Loved your take on the movie, the point about everyone saying that rebellions died out in the 60s especially - it really says something about the politics of people who make it as movie critics. Also: very excited about the Wednesday record, gonna see them live in a few weeks.
Totally. I sometimes daydream about trying to break into professional film criticism but I doubt any publication would pay someone for radical analysis. But oh have fun at Wednesday, i bet they are amazing live!
This made me think about how feminine-coded genres like feelgood (or cozy fantasy, too), done well, can make softer aspects of revolution – like community care and/or/in walkable communities – seem irresistible. Slices of achievable utopia.
So much of feelgood has elements of lovely communities. But my favorite example must be cozy fantasy/scifi: The Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers. Highly recommended!
Loved your take on the movie, the point about everyone saying that rebellions died out in the 60s especially - it really says something about the politics of people who make it as movie critics. Also: very excited about the Wednesday record, gonna see them live in a few weeks.
Totally. I sometimes daydream about trying to break into professional film criticism but I doubt any publication would pay someone for radical analysis. But oh have fun at Wednesday, i bet they are amazing live!
This made me think about how feminine-coded genres like feelgood (or cozy fantasy, too), done well, can make softer aspects of revolution – like community care and/or/in walkable communities – seem irresistible. Slices of achievable utopia.
Miia, I absolutely love this comment. It’s so true! Do you have any recs for some that come to mind for you in those genres?
So much of feelgood has elements of lovely communities. But my favorite example must be cozy fantasy/scifi: The Monk and Robot duology by Becky Chambers. Highly recommended!
thank you! I keep hearing about Becky Chambers, I’ll give those a try! :)