Rachael Newman - American Psycho 2
Nina Sayers - Black Swan
Carrie - Carrie
Sofia Lamb - Bioshock
Lain - Serial Experiments Lain
Nanno - Girl from Nowhere
Jennifer Check - Jennifer's Body
Ginger Fitzgerald - Ginger Snaps
Makima - Chainsaw Man
Re-l Mayer - Ergo Proxy
Belladonna - Belladonna of Sadness
Dr. Temnova - Parties Are For Losers
Vriska Serket - Homestuck
GLaDOS - Portal
Xenomorph Queen - Aliens
Beth Harmon - The Queen's Gambit
Monika - Doki Doki Literature Club
Tomie Kawakami - Junji Ito
Asa Mitaka - Chainsaw Man
Maki Zenin - Jujutsu Kaisen
Marina - Fear and Hunger: Termina
Akane Kurashiki - Zero Escape
Lady Macbeth - Macbeth
Dana Scully - The X-Files
Elaine Benes - Seinfeld
Daria - Daria
Kanamori Sayaka - Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Asuka Langley Soryu - Neon Genesis Evangelion
Junko Enoshima - Danganronpa
Bayonetta - Bayonetta
Jimmy McGill - Better Call Saul
Pearl - Pearl
I was tagged by @randomfoggytiger. Thanks for thinking about me!
Favourite painter: Oh, this is a tough one. I'm drawn to works from artists like Monet, Botticelli, Andrew Wyeth, Mucha, Van Gogh, Michelangelo. I'm all over the place. I'm not even going to try to list fandom artists. There are too many and I don't want to risk leaving anyone out.
Favourite writer: Again, more than one. Just off the top of my head: Stephen King, Justin Cronin, Chuck Windig, George R.R. Martin, Gillian Flynn. Generally writers who are really good at creating memorable characters who straddle the line dividing good and evil. As George put it so eloquently, stories that explore the human heart in conflict with itself. Bowing out on fanfic writers here, too. There are too many to list.
Favourite band: Now and for the last decade, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.
Favourite meal and drink: At this point in my life any food that anyone other than me cooks and sets in front of me. But I do enjoy farm to table that's not too fussy or complicated. Keep it simple and clean and flavorful. Add a glass of semi-dry wine and I'm good to go.
Favourite outfit aesthetic: I don't know that I have one. If I must be pinned down I'll go with boho/hippie. There's nothing I love more than simple blue jeans or leggings with a t-shirt or flowy blouse. But I refuse to wear dresses unless it's a wedding or a funeral. I don't have legs one would want to show off. Genetics gifted me with, as my mom once put it, "peasant legs". Also the 14 inch scar on my left leg from numerous surgeries isn't very aesthetically pleasing. I prefer to keep it covered.
Favourite singer: Another one I can't cull to just one. Jason Isbell, Van Morrison, Bob Seger, Beth Hart, Amos Lee, Ray LaMontagne, John Mayer, Stevie Nicks, Joy Oladakun. That's just a start. Unique voices, I guess.
Favourite item I own: Well, those of us who have pets are often referred to as pet *owners*, right? So I'll go with Levon the Cat, though I'm pretty sure he owns me and not the other way around.
Favourite possession: My carefully curated fandom items. Mostly my collection of BATB fanzines and TXF memorabilia. All of those, as well as the things I've been bequeathed or were given to me by family members/friends who are no longer with us. Knick-knacks, art and pieces of antique furniture from my mom and oldest brother; an unreleased album of songs written and performed by my bestest friend in the world - all of which were written with me serving as muse. Other things that I don't like to think about too much because it's painful. But all of them cherished.
Favourite perfume: Black Opium. It smells like all my favorite scents combined.
Michael Parkes [cover artist], Tamura Yoshiyasu, Tania Rivilis, Andrew Hem.
Articles:
Roxanne Sauriol Hauenherm, Paolo Puck, Known as Myself, Yuki T Photography, Ilya Zomb.
10 Years of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine:
Interview with Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief who speaks to us about how the magazine began, how it has grown and evolved over the last decade. Her challenges, successes, learning, and her journey thus far.
Curator’s Wishlist:
Martin & Louise McIntosh, Directors of Outre Gallery in Melbourne, Australia share what they would like to add to their personal collection.
Collectors Profile:
Kim Larson & Bradley Platz, Directors of Modern Eden Gallery speak to us about their personal collection and what motivates them to collect contemporary art.
Lookbook:
Full page reproductions of Nona Limmen’s dark surreal photography.
Quick Q&A:
Lou Benesch, Loputyn, Petite Doll, Karen Turner, and Win Wallace [2022 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Honourable Mention], all respond to the same 4 questions which delve into their artistic practice.
Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory:
Discover exceptional, innovative and skilled artists from around the world with Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory – the leading platform for connecting with top talent.
