Activity from suburbanbeatnik

The Case Against Reparations Through Art
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MeFi post - 3 weeks ago

So, count me as someone who did not love this season. Though I think it was pretty great until the ending, which, for me, completely fell flat. It went from delightful timey-wimey weirdness to... a psychedelic therapy session. The "moral of the… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last month

Thanks, Mumimor. Yeah, I mean, the article features the author discussing history and rooting the game in the culture of 16th century Denmark, which means there very could be mixed race people running around-- and then they put everyone in poorly… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last month

@clew, that's really too bad. But a lot of her books are available as ebooks on Amazon and on archive.org. Of the ebooks available, I'd recommend Summer Darkness, Winter Light-- and for the books on archive.org, I'd recommend Autumn Rose. I hope you… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Sylvia Baumgarten, award-winning historical romance novelist, 1933-2024
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MeFi post - 4 months ago

So I finally saw Napoleon (2023). This is possibly the most soporifically boring, relentlessly mediocre so-called "epic" I have had the misfortune to see. Plotless, pointless, and devoid of anything approaching characterization, the… [more]
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FanFare comment - 4 months ago

I was prepared for this movie to be disappointing, but I'm afraid it's worse than even my low expectations have imagined. I haven't seen it yet, but my friends who are interested in the French Revolution and Napoleonic periods (many who are authors… [more]
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FanFare comment - 6 months ago

Ah yes, the Nazi romance based on the book of Esther! I reviewed it here. Also, previously. [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

so what happens to the guy in the end? He does die fighting to free the prisoners, or something happens that he survives and then spends the rest of his life in repentance? It's kind of complicated. So, basically Breslin bends over backward… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

It's interesting this has shown up on Metafilter. I've been asked to review this book, as part of a group discussion, spearheaded by Kelly of Insta-love reviews. (The first post is here.) I've almost finished reading it (I'm 80% done with the Kindle… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

the scene in Dangerous Liaisons where Valmont rejects Mme de Tourvel directed by Michael Bay FADE IN: EXT. LUSH FRENCH ESTATE - DAY Drone shot zooms in on a sprawling estate, surrounded by fields of wheat that burn GOLDEN under the SUN… [more]
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MeFi comment - 7 months ago

Thank you so much for this post, and for the recommendation of A WIZARD'S GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING. It was so delightful-- thrilling, with great characterization, lots of heart and many laugh-out-loud moments. I binge read it in a day, and then I… [more]
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MeFi comment - 10 months ago

The Most Embarrassing Tombstone of All Time
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MeFi post - 10 months ago

Hippybear, I'm guessing it was his parents. He was only 20 when he was murdered, so there's a good chance they were still alive. [more]
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MeFi comment - 10 months ago

Another thing to keep in mind is that the wife would have almost certainly been a teenager. Maybe 15, 16, 17? The most acceptable age for men to get married in ancient Greece was 30, but marrying at younger ages, as my Greek friend M. assures me,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 10 months ago

Historical fiction set in Ancient Greece about ordinary people
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Ask MeFi post - Last year

Do YOU dare to enter the threatening labyrinth of… GEARWORLD?
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MeFi post - Last year

I read this book 20 years ago-- I bought it at the late, great Brand Books in Glendale, CA. I enjoyed it a lot, but I hated the ending, back when I read it. I'm not sure if I would like it better now, but at the time, it left a bad taste in my mouth. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - Last year

Wow. WOW. I thought I was the only person to ever think this, after my grandmother took me to a production of the musical back when I was a little kid. I since had this discussion several times, once with a friend in a pub in Glasgow, and another… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Thanks for the post! Another great site to check out for clinch covers and artist information is Sweet Savage Flame, run by author Jacqueline Diaz. I've been fascinated by clinch romance covers since I was little, since I saw the illustrated… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Joannemerriam, the original artist for Lady Vixen is none other than the legendary H. Tom Hall. He was incredibly prolific and versatile, hopping from genre from genre. Besides his work for early romance authors, he did covers for tons of books, from… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

No I mean actual balls, as illustrated for the cover of Silks and Sabers by the wonderful Elaine Gignilliat. (There's more information about her at the Sweet Savage Flame page.) [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

I really enjoyed this movie! I went into it for William Atherton-- I think he's a phenomenal and sadly underrated actor-- but for the most part I was expecting "Smokey and the Bandit" with Goldie Hawn. But it was delightful. Two hours just… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

Bartleby, I was very close to adding the a (hur hur) in my own comment, but I decided not to, for fear it would be too on the nose. :P [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Thank God, it IS set in the early 1970s! I was really worried about a pointless update (I wrote a comment about it in the previous thread). TBH I am not a particular fan of Judy Blume-- I read Blubber when I was 8, and I found it so repellent that it… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

