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THE GRADUATE (1967) dir. Mike Nichols

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Thread from Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez on her experience in a hospital in Cuba

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i can tell by the way you successfully manage your emotions and reactions that you’re never experienced trauma, because i personally have never even considered the idea of learning how to manage and deal with my trauma response rather than stew in it and bring it up every time someone tries to tell me im acting out of pocket

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Kanako Oguma - Tatami Cat (2000s)

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George Segal Elliot Gould

California Split

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Sainsbury's soft drinks range, 1972. From the Sainsbury Archive.

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I think all computers should have cd slots and all phones should have headphone ports send tumble

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Didn't realize Sufjan Stevens sang about Jesus... neerrrddd

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Dashiell Hammett, who basically invented the noir genre (think: The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man) hung out enough in the queer scene in San Francisco in the 20s-30s that he picked up some contemporary queer lingo that he folded into his stories. In The Maltese Falcon, there’s a scene where the wildly gay-coded villain shows up at a meeting with a skinny little blonde with a bad attitude and a gun in tow, and detective Sam Spade tells him to “leave the gunsel outside” — gunsel being contemporary gay slang for a young, effeminate man who probably bottoms (from the Yiddish gansl, meaning gosling). Basically, he’s saying “I’m here to talk to you, not your twink.”

However, a lot of writers mimicking Hammett did not know gay lingo or Yiddish, saw the word “gun,” and assumed “gunsel” meant “scary bodyguard with a gun.” They took off with a word they didn’t understand and spread it so fast that it’s now basically impossible to read a noir story written between 1930-1960 without someone accidentally being called a twink at least once. Look out for it next time you’re reading Raymond Chandler or his ilk, I guarantee you’ll find it.

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CHERYL MILLER during her time as head coach of the Phoenix Mercury (1997-2000)

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Manny Jacinto | Kitchen Convos | August 08, 2025

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Harbor Road 1965

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The Ipcress File (1965) directed by Sidney J. Furie Michael Caine as Harry Palmer