#Douglas Anderson

[peacesmith]

florida makes me want to kill myself

if you're unaware or curious; this school, douglas anderson, had a play that was gonna happen but got cancelled due to "inappropriate content" or some shit like that.

i use to go there, so this is important to me.

the play is called "Indecent" by Paula Vogel, and from what I know it includes a lesbian kiss and jewish representation.

but for some reason it's cancelled.

mostly because of the "don't say gay" bill. which is fucking insane. i absolutely can't believe this shit, but guess what, THAT'S FLORIDA FOR YOU

they're changing the play to something more "appropriate" to make it more "suitable for audiences".

they changed it because of "mature" content.

a lesbian kiss? sure.

it just infuriates me to see shit like this. i'm fucking pissed. please share, reblog, whatever just get the word out

[xtrablak674]

What Am I Reading Right Now?

I am usually reading six books at a time, let's be clear our brains have not evolved yet to actually read more than one item at once, and trust I requested that my niblings develop this technology so I could actual read MORE. But that is neither here nor there.

This list includes the actual covers of the books I am reading. As a voracious reader I think the book cover is just as important as the actual contents of the book. When you have an emotional connection to a story you also have a connection to the art related to that story, and that art is relayed in how the book is designed. There's a reason I have such strong connections to vintage paperbacks, they were designed to draw your eye, stimulate your imagination and more importantly get you to take them up to the register and buy them.

Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein

I found this book in a box left in the hallway of my building left by a former neighbor, if I was to be quite frank I didn't really like her very much, I found her to be a bit rude, which nearly lead me to not explore this box of items she no longer wanted. But I have always found it hard to pass by a book cover that has piqued my interest.

Anyhow, I recognized the name Heinlein from my father's book collection, he was a huge science fiction fan. What really drew me in was the cover art. I thought it was a beautifully designed cover. Full disclosure I have a thing for vintage paper backs, I literally had my contractor build a special area in my window seat just for my paperbacks.

Back to the book I have really been enjoying this book I had never read anything from this author before, and found this very easy to delve into, recently I had to remove two other books from my reading list because they were just not well-written at least in my opinion.

Heinlein used two young boys and their Martian pet to pull us into the story and I found it very effective. I really enjoy a book that has characters talking amongst themselves not just the author explaining a situation to us. I am near the end of it and looked into if there were any adaptions into other mediums and there was a Fox Kids produced mini-series in 1994. I have only watched about fifteen minutes and it diverges widely from the source material, I will try to finish it.

Love They Neighbor: A Muslim Doctor's Struggle For Home in Rural America by Ayaz Virji

This book is categorized as a memoir, so I am wondering why the heck I bought it and yes I spent my own American dollars to purchase this book on eBay, but I remember I heard an interview with the author on NPR, and he is cute! I just started this today, and in my first three pages I love the voice he's written in so far. I have a tendency to be a strictly fiction reader, biographies, memoirs, historical text, overly technical or educational text I steer clear of.

This is because I primarily read for pleasure, so I want books on my list that I will actually enjoy, and not be a task. This is something I was trying to encourage one of my niblings to do, when they shared their Good Reads profile with me, I told them these are some lofty books but they all sound very dry. Its key for me to always find joy in a book, or I need to put it down and find ones that do.

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I have heard so much about this book and I adore listening to Ms. Adichie speak, but I will be frank I have struggled with this book. Its not been as easy to read as I thought it would be from how well Ms. Adichie communicates her thoughts in her speeches. But I have muddled through and have about 1/5 of the book left to read.

I think part of my problem were the African names and some of the cultural elements that as an American-Black I wasn't as entrenched in, I realize that this is what the book is about, but I still think the writing could have done the heavy lifting for me, not saying that I needed a lot of explanatory commas, but just a more accessible approach to the subject material.

The What's Happening to My Body Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras, Dane Saavedra

Once again my father's late mother has wormed her way into my daily existence. This was the book she gave me when I came to live with my grandparents and was going through puberty. I guess a book was an obvious choice for a young person who spent the bulk of their allowance on well, books.

I had been thinking about this book of late and going with the theme of my adult nostalgia of re-acquiring things I had when I was younger. This book made the cut, especially pertinent because I remember quite clearly sharing sections of it with my friend at the time who I was having sexual relations with. I thought it was important for him to know that the fact that we were 'messing around' didn't make him gay, but curious, sexual exploration and play was appropriate to our ages.

Re-reading it as a full-ass adult is eye opening in a way that is surprising and delightful, I am actually learning new things. Or I guess remembering things I had learned previously.

The Other Side of the World by Arlene Hale

This book I found in our neighborhood's street library. I live in a heavy residential area of Brooklyn where folks will leave books out in boxes or just leaning up against the exterior walls of their properties. I am near the biggest public library in Brooklyn but haven't been there in over a decade because the street library keeps me stocked and up-to-date with a wide variety of books, three of the books on this very list are from the same street library.

