DEWAYNE HARVEY FEATURING ALYSSA MONEYSE “SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME AGAIN” OUT NOW!
Florida Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee, DeWayne Harvey, coined the Renaissance Man of Gospel returns with his new digital track music “Say That You Love Me Again” featuring Alyssa Moneyse.
Download or stream “Say That You Love Me Again
“Say That You Love Me” is the follow-up to “So Much I Can Do,” which is currently gaining traction at Gospel radio. “The song is lifted from DeWayne Harvey’s forthcoming album release DEWAYNE HARVEY & FRIENDS (Innovative Records).
In addition to the digital release a concept music video for “Say That You Love Me,” which Harvey video produced and directed along with Marquis Dawsey exclusively premiered on his YouTube channel.
WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO BELOW FOR “SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME AGAIN”:
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Based in Tallahassee, Harvey is a pastor at Greater Blessings Tabernacle of Praise, businessman, civic leader and label owner of Innovative Records. Harvey is an inductee in the Florida Gospel Music Hall of Fame for his previous body of work as a singer, songwriter, and producer.
Harvey is not only a recording artist, producer, and label executive but he also serves as the CEO of Innovative Health Care Management Services, Inc. which for years owned and operated nursing homes, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, and rehab clinics. Harvey is professionally trained as a Health Care Administrator, a nurse, a professional guardian, a community association manager, and a grant writer.
LGBTQ+ Characters in Comics from the 21st century I like
A few years back I did a post on LGBTQ+ characters in comics from the 20th Century I have a soft spot for. When it comes to the new millennium, the last two decades have seen an explosion of such comics and characters. So here is my short little follow up for the 21st century.
Jade
Starting off the new millennium the French comic series Djinn with Belgian writer Jean Dufaux, illustrated by Spanish artist Ana Miralles would run through three arcs for 15 years. I’ll never forget the first time during a comics exhibition I saw an absolutely captivating illustration of the character at the heart of the series, Jade. A fascinating, queer, and amoral enigmatic figure, Sultan’s favorite in the last years of the Ottoman Empire spoken of as a djinn who also seems the key to an immense treasure.
Fumi Manjôme
With little nods to Japanese girls’ literature and culture Sweet Blue Flowers by Japanese artist Takako Shimura is an enduring yuri series around high school girls and maturing. The shy lesbian Fumi and messy feelings are a major focus. Later adolescence can be an emotional time for anyone. Shimura softly explores when and how her characters mourn disappointments and disenchantment along with finding their identity.
Kevin Keller
Archie Comics were a staple of my childhood. The quintessential US slice-of-life comic focusing on a group of teenagers goes way back to 1941. However, the 21st century saw a reinvigoration of the Archie brand. Among the successes the gay Kevin Keller created in 2010 by US comic artist Dan Parent debuted in Veronica #202 and has since enjoyed huge popularity. Eventually, I was also drawn back as an adult reader with the gang grown up in the Life with Archie series. In 2012 Life with Archie #16 saw Kevin not only following in the footsteps of his dad as a soldier in the Army but marrying Dr. Clay Walker. Despite protests from bigoted groups the installment of the series would be another sold out hit earning Kevin the designation as “most important new character in Archie history.” Further a character that has also represented fighting the epidemic of gun violence in the US going on in the series to become a State Senator on the issue.
Richard III
Japanese artist Aya Kanno inspired by Shakespeare’s tetralogy Henry VI, Richard III and the famous 15th century War of the Roses in her series Requiem of the Rose King goes in a different direction, making her Richard intersex. Only the first of many choices in this girls’ comic which has also garnered attention from other well-respected artists. YMMV but the saga of this Richard has consistently been one of the more compelling examples over the last decade.
Lisa Williams and Ally Carter
Beginning as fetishistic illustrations and short strips by Croatian artist Stjepan Sejic (under a pseudonym) on DeviantArt, BDSM comic series Sunstone was a notable read for me in 2015. With genuine class and smart use of humour, the characters Lisa and Ally and their growing relationship are wonderfully relatable on many levels.
