'avez pas tord...). Un film bavard, avec des dialogues qui fusent dans tous les sens, minutieux, avec un lead féminin qui mélange fierté et intelligence. J'ai passé un excellent moment devant et je ne rougis absolument pas de sa place dans ce top.

6/ John Wick 2 de Chad Stahelski (février)

John Wick 2 aurait pu être un Jack Reacher 2 : un film plat, qui perd toute l'excellence du premier et où la seule pensée qu'on a quand on sort de la salle c'est « pourquoooooi ? ». Il n'en est rien. Le film étoffe l'univers, tout en gardant le style et l'atmosphère du premier. Les chorégraphies sont d'une beauté, c'est bien filmé. Un vrai plaisir pour les yeux.

5/ Star Wars Épisode VIII : The Last Jedi de Rian Johnson (décembre)

Bon, voilà... Celle qui n'était pas convaincue à l'annonce de la nouvelle trilogie, l'est enfin. Rian Johnson a réussi tout en subtilité et profondeur à créer un vent nouveau, une fraicheur salvatrice tout en étant fidèle à l'univers. C'était un pari risqué, il l'a gagné pour ma part.

4/ Baby Driver de Edgar Wright (juillet)

Edgar Wright prouve son sens inné du rythme avec ce film qui démarre sur les chapeaux de roues (blague subtile...). « Was he slow » élue meilleure chanson de l'année.

3/ Wonder Woman de Patty Jenkins (juin)

Je l'ai dis, j'ai saoulé tout le monde avec ça, Wonder Woman serait dans mon top 3. Et s'il y a une chose à savoir chez moi : je ne mens jamais. Un des meilleurs films de cette année et puis c'est tout.

2/ Blade Runner 2049 de Denis Villeneuve (octobre)

Chaque fois je me dis que Villeneuve s'est dépassé et qu'il ne peut pas aller plus loin. Chaque fois il le fait quand même. Quelle claque monumentale je me suis prise devant son Blade Runner ! C'est si fort, émouvant, je peine à en parler à chaque fois que j'essaye. C'est juste … wow.

1/ La La Land de Damien Chazelle (janvier)

Ai-je vraiment besoin d'en parler ? Vous savez, chaque année on a ce film qui chamboule tout, qui allume des étoiles dans les yeux, qui réchauffe le cœur, qui nous fait dire « c'est pour ça que j'aime le cinéma ». La La Land c'est tout ça pour moi.

Ils auraient pu être dans mon top :

Loving de Jeff Nichols (

Split de M. Night Shyamalan

Logan de James Mangold

Get Out de Jordan Peele

Song to Song de Terrence Malick

Dunkerque de Christopher Nolan (

La Planètes des Singes : Suprématie de Matt Reeves

120 Battements par Minute de Robin Campillo 

Le Redoutable de Michel Hazanavicius

Les mentions spéciales :

Les Figures de L'Ombre de Theodore Melfi

Brimstone de Martin Koolhoven

Sans Pitié de Byeon Seong-hyeon

Spider-Man : Homecoming de Jon Watts

Logan Lucky de Steven Soderbergh

Le Crime de l'Orient Express de Kenneth Branagh

Deux gros coup de cœur en terme de film découvert cette année : Le Labyrinthe de Pan de Guillermo Del Toro et Memories of Murder de Bong Joon-ho.

Mes séries préférées de 2017 :

Gros coup de cœur pour Stranger Things, avec la saison 1 découverte en janvier et la saison 2 en octobre avec son univers rétro et ses personnages attachants, pour Big Little Lies, superbe série, pour la saison 2 de Sense 8 et pour l'anime Hunter x Hunter.

Série/saison à voir en 2018:

-saison 3 de The Fall

-saison 3 de Fargo

-saison 3 de The Leftovers

-saison 2 de The Crown

-saison 5 et 6 de Girls (en cours)

-Twin Peaks (il serait temps que je m'y mette)

-The Get Down (ça fait un an que je dis que je vais la regarder)

-Hannibal (je l'ai promis à une amie qui est fan)

-Westworld (pour comprendre l'engouement)

-11.22.63 (parce qu'on me l'a conseillé)

-The White Queen (parce que Rebecca Ferguson)

-Dark (parce que j'arrête pas d'en entendre parler et ça m'intrigue)

-The Handmaid's Tale (j'attends d'être dans une bonne disposition)

-Mindhunter (pas besoin de donner une raison je pense)

Voilà c’est tout pour moi, passez un excellent weekend de fin d’année et à l’année prochaine :)

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Hello, book-dragons! My constantly stressed state is very excited to tell you about all the things I’m looking forward to in the near and upcoming future! From books, movies, music, anime and manga and whatever strikes my fancy. So without further ado let’s begin with the movies I’m looking forward to…

Movies/TV Shows

Thor: Ragnarok – It’s coming out soon but exams are coming up and I have an essay due! NOOOOooooooooooooooooo

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda – or should I say ‘Love, Simon’ . Amazing title, amazing and now I need a trailer. ooor just the whole movie….. please?

