Stranger meditating in the Boston Public Garden. No filter. Just the world as it is, blanketed in white and pink flower petals.
The-world-as-abattoir and the-world-as-empyrean are, in fact, the same world. Every poet knows this—it’s the paradox at the heart of existence. I turn away from neither sorrow nor ecstasy. It is my duty to stay tuned to the whole range of what it means to be alive.
Whenever I witness moments of singular beauty I hear Robin Kelley’s voice in my head:
“My mother taught us that the Marvelous was free—in the patterns of a stray bird feather, in a Hudson River sunset, in the view from our fire escape, in the stories she told us, in the way she sang Gershwin’s ‘Summertime,’ in a curbside rainbow created by the alchemy of motor oil and water from an open hydrant.”
—Robin D. G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
The Marvelous is free.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel finished filming for the fifth and final season on Friday. Star Rachel Brosnahan marked the occasion by sharing the first look at the final season.
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Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule.
After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an elaborate estate-wide game. And she’s tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win–at any cost.
Told from the perspective of three dazzling players–Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel’s biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider–this novel will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn’t the only thing at stake.
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the pillars holding up society:
people who film bootlegs of stage shows
people who write transcripts/captions for media that was released without them
wikipedia editors
people who translate funny tiktoks
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ok NOW we can all freak out marvel vfx workers voted to unionize thank god
article here
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went to a discussion led by elliot page earlier today and there were many good things said but at one point the other presenter asked him "what's a cool thing about yourself that has nothing to do with being trans?" and he said "uhh this is all I've got going for me" and then paused before adding "if anyone has three oranges, I can juggle"
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The impact Spiderverse has on art and artists is INSANE. Everyone is drawing, everyone is CREATING. From colour studies, to the art style studies, to making sona influenced by the movies' character designs. AI generated images are nowhere to be seen, and I hope they're going to stay buried in the uncreative pits they belong in... the world is in balance.
Seeing all the works are... WOW
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