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author, journalist, critic, token white guy; swagger-heavy, cutting and confrontational; trying to do better. words: Paste Magazine, JoySauce, The Daily Beast, Time, The A.V. Club, Salon, Cool Material, Pop Heist, and on it goes. agcrump.wordpress.com

I am both, 1) patting myself on the back for not doing business with any of these bastards, and 2) signal-boosting this so y'all can check and see if you're doing business with any of these bastards yourselves; you have the right to know who helped fund that disgusting ad

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · yesterday

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

Just got all my boys together to take on the wandering ronin who came to town. There’s like 15 of us and only one of him so pretty much the only thing that would give me any pause is if he was master of the devastating and lightning-fast iaidō style. But that’s not likely. Coward hasn’t even drawn h

"I'm trying to deliver Jesus from identity theft. Folks who claim to share the faith that I share support these mean-spirited policies that kick people off of their healthcare & take food out of the mouths of hungry children. I don't understand that kind of faith." ~ Sen. Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock

The Reverend Dr. Warnock preaching at Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, GA).

📸 Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Curtis Compton

My goodness, so much of this is so real to me, particularly the press tours aspect, cutting right back to my experiences recently speaking with a certain massively influential and venerated filmmaker during a press tour of their latest, and one of their finest, films.

claire witch project@msclairebiddles.bsky.social · last wk.

my new @lwlies.com column articulates some of my frustrations around the dumbing down of press tours and thoughtful journalism being shut out in favour of contentslop. feat. wise words from @hannahstrong.co.uk and a cameo from my mike faist group chat: mailchi.mp/tcolondon/fi...

pale yellow graphic overlaid with a picture of a man screaming in the rain. The header reads 'THE LETTER BY CLAIRE BIDDLES'. Text underneath the image reads 'Entertainment and serious film journalism needn’t be mutually exclusive, and we deserve to have both.'

Do what Brett says! The newsletter is *totally* free. (But also you should become a Pop Heist member, which, yeah, that *isn't* free, but original entertainment journalism produced by independent, worker-owned publications is a frighteningly rare commodity in the 2020s; it's the least you can do.)

Brett White@brettwhite.bsky.social · last wk.

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Btw, I do think this means that YIMBY is specifically liberal and not leftist I think a lot of stuff is liberal and not leftist. I broadly agree with the gatekeeping leftists about what leftism is, which is I think what divides me from a lot of people i largely agree with otherwise

I hated, hated, hated, *hated* CRYSTAL LAKE, a pants-on-head stupid appropriation of a mythos that at no point in its existence has needed reimagining. Absolutely appalled that anybody is giving this the time of day. Not even Linda Cardellini is enough to recommend it.

‘Crystal Lake’ Review: Linda Cardellini Can’t Save A Thunderously Dopey ‘Friday The 13th’ Reimagining

Linda Cardellini delivers a standout performance in ‘Crystal Lake,’ but A24’s ‘Friday the 13th’ reimagining buries its slasher roots poorly

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As an Andy, I refuse to recognize Harris’ validity as an Andy, and will from here on out refer to him as Plop. With that established, I believe it is incumbent on all of us to vote Republican legislators, including Plop, out of office and ensure they never set foot in it again, fuck this guy.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · last wk.

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

MINOTAUR: ***. I struggled with this one; feels like a good political thriller and a good marriage drama poorly molded into a worse version of both. I see no reason to tell these two stories side by side, and so I feel like the choice here just slows the entire exercise down. #IFFBoston