Ace
If you love the movie Grease but crave something 1950’s vintage queer the webcomic Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi might fit the bill. The cast is as wide and beautiful as a rainbow. Among the many teenage delinquent characters is the 17-year-old agender, asexual, demiromantic Ace. And founder of their own gang the Bandits and who definitely does things their own way.
Ionel
Another of the top titles from the 2010s I first came across the exquisite mystery webcomic Heart of Gold in the (now defunct) digital magazine Sparkler Monthly. The atmospheric ongoing series features Ionel a panromantic asexual pianist with albinism who is losing his sight and a gay priest Father Dunant who is known as a faith healer.
Milagro Villa
I’ve seen feathers, wings, and birds stand in for representations about abuse and trauma before. In the short comic Songbird For A Vulture US artist Naomi Franquiz does exactly that. Crafting one of the most poignant examples of an abuse survivor, found family, and healing included in Power & Magic The Queer Witch Comics Anthology.
Ed Fiedler and Lucardo von Gishaupt
Forgive me the terrible pun but I’m a sucker for vampires, especially the queer variety. Letters for Lucardo by Finnish artist Otava Heikkilä is a delightful erotic comic series with a romance between vampire Lucardo and the older Ed.
Ryô Watari
I’ve gone on about self-actualization in fashion before. Series Boys Run the Riot by Japanese artist Keiko Gaku acutely presents a comic about trans teenager Ryô building confidence, friendships, and a street fashion brand.
hi! i'm lexi. i'm thirty, live in the est timezone, and i love to write smut! below are a list of some of my kinks, limits, and faces i like. the bolded ones are my favorites! as far as muses go, i enjoy playing most dynamics (top/bottom, dom/sub/switch) and males and females. i don't have much experience writing nonbinary muses yet, but i would love to! i do try to tag triggering things, but this is in general a blog that will contain triggering and dark content. if you would like to rp, please feel free to dm me or ask for my discord!
kinks. abusive dynamics. aftercare. age gaps. anal. begging, bdsm. biting. body worship, bondage. cockwarming. dd/lg. dom/sub. dubcon. hair pulling. impact play. incest. marking. orgasm control/denial. power differences. praise. rough sex. spanking. taboo subjects. teasing. toys. 24/7. open to most.
favorite femme faces. abigail cowen. adelaide kane. adeline rudolph. adria arjona. ana de armas. arden cho. ayça ayşin turan. brittany o’grady. camila mendes. chloe bennett. danielle campbell. demet özdemir. fivel stewart. florence pugh. gemma chan. haley lu richardson. hande erçel. jamie chung. kaylee bryant. kiana madeira. lindsey morgan. laura harrier. lily james. madison bailey. madelyn cline. margot robbie. melisa pamuk. mishti rahman. naomi scott. natasha liu bordizzo. olivia holt. shay mitchell. simone ashley. summer bishil. sydney park. sydney sweeney. zendaya. zion morena.
favorite masc faces. aaron tveit. alex fitzalan. can yaman. charles melton. charles michael davis. charlie hunnam. chris evans. garrett hedlund. henry cavill. henry golding. froy gutierrez. jacob elordi. jeffrey dean morgan. jensen ackles. jesse williams. john boyega. jon bernthal. michael trevino. michiel huisman. oliver jackson cohen. oscar isaac. pedro pascal. peter gadiot. rahul kohli. regé-jean page. richard madden. scott eastwood. sean teale. sebastian stan. taylor zakhar perez. theo james. tom hardy. tom holland. tyler posey.
favorite nb faces. liv hewson. lizeth selene. nico tortorella.
One more awards show down. We next have the SAG Awards (Feb. 26th), the Independent Spirit Awards (Mar. 4th) and the Oscars (Mar. 12th).
I must say if we get these exact same winners for the major category at the Oscars I would be very happy.
Except for score. If Justin Hurwitz doesn't win an Oscar for the BABYLON score I tear the Dolby down.
