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this is not a safe space for Trump supporters

Mon, Nov 14, 2016
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No warning. Just don’t do it. You want to defend Trump, do it somewhere else.

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not capable of anything beyond sputtering outrage at the moment

Fri, Nov 11, 2016
23 comments

I’m still so full of angry horror, in between long periods of numb horror, that I cannot concentrate on much of anything right now.

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is the text too small at this site?

Sun, Oct 30, 2016
18 comments

I’ve had a complaint and need to know if this is a widespread problem… [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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I’m neck-deep in London Film Festival…

Tue, Oct 11, 2016
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I am very tired. And also wildly keyed up and high on cinema.

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happy 19th birthday to Flick Filosopher!

Thu, Sep 08, 2016
16 comments

This site debuted on this day in 1997. There aren’t many movie sites older than this one, and there aren’t many sites that existed back then that are still around today.

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working on a redesign of the site…

Fri, Sep 02, 2016
7 comments

…that I hope to debut in time for the site’s 19th anniversary next week. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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I’m very behind on reviews

Thu, Aug 04, 2016
30 comments

But I will be trying to catch up in the coming weeks.

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the pioneering women of documentary film

Tue, Jul 12, 2016
1 comment

I wrote a thing for PBS’s Independent Lens blog. Here’s the beginning… [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Where Are the Women? T-shirts… now for guys!

Thu, May 12, 2016
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You asked for Where Are the Women? tees for men, and here ya go. [This post is not behind the paywall.]

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Where Are the Women? wrapup essay in two alt-weekly newspapers

Thu, May 12, 2016
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