I had no clue this was a romance novel, but Ms. Hale is a great writer she drew me in immediately with a likable protagonist that I easily saw myself in, her use of language immersed me in this world from page one. I am only about ten pages into this but am already greatly enjoying the adventure and can't wait to see where it goes. This was a replacement book, meaning I had a book that I just couldn't finish and it needed to be replaced with something more tenable.

H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales edited by Douglas A. Anderson

Haven't even started this anthology, curiously I love a television anthology like The Outer Limits or One Step Beyond, but anthology books always leave me wanting. I just feel like the moment you've gotten the rhythm of the author you're on to a new story this doesn't really work for me, because reading has an element of escapism, and if the door is shut before I can actually make it through I have't really escaped.

The first story is one by Edgar Allen Poe, this was another replacement book kicking N.K. Jemisin's The Fifth Season off my list. I feel so bad about this because she is a Black woman science fiction author and I feel obligated to like her writing, but this is my second time trying to get into her and the work just never clicked. I really tried reading about one hundred and fifty pages before saying, I am literally feeling sour about even opening the book and that isn't the kind of experience I want to have reading ever. Its why even though they're comic books I encourage my nephew to read them. Because reading is more than fundamental, its enriching.

I have nothing else to report about this book other than I hope it will be decent I don't think I have read any Lovecraft specifically, so it will be interesting to read something adjacent to his writing.

[Images provided by whichever publisher published the book sourced from the internets]

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[undr]

P. Douglas Anderson. A Corner in Chinatown 1915

[hyohaehyuk]

I dont know if anyone posted this here already but a while ago the fandom start digging and found out that there is a huge chance that Sam have known Raleigh Ritchie music and have been a Jacob fan maybe since 2014. This bc Sam was in the same festival Raleigh Ritchie was performing. I think i even remember reading someone mentioning that they have friends in common too.

Not only that but Josh O'connor, Sam co-star in Riot Club (2014) added Raleigh Ritchie on a playlist he created in JULY 2016 called "Sam Reid"

I also remember of seeing a screenshot of jacob having the "Flume - Never Be Like You ft. Kai" in which Sam in the Music Video, on one of his playlists (i think it was also from 2014) but he have his playlists private now and i cannot find the tweet. So if he saw that MV maybe i also saw Sam back in 2014 🤡

This is some invisible red thread of fate sh*t going on right here 😱💀

Source: wolfganglestat, slaystat and nocontextIestat

[eye-candy-film-enjoyer]

Wes Anderson movies + text post part 3/11 (or until I give up)

Asteroid City edition

[kissoflightning]

DBH Characters When Somebody Knocks On The Bathroom Door

Seen this meme done before, but wanted to do it with just the human characters.

[sesiondemadrugada]

I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970).

[filministic]

The Great (2020-2023)

[brat-pack-it-up-boys]

My favorite The Outsiders + that was then this is now ships except half of them are rare pairs

Steve x Evie x Sodapop

Ponyboy x Angela

Ponyboy x Bryan

Angela x Johnny

Soda x Cherry

Cherry x Sylvia

Two-bit x Marcia

Dally x Tim

Ponyboy x Cathy

Bob x Cherry

Bob x Randy

Sylvia x Tim

Soda x Ace

[quileane22]

31DaysofGoodOmens

Supporting @sendarya's campaign to save our beloved show! I sent the below email to info@bbcworldwideproductions.com and primevideo@amazon.com.

Noting I fully support survivors of SA- the messaging I chose to share reflects my own personal view that such serious allegations should be handled appropriately through the law system. I want to see justice for victims and to keep a show which has brought me so much joy; these two things can coexist.

Remember, be kind to each other.

[picturebookshelf]

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (2003)

Text: Dugald Steer -- Art: Wayne Anderson, Douglas Carrel & Helen Ward

[ultimateanna]

My fantasy is which cast will be well suited for the role of the main characters of Silent Hill 3.

My naive and unfulfilled fantasy still dreams of seeing a departed and amazing actor for the role of Valtiel. In the scene where Heath appears as the Joker once without makeup, he would really fit the role of the terrifying and mysterious cult monster in Silent Hill 3 in such an image. However, this can be done if you make not a movie but a cartoon based on four parts of the games.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

From the DVD commentary, episode 1:

Douglas: Do you remember in pre-production there was a thing where some executives somewhere said, did David Tennant and Michael Sheen not look a bit the same? And we sort of agreed. And one of the things that I think that through costume and make-up and hair and everything else we managed to do really well with Claire [Anderson], our costume designer, and Nosh [Anne 'Nosh' Oldham, the make-up designer] was distinguish them very clearly and then adding on their extraordinary performances to that. There's never a question.

[letterboxd-loggd]

Kitten with a Whip (1964) Douglas Heyes

August 10th 2024

[pro-royalty]

FLO x Leomie Anderson at Brit Awards 2023