Ferdinand – Ferdinand is an adorkable bull.

WONDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – ‘nuff said

Voltron: Legendary Defenders Season 5 – Season 4 just came out, I binge-watched it in a day, my feelings and emotions got wrecked and now I NEED SEASON 5!!!!!

Anime & Manga

Feast your eyes on the amazing animation of Violet Evergarden It is an upcoming animation project from Kyoto Animation and if that stellar and top notch animation doesn’t convince you that A) it’s going to be visually stunning and B) amazing overall, I don’t know what will.

Volume 5 of Behind the Scenes!!! – I still need Volume 4 though but don’t you fret I’ll have it in my hands very, very soon *evil laughter*

Volume 4 of The Seven Princes in the Thousand Year Labyrinth – This series is literally just so beautifully drawn, filled with beautiful characters and a touch of crazy, murder and suspense

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc – I loved Cardcaptor Sakura and now there is not only a new ARC but new cards and everything. SIGN ME UP!!!!

Books

We’ve reached the part that you are probably here for: books. Here are the upcoming releases that I am really, really, REALLY looking forward to:

Dark in Death – It’s Lieutenant Eve Dallas and another crime. Of course I’m looking forward to this…

Whichwood – Admittedly the cover is beautiful and makes me want to read it but the premise is also very promising.

Fracture Me (also Shatter Me #5 & #6) – OK probably shouldn’t be to hyped about this because that may lead to disappointment but I DON’T CARE! Reread this series recently and just remembered why I loved it. Needs no further explanation, me thinks…

Long Way Down – I was scrolling through the upcoming releases on Goodreads and came across this one. It is not something that I would pick up normally however it sounds like something that will make me think and mess up my emotions. What more could you want in a book?

Year One – an end of the world type of series which is very, very different to Nora Robert’s previous trilogies so I am very excited!

Saga Vol 1 & 2– This is actually not an upcoming release but I borrowed it recently and it is coming. I’ve seen it around and I recently just got back into graphic novels so I thought I would give it a try! (Actually, I think by the time this post is up I may have already read these…. But I’ll put it in any way)

 Shout about the things you’re looking forward to in the comments!

Looking Forward To Hello, book-dragons! My constantly stressed state is very excited to tell you about all the things I’m looking forward to in the near and upcoming future!

[juliandmouton30]

Emma King rewrites George Orwell's 1984 using Donald Trump's tweets

London-based graphic designer Emma King has rewritten the first chapter of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four using US President Donald Trump's tweets 

Inspired by a resurgence of interest in dystopian literature and Trump's online activity, King used an online archive to navigate through more than 30,000 of the US president's tweets, before placing them amongst Orwell's text.

She began by pasting the selection of quotes into InDesign. Words from the novel were coloured red and positioned vertically down the page, while the tweets were laid out horizontally.

"The project creates a juxtaposition between Donald Trump's tweets and the narrative of Nineteen Eighty-Four to suggest the parallels between the themes of the book and Trump's rise to power," King told Dezeen.

"Any words that Trump hasn't tweeted are included alone, and they're usually the more florid, descriptive words, or the neologisms unique to the novel such as 'Ingsoc', 'doublethink' or 'thoughtcrime'," she continued.

For the font, King chose Sabon – a serif typeface commonly used for body text in books.

"Using a serif font helps to re-contextualise the tweets away from their digital origins on Twitter, where they would be seen in a sans serif," she said.

"By setting the tweets in Sabon, as a traditional book would be, it treats them with the same sense of authority and legitimacy as a publishing manuscript, and provides a link to the literary nature of the constructed text, the narrative of Nineteen Eighty-Four," she continued.

Originally, the designer wanted to exhibit the project as a fifteen-metre scroll, hinting at both ancient reading methods and the present-day scrolling of webpages.

But having witnessed a growing interest in dystopian novels, perhaps in light of the presidential election and through TV shows like The Handmaid's Tale, she changed the project's format to a 150-page A3 book that is hardback and horizontally bound.

King embarked on the "1984 by @realdonaldtrump" project during her final year at London's Central Saint Martins university – citing an interest in the "role of written language".

"I was interested in the role that written language and the ways in which it is published and shared had to play in the blurring between fact and fiction in our increasingly online culture," she said.

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