The Winners and host Richard E. Grant
Leading Actress
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Ana De Armas, Blonde
Emma Thompson, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Cate Blanchett, Tár – WINNER
Leading Actor
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daryl Mccormack, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Austin Butler, Elvis – WINNER
Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet On The Western Front
Micheal Ward, Empire Of Light
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
*He thanked his baby Brando.
Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Dolly De Leon, Triangle Of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan, She Said
Kerry Condon, The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Best Film
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Outstanding British Film
The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Aftersun
Brian And Charles
Empire Of Light
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder
MORE WINNERS AND FASHION
Director
Edward Berger, All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin
Park Chan-Wook, Decision To Leave
Daniel Sheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field, Tár
Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Woman King
EE Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public)
Emma Mackey – WINNER
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl Mccormack
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim
Make Up & Hair
Elvis – WINNER
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Batman
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
The Whale
Production Design
Babylon– WINNER
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
British Short Animation
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse– WINNER
Middle Watch
Your Mountain Is Waiting
British Short Film
An Irish Goodbye – WINNER
The Ballad Of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
Costume Design
Elvis – WINNER
All Quiet On The Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Sound
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Avatar: The Way Of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Original Score
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Babylon
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Documentary
Navalny – WINNER
All That Breathes
All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Fire Of Love
Moonage Daydream
Special Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of Water – WINNER
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
Original Screenplay
The Banshees Of Inisherin – WINNER
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle Of Sadness
Animated Film
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Aftersun – WINNER
Blue Jean
Electric Malady
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Rebellion
Cinematography
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
The Batman
Elvis
Empire Of Ligh
Top Gun: Maverick
Editing
Everything Everywhere All At Once– WINNER
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Banshees Of Inisherin
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
Casting
Elvis – WINNER
Aftersun
All Quiet On The Western Front
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Triangle Of Sadness
Film Not In The English Language
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Argentina, 1985
Corsage
Decision To Leave
The Quiet Girl
Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet On The Western Front – WINNER
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale
Some of the fashionable people at the BAFTAs.
Is Martin Freeman's partner going for the Sigourney Weaver in GHOSTBUSTERS look?
*See Emma, if Sir Kenneth Branagh hadn't cheated on you with Helena Bonham Carter you would have never married Greg Wise and in him you found a partner who is game with wearing trainers on the red carpet.
A ROCKETMAN and KINGSMAN mini-reunion for Taron Egerton
*Taron and Kit Connor - Then and Now.
Taron and friend Jack.
Everyone should look at Angela Bassett like this.
Another mini-reunion: Florence Pugh and her LADY MACBETH costar Naomi Ackie. I highly recommend that movie. It's a whole trip.
Her after-party fit.
I really thought Sophie Turner was Karen Gillen for a moment.