Inside this issue: Jon Ching, Adrian Cox, Iness Rychlik, Elizabeth Winnel, Ransom & Mitchell, Dawid Planeta, El Gato Chimney, Tran Nguyen, Daantje Bons, Troy Brooks, Hannah Yata, Mothmeister, Josh Dykgraaf, Reuben Negron, Amahi Mori, Stephanie Rew, Jeff Echevarria, Bill Mayer, Akishi Ueda, Adam Matano, Brian Viveros, Annie Stegg Gerard, Eunpyon, Marcela Bolivar, Lindsey Carr, Ebony Russell, Hannah Flowers, Theodora Capat, Erik Mark Sandberg, Sara Gallagher, Brittany Markert, Adrian Cox, Bill Mayer, Beth Mitchell, Aaron Mcpolin, Nicolas Bruno, Steven Kenny, Allison Reimold, Adam Matano, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Lexi Laine, Hannah Flowers, Ema Shin, Heidi Taillefer.
Some of our Favourite Things:
We share some of our favourite artisan fashion designers including: Louise Gardiner Embroidery, Ellen Rococo, Yu Tanaka, Jingyi Xiexie, and Sandra Mansour.
Top 30: Rosendo Arechiga, lily godwin, Louise hindsbo, Kylee Amoroso-Kawamoto, Camryn lanigan, Madison polis, lily roundtree, jordyn Cocozello, Molly Johnson, Alexis Olson, grace McKinley, Eva Chapelle, Piper Cann, Kendall Birnbaum, Olivia Pinon, Isabella Gomez, Darbye Simpson, Georgi Arnold
Top 15: Alexis Ahn, kaylinn Rees, Madison marshall, Alexis Schuller, lily Goehring, Logan Marumoto-Kaleimamahu, Audrey La France, T Amari, Aaliyah Landreaux, Kaitlyn Allen
Top 6: Angelika Edejer, Jordyn Green, Kenzie Jones, Sabine Nehls, Vadriana Romero, Iliana Victor
In which 32 Jewish DC characters (the ones who matter) will battle it out in a who-can-eat-the-most-maror-without-water competition. Or just vote for your favorite ig
(Don't try to zoom in on this thing, I'll be listing off the contestants here, the quality in this is awful, and I stretched the pics out so far to fit the frame so they're plain ugly)
I'll be starting off with 16 matches (Oh fuck) and progress from there. Here are the starting matches:
Albert Rothstein Vs. Alice Cohen II
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl (DC Super Hero Girls TV Series) Vs. Barry Allen (DCEU)
Benjamin Gruener/Reaper I Vs. Bruce Wayne
Cissie King-Jones/Arrowette (formerly) Vs. Michael Schorr
Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl (Watchmen) Vs. Wesley Dodds/Sandman I
Beth Kane/Alice Vs. Eric Cohen
Eric Strauss Vs. Frieda Goren
Gim Allon Vs. Booster Gold/Michael Carter (ignore my typo in the image)
Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Vs. Jesus of Nazareth (New Earth)
Harleen Quinzel Vs. Jonathan Osterman (Watchmen)
Katherine Kane Vs. Morris Edelstein/Morgan Edge (Earth-One)
Miriam Bätzel/Miri Marvel (DC Bombshells) Vs. Moyshe Nakhman
Myndi Mayer Vs. Nyssa Raatko
Rachel Goldman/Sublime (Wildstorm) Vs. Rory Regan
Sebastian Ives Vs. Ursula Zandt (Watchmen)
Willow Zimmerman Vs. Zatanna Zatara (DC Bombshells)
This will be split into 4 rounds each divided in two (hence the two sides), and a final round. there's gonna be a day to vote for each poll, and you can find all of them in the #DC Jewish tournament tag. Starting with Round 1A, the first 8 matches I'll post all in one batch, and so on (I think it'll be clearer once I post them) I. I'll post the entirety of round 1A once this post reaches 10 notes bc I'm anxious and I need to know there is an audience, and 10 notes in enough for me. I'll post round 1B once the voting for round 1A will be closed, and do the same for the rest.
some explanations for some characters that might not seem like they fit here: All but three characters here were listed as Jews (I am Jewish, I can say that) in the DC Database category page and I've made sure there's a source to that (DCEU Barry calling himself a Jewish Boy, DC Superhero Girls Babs being in a Happy Hanukka post from the show's account, etc). The three characters that weren't are Bruce Wayne (Jewish by association with Kate Kane bc her writers don't know how Judaism works and once made her dad Jewish which would make his sister, Bruce's mom Jewish and make him Jewish), Booster Gold (confirmed to be Jewish by Jeff Katz, a Booster Gold writer, on Twitter) and Cissie King-Jones (I decided she's Jewish, and it's my poll, so shut up), and I have explanations for them all.