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This hasn't been "home" in a long time.
I used to almost live on journal, the way I live on twitter now.
I'm spending more time on dreamwidth. You can find me there at brigid.dreamwidth.org if you want.
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Star Wars: The Spoilers Awaken
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I’m sure you’re interested in more hot takes on my ass and preparing for a pilonidal surgery but instead I’m going to talk about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Obviously there will be spoilers.
There is a problem with people of a certain age writing about Star Wars. For many of us, there is no time before ( Read more... ) -
Pains in the Ass: Pilonidal Cysts and You (pt 1)
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I had surgery on my butt in August and I’m going to tell you ALL ABOUT IT in a series of posts because apparently what I do on the internet is talk about my ass. Which has resulted in a bunch of really interesting twitter bots following me. Lord help me when I try to get a job and they do a google search on ( Read more... ) -
Fury Road and Agency
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Just saw “Mad Max: Fury Road” and it was utterly fantastic in so many different ways. Is it a perfect movie? No, of course not. But one thing I noticed was how many of the marginalized characters had agency, made their own decisions, controlled their own lives. There’s spoilers in this, so I’m going to tuck ( Read more... ) -
Breathing In And Letting Go
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I’ve had a large number of miscarriages since having Nikola (and some prior to him), which is one of the more frustrating forms of infertility. I can GET pregnant, obviously. I can’t STAY pregnant. Is it hormonal? Chromosomal? Something else? Who can say! Investigative tests can be really expensive and often ( Read more... ) -
Women Gatekeepers of Nerdery
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I don’t remember a time when I hadn’t seen “Star Wars.” I grew up with it. The original trilogy is one of my mom’s favorite films, and she took Baby Me into the theater to see “The Empire Strikes Back,” nursing me to keep me quiet. We used to check out the television magazine in the Sunday Tribune and ( Read more... ) -
31 Days of Horror: “Audrey Rose”
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“Audrey Rose” is a movie about white people discovering Hinduism.
There are good things to say about “Audrey Rose.” Anthony Hopkins is outstanding in the film as bereaved father slash stalker, and child actress Susan Swift was simply phenomenal. Additionally, unlike a lot of modern films, background New York ( Read more... ) -
31 Days of Horror: “Cockneys Vs Zombies”
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“Cockneys Vs Zombies” is not “Shaun of the Dead,” but kind of wants to be.
It’s a bank heist movie and a family movie and a zombie movie, mashed together. It’s a dark comedy that isn’t very funny. As an American, a lot of the references, jokes, and choice of actors was completely beyond me, though, so perhaps ( Read more... ) -
31 Days of Horror: “Candyman”
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“Candyman” is a classic horror movie about racism, abandonment, and Chicago.
I grew up in a really religious household, although I didn’t realize it at the time. I went to Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation, I went to Catholic school from second grade (CCD classes prior to that) through High School ( Read more... ) -
31 Days of Horror: “Vampires”
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“Vampires” is a pseudo-documentary about vampiric society in Belgium.
I’m a big fan of vampires, and a year or more ago saw a trailer for a vampire mockumentary making its rounds online. When I was flipping through netflix and saw a vampire mockumentary I thought YES THIS IS IT FINALLY and settled in. I was ( Read more... )