I'm not sure we have moved past the sexist ideas FTB... YAM was countering 50 years ago. I remember talking to a woman at my shop a few years ago, and suggesting products for her little boy. She was deeply offended that I suggested an aqua… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Thanks for the link to Lindy West's post, skycrashesdown-- it was great and very funny. It sums up many of my feelings about the movie. I tried watching it on network TV around 1990, and I could barely watch 10 minutes of it. I found it absolutely… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

Well, that happened. The finale had some exciting bits, some perplexing bits, and I am assured this is all just backstory for the real story starting next season, which... eh? So I was talking to my co-workers about this first season of… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

House of the Dragon: The Black Queen
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FanFare post - Last year

I do not relish white people having an opinion about this. I'm not sure if this is pointed at me or not, but I wish to clarify that I do not actually have an opinion about this. I think the one thing is clear, if an article is to be written… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

To add to the trainwreckyness of it all, noted author Susie Bright says that Littlefeather's Latino heritage has been known in Salinas for a very long time. [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

inserts popcorn eating gif At this point we'll need an article about the article. I found the testimony of Littlefeather's sisters compelling, but glancing at Twitter I see they're also Trump supporters. But I don't want to fall into the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

The servant girl was dead as soon as Alicent said "I know you won't." Later when another servant girl asked after her, in response she got a hug that looked like an "oh dearie, haven't you heard?" kind of hug. I would… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

This episode was much less terrible than the last one. It was... fine? I didn't hate it. But JFC the time jumps are ridiculous. I'm a book reader, and I can barely follow what's happening to whom. Who are all these new actors? Why does Aemond… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

God, I hated this episode SO MUCH. What a lot of cartoonish telenovela nonsense. And the "put on the bus" change to Laenor's story (as opposed to F&B where he's just murdered) just opens up a whole new slew of plot holes which I… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

I 100% agree, Saxon Kane. This was the first episode of HOTD I actually hated. The show has so much going for it, but they're shooting themselves in the foot with the ridiculous pacing and the time jumps. Also, I have a lot of issues with the new… [more]
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House of the Dragon: The Princess and the Queen
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FanFare post - Last year

I'm still processing this episode, but I would love to hear what everyone thinks! TBH one of my favorite parts of HOTD is all the water-cooler discussion that comes around afterwards. [more]
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House of the Dragon: We Light the Way
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FanFare post - Last year

I'm sorry for you buddy. This is show-don't-tell storytelling at its finest. I thought a long time before I posted a dissenting opinion in this thread. I wanted to be as respectful as I could be, since I know this comic addresses some… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

I was on the meh side after the first two episodes, but "Second of His Name" won me over. You've got a lavish royal hunt with amazing production design, lots of political intrigue, great character beats, fantastic acting by Paddy Considine,… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

House of the Dragon: Second of His Name
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FanFare post - Last year

My fellow fantasy nerd co-workers were raving about this episode, so I went into it with... shall I say... heightened expectations. Which I can't say were entirely met. It was fine. Paddy Considine was outstanding-- I actually found myself tearing up… [more]
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FanFare comment - Last year

Is this why astrology and the zodiac are having a new Renaissance? I don't mind. Discussing Hogwarts houses was tedious (I tried to make myself like it for the sake of HP fans in my life, pre JKR's showing her ass, but now I don't have to, thank God)… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Ah yes, the sweet smell of climate doomerism! I understand the impulse, but it is not particularly helpful. Because it makes people give up and do nothing. So perhaps, it might not be a good idea to indulge in this, because we're all trying not to… [more]
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MeFi comment - Last year

Snuffleupagus, you're right. I was inclined to think Red Dawn was old and dusty and forgotten, but I googled "ukraine" + "red dawn" and I got 599,000 hits, with comparisons being made on the latest South Park episode, The Hill,… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

So I've always hated Spotify, not for any deep reasons, just because when 8tracks went kaput, I saved a lot of my favorite fan playlists and tried to transfer them to Spotify (as suggested). Unfortunately most of them (like, easily 90% of all the… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

I'm commenting very late in the thread, but wow, it's been a fascinating ride, with so many great comments! The twitter account @kidneygate has uncovered many aspects of this case, and directed me to a Reddit writeup of this case here, which I highly… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

Joke's on them, my mom died in 1992! Twenty years ago I actually owned a copy of Women Who Ran with the Wolves because my therapist recommended it, and I remember vaguely liking it. I have no idea why it's not on this list though. However… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

How many people do you know like this??? Not many, I hope! Dude, I know people who won't watch movies made before 1990! To them, a 1990s movie is ancient. Recently a much younger co-worker described "The Doom Generation" (Rose… [more]
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MeFi comment - Two years ago

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