This first edit of old classic passing Tuesday Mary Jesus Joseph Angels in heaven Princess Pocahontas, Lallie Charles Cowell Portrait, Lou Conter, Amber Rene Hagerman, Opal Jennings, JonBenèt Ramsey, Kelly Ann Fleming, Judith and Maria Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke, Lucille Ricksen, Judy Garland and Terry, Dominique and Dominick Dunne, Samantha Reed Smith, Pal, Bessie Barker, Darla Jean Hood, Mona Lisa, Mary G Stinson Smith, Grigori Rasputin, Julia Ann Beauchemin Stinson, COL Thomas Nesbit Stinson, Lydia Ruth Talbot Theobald, Arthur James Talbot, Alton Elbren Theobald, George Eli Talbot Sr., Benjamin Grant “Cotton” Theobald, Crystal Theobald Whitehead, Charles Arthur Theobald, Thomas Benjamin Talbot, Margaret Alice Wiggill Talbot, Eli Wiggill, Rosanna Maria Wiggill Talbot, Isaac Wiggill, Ann Brown Hammer Wiggill, Frances Amelia Wiggill Lowe, Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones, Edward Booth-Jones, John Percival Booth-Jones, Millichamletton Percival Booth-Jones, Jeremiah Francis “Jerry” Wiggill, Eli Francis Wiggill, Priscilla Jane Talbot Wiggill, Victoria Adelaide Wiggill McLean, John Richard Wiggill, Lavina Ruth Wiggill Ellison, Sarah Good, Salina Talbot Dutson, Charles Henry Talbot, Charles Stuart Talbot, Roseanna Maria Talbot Anderson, Ellen Graham Anderson, 1SGT William Alexander Anderson, Mary Louisa Blair Anderson, Ruth Floyd Anderson McCulloch, Anna Aylett Anderson McNulty, William Dandridge Alexander Anderson, William Dandridge Alexander “Alex” Anderson, Judith Nicoll Anderson, Henry Wayne Blair, Col William Barrett Blair, Mylinda Elizabeth “Mindy” Baker,Michael L. Baker, Carla Jean Eves Baker,Sandra Jane Burch, Patti Jo Baker, Jessie Benton Stinson, Jack Chesbro, Mabel A Shuttleworth Chesbro, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Ruth Naomi Steward, Truman Cox Steward, Alice Christine Steward Wear, Charles Corwin Steward, Helga Susanne Goebbels, Hildegard Traudel “Hilde” Goebbels, Helmut Christian Goebbels, Holdine Kathrin “Holde” Goebbels, Hedwig Johanna “Hedda” Goebbels, Heidrun Elisabeth “Heide” Goebbels, Harald Quandt, and so much more I'll add Gracie Perry Watson in the second row of edits
Peter Lindbergh’s seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindbergh created new narratives with his humanist approach. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, and an adapted interview with Lindbergh.
It was on a Malibu beach in 1988 that Peter Lindbergh shot the White Shirts series, images now known the world over. Simple yet seminal, the photographs introduced us to Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Rachel Williams, Karen Alexander, Tatjana Patitz, and Estelle Lefébure. This marked the beginning of an era that redefined beauty, and Lindbergh would go on to alter the landscape of fashion photography for the decades that followed.
In 1980 brought forth collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion and resulted in a relationship of mutual reverence; Lindbergh’s respect for some of the greatest designers of our time is palpable in his portraits. Among those photographed are Azzedine Alaïa, Giorgio Armani, Alber Elbaz, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Rei Kawakubo, Karl Lagerfeld, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Jil Sander, and Yohji Yamamoto.
Widely considered a pioneer in his field, Lindbergh shirked the industry standards of beauty and instead celebrated the essence and individuality of his subjects. He was pivotal to the rise of models such as Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Mariacarla Boscono, Lara Stone, Claudia Schiffer, Amber Valletta, Nadja Auermann, and Kristen McMenamy.
Lindbergh’s reach also extended across Hollywood and beyond: Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Rampling, Richard Gere, Isabelle Huppert, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Brad Pitt, Catherine Deneuve, and Jeanne Moreau all appear in his works. From the picture chosen by Anna Wintour as the cover of her first Vogue issue to the legendary shot of Tina Turner on the Eiffel Tower, it is never the clothes, celebrity, or glamour that takes center stage in a Lindbergh photograph. Each picture conveys the humanity of its subject with a serene melancholy that is uniquely and unmistakably Lindbergh.
luna maximoff, valeria richards, cassie lang, naomi scott, chelsea clark, kathryn newton, tommy shepherd, teo halm, tia jonsson, child of carol ferris, tamika fawcett, child of buddy + ellen baker, timothee chamalet, child of harley quinn + michael carter, lucius hoyos, child of pietro maximoff + rogue, child of bruce wayne + selina kyle, child of theresa cassidy + jamie madrox, s0ggynoodlebitch, lorna dane, emmy rossum, boyd holbrook, clint barton, emilio sakraya, child of charlie cluster-7, ivory aquino, sue storm, riz ahmed, child of jubilee lee + jono starsmore, rocky adlon, child of kitty pryde, antonia gentry, child of ororo munroe + logan howlett, diana silvers, child of mj watson + peter parker, sharmin segal, child of jean grey + scott summers, katie douglas, child of bruce wayne + diana prince, child of donna troy, cody christian, child of illyana rasputina, child of belasco, child of m’gann + conner kent, kim yerim, minnie yontararak !!
Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation Presents The Helping Hands Concert & Auction December 16th
Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation focused on creating sustainable communities by tackling issues including hunger and workforce education, brings its Helping Hands Concert & Auction back into the physical world for its third year: On December 16, Helping Hands will make its Southern California debut with Metallica and special guests performing at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
Tickets will be on sale to the public from 10:00am local time Friday, September 23 with a two-ticket limit per customer. As always, 100% of proceeds from this years Helping Hands event—tickets, fees and auction items—will go directly to help those in need. For further information, pre-sales etc., go to: www.axs.com/events/449833?skin=microsofttheater
Metallica’s previous Helping Hands Concert & Auction was live-streamed November 14, 2020, raising more than $1.8 million—funds used to work with partners at Feeding America and the American Association of Community Colleges, as well as various COVID and disaster relief efforts.
All Within My Hands was established in 2017 as a way for the Metallica family to give back to communities that have supported the band. All Within My Hands expenses are covered entirely by the band, the board, and friends who have worked with the band over many years, ensuring that 100% of proceeds go directly to help those in need.
To date, All Within My Hands has donated over $5.8 million to critical local services and the fight against food insecurity, working with partners around the world to feed more than 10 million people. In addition, the foundation's Metallica Scholars Initiative has pledged a total of $5.9 million in grants benefiting 33 community colleges across the USA.
For more about All Within My Hands, please visit allwithmyhands.org.
just a list of books i read for the many phd applications i wrote! i just want to keep a record of it somewhere bc i had different frames & ideas for it, so this is so i wont forget what i read when it was going thru different iterations. those i asterisked werent read all the way through:
*concieved in modernism, aimee armande wilson (2015) (i read some of the phd version of this because i couldnt access the book)
rebel crossings, sheila rowbotham (2016)
*the outside thing, hannah roche (2019)
wisps of violence, eileen sypher (1993)
dreamers of a new day, sheila rowbotham (2010)
i also read some of the phd thesis of sarah emily blewitt, hidden mothers and poetic pregnancy in women’s writing (1818-present day) (2015)
& a little of helen charman's phd thesis, george eliot's generative economies: transactional maternal sacrifice in social realist fiction, 1853-1894 (2019) (definitely going to go back to this when i've read all of eliot's work that's mentioned in it!)
as well as the article "in the centre of a circle”: olive moore’s spleen and gestational immigration by erin m. kingsley (2018)
& the article ' what does a socialist woman do?' birth control and the body politic in naomi mitchison’s we have been warned by mara dougall (2021)
fiction
attainment, edith ellis (1909)
lolly willowes, sylvia townsend warner (1926)
mr fortunes maggot, sylvia townsend warner (1927)
the true heart, sylvia townsend warner (1929)
*summer will show, (1936)
the quarry wood, nan shepherd (1928)
the tree of heaven, may sinclair (1917)
passing, nella larsen (1929)
cane, jean toomer (1923)
quicksand, nella larsen (1928)
the return of the soldier, rebecca west (1918)
jacob's room, virginia woolf (1922)
madame bovary, gustave flaubert translated by eleanor marx (1857/1885-6)
all passion spent, vita sackville-west (1931)
reuben sachs, amy levy (1888)
ruth, elizabeth gaskell (1853)
middlemarch, george eliot (1871)
money, victoria benedictsson, translated by sarah death (1885/2011)
(challenge: read a book recommended by someone else)
Butterfly Yellow - Thanhhá Lai (Jessie)
Collected Ghost Stories - MR James (Terra)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
The Rose Garden - Susanna Kearsley
Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder (bookriot/Liv)
all about love: new visions - bell hooks (Liv)
The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell (book club)
Legendborn - Tracy Deonn (Candice)
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern (Jessie)
The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley
Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys (book club)
Dispatches from Pluto - Richard Grant (Jamie)
What Happened to You? - Dr Bruce Perry, Oprah (Blake)
Writers & Lovers - Lily King (Christy)
Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi
Named of the Dragon - S Kearsley
Memphis - Tara Stringfellow (Shelley)
Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune (Jessie)
Midnight Library - Matt Haig (Christina)
How to Be Perfect - Michael Schur (book riot)
You Made a Fool Out of Death With Your Beauty - A Emezi
Book of Night - Holly Black (MPL newsletter)
Bringing Down the Duke - Evie Dunmore
All Your Perfects - Colleen Hoover (Caroline)
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth - Beth Allison Barr (Andria)
How to Stop Time - Matt Haig
Heat Wave - Richard Castle
Naked Heat - Richard Castle
Autumn - Ali Smith (Beanie)
Quartet - Jean Rhys (book club)
Who Is Maud Dixon? - Alexandra Andrews (Leslie)
When Women Were Dragons - Kelly Barnhill (MPL newsletter)
Ace - Angela Chen (book riot)
Dracula - Bram Stoker (Beanie/daily dracula)
Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage (Caroline)
A Deadly Education - Naomi Novik
The Last Graduate - Naomi Novik
How We Talk - NJ Enfield (Aaron)
The Golden Enclaves - Naomi Novik (Jessie)
cib, pode me indicar alguns fc's negros que possam ser a Sue Richards e o Johnny Storm do quarteto fantástico, por favor? talvez eu venha pedir sugestões pro Reed Richards mais tarde pq ainda não decidi se quero um casal interracial ou não
Claro que posso <3 tudo bem, pode pedir quando quiser :)
3, 4, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25? Is that too many?
Thanks for letting me procrastinate on this jorjorwel essay. Time to make a fool of myself.
3. Top five books of the year
Uhhh ....lol. based on how much I think about them on the regular.
Simulacra and Simulation (jean baudrillard)
The Huxleys: an intimate history (Alison Bashford, this one is so close to being number one but I really like baudrillards cultural analyses lol)
Eating Apes (Dale Peterson)
A Room of One's Own (virginia Woolf)
The fire next time (James Baldwin)
4. Did you discover any new authors you love this year?
Honestly I'm glad that I got to pick up some Naomi Klein, even though I didn't particularly like No Logo I am definitely going to check out her other writing. James Baldwin as well but I didn't discover him, I just really enjoy his writing style.
12. Any disappointing books?
So maybe I read Yellowface by RF kuang to see what the buzz was about! It was okay. It felt like reading tumblr discourse but it was nothing revolutionary.
13. Least favourite books of the year?
Peter Chalmers Mitchell's childhood of animals LOL, in fact a lot of the Zoo texts were EXTREMELY dry. I love the content and would read it on my own time but having to comb through it for socialism/eugenics when there is so much for these zoo admins to talk about in terms of animal behaviour is quite tiresome. I learned a lot about 1912 protozoa studies though. Same cannot be said for literally anything EG Boulenger has written. That man writes like shit and his layman writing makes it seem like he got his biology degree by filling out a form in the Daily Mail.
Oh also Fathers and Sons by Turgenev and Richard Halperns Norman Rockwell: The Underside of Innocence.
17. Any books surprise you with how good they were?
Well, did cry reading a room of one's own so that was pretty great. David M. Kennedy's freedom from fear was a little pessimistic but just a beautiful book overall.
18. How many books did you buy?
The Zoo ones. No archive had them. No libraries wanted to loan them. So I had to take matters into my own hands. 💀💀💀💀
21. Did you get involved with booktok/bookblr/booktube drama?
Sometimes my irl bestie sends me shocking book premises about like having sex with doorknobs and balloons or some British lady eviscerating Colleen Hoover but I don't get involved with that kind of thing.
22. Longest book read this year?
I think freedom from fear was 900 pages. This is what I do instead of reading war and peace. Maybe next year I'll finally read war and piece. Or maybe I'll read the entirety of The Science of Life. Who knows.
22. What's the fastest you've read a book?
I read Yellowface in a day but I think that's the point.
25. Reading goals for next year?
Honestly not much, just read what makes me happy. Which will be very unfortunate for everyone who will be receiving British naturalist fancams in their DMs from me. I'd like to reread eating apes tbh. I'd like to make an effort to take books from the library more too. I should stop reading so much academia but I should also start cracking open Foucault. I really want to read The Delectable Negro as well, and get more involved in anthropological studies.
Expectations of French Filmmaking During the Occupation
Julia Merolle
Based on the Greene, Misek, and Sadoul readings regarding topics in poetic realism, cinema during the occupation, and Cocteau as a filmmaker, I expect to learn a lot from watching the two films that I picked this week. The first film I chose was La Regle du Jeu more commonly known as Rules of the Game directed by Jean Renoir, which was released in 1939. and the second film that I chose was La Belle et le Bete more commonly known as Beauty and the Beast directed by Jean Cocteau, which was released in 1946. All the readings that related to both of these films were really informative and made me even more excited to watch the films this week.
The first reading was from Georges Sadoul, which focuses on Jean Cocteau and how he directed La Belle et la Bete during the time of the occupation. The quote states, “During the Occupation, poetic and fantastic films had been almost obligatory for directors who did not want to deal with reality as it existed under German control. This genre now seems to be disappearing. Its last expression was Jean Cocteau's brilliant, glacial La Belle et la bête.” (page 243). This quote shows me that films such as Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bete disappeared, especially after the German control ended, which makes sense for this film since it was released in 1946, a year after the war ended. This quote also makes me feel as if the film tries to distract the audience from the terrors of the war, especially those committed by the Nazis who took control of the France film industry for a short amount of time.
The second reading was from Naomi Greene, which focuses on the Rules of the Game and Jean Renoir. The quote from this reading states, “To a certain extent, of course, the emphasis interrelationship between life and theater recalls Renoir's pre-war films, particularly La Regle du jeu. But, once again, later films reveal an enormous shift of emphasis. In Renoir, the dialectic between theater and life, to put it somewhat simplistically, was a balanced one: in La Regle du jeu, for example, the roles the characters played in masquerades, and those they assumed in life, shed light on each other, while the film itself commented, with a kind of lucid nostalgia, on the ways we assume roles in society. In the films made during the Occupation, the emphasis has shifted in favor of theater, eclipsing the dialectic at the core of Renoir's theater. Characters have become the roles they play, "true" identity has disappeared. Even in films where the interweaving of life and theater is not an explicit theme, it is clear that everyone has assumed a role, that the "true” self, even if that exists, is hidden.” (page 443-444). Similarly to Cocteau’s film, La Belle et la Bete, this quote also shows that Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game was different because of the films made during the occupation, and how emphasis moved from theater and masquerades to losing its sense of identity in these films, which is saddened because people were once again distracted from the terrors happening in the real world at the time that this film came out, which was in 1939. When watching this film later on, I will pay attention to this and see the lost identity in the film.
Lastly, the final reading was from Richard Misek, which focuses on Jean Cocteau once again, and something that I found really important was that he kept a diary during filming and consistently wrote in it. A quote from this reading by Misek states, “From the evidence of the diary he kept during the filming of La Belle et la Bête, Cocteau seems to have believed that he was making an avant-garde work. Many of his artistic choices seem to have been made as an explicit response to conventional visual ideology.” (page 7). This reading is extremely important because it shows that Cocteau thought he was making avant-garde work when in reality he really wasn’t and instead thought of himself as an amateur filmmaker, who was making Beauty and the Beast seeing as how it was a fairytale from years prior. Additionally, the reading, also states that Cocteau didn’t want any camera movements, making him seem less avant-garde than he thought he was.
In conclusion, after analyzing the different readings from Greene, Misek, and Sadoul, I expect to see these films as more of a distraction to what was happening with World War II, which was again happening at the same time that these films were being made. This is also important to point out, especially since the Nazis did have control of France for a temporary period during this time. It will be interesting to see how these films are different from ones I have watched previously from this time period and how Cocteau and Renoir are as filmmakers.
Sources:
Greene, Naomi. Mood and Ideology in the Cinema of Vichy France, about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.
Misek, Richard, et al. “Senses of Cinema.” Senses of Cinema, 18 Oct. 2018, www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/great-directors/cocteau/.
Sadoul, Georges. The Postwar French Cinema - JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1209394. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.