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brooklynblerd · 5 years ago

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So You Want To Be An Ally

Over the last 2 weeks, I have been fielding many white-guilt questions at work and having very interesting conversations and Zoom calls. Overall, they have been well received, but I am not sure if anything will happen once this is no longer a hot topic. I hope we keep up the momentum, but the media and Politicians and other power holders will try to silence us as quickly as possible. All of the companies realizing that #BlackLivesMatter will inevitably fade away as well. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. So I made a list of talking points for the company that I work for, I hope they put it to use. I will begin sending this to anyone that reaches out to me to “talk” or “to see if I am ok”. While I appreciate the concern (if it’s genuine), I cannot continue being your only Black friend or the only Black person that you feel comfortable speaking to.

I saw this on Twitter recently, White privilege doesn't mean that your life hasn't been hard, it just means that the color of your skin isn't one of the things that makes it harder. I think this pretty much sums up what white people need to understand, what those people calling themselves our allies need to understand. Having Black pride & saying Black Lives Matter should not offend anyone. It does not mean that we are anti white people.

Black people are not a monolith. While we have all experienced racism in some form or another, we do not share the exact same experiences with it. To try and get an overall view of the different types of racism, you need to speak to many different Black people. Stop treating us as a collective, we are all individuals. Racism has permeated every single institution in this country. Education, Housing, Banking, Healthcare, Criminal Justice, Entertainment, etc. Racism is very much systemic, not always overt. There are also many different microaggressions that do not present as overt racism. Also, if we are going to have these discussions, please make sure that we feel safe, that we will be heard without reprimand or cynicism or disbelief. Our silence is the reason why this has gone on for so long. We want to be heard. We are no longer willing to stay invisible. Fear makes many of us stay silent, not willing to upset the status quo.

Revamp your hiring strategy/quota. People and organizations tend to conflate diversity and inclusivity. They are NOT the same. While there are many women, LGBTQIA members, Black and other People of Color, the Executives, Sales Management, and HR do not reflect this.

Conversations about race and other social justice issues are uncomfortable. Having these conversations without any Black and People of color present is pointless. Make sure you have Black people and other People of Color in any discussions you have regarding race relations and any other social justice issues. Empathy and sympathy is great, but it will not replace an actual experience.

Understand that the current state of the world has been a long time coming. George Floyd was the straw that broke the camel's back. The only difference is that everyone has a camera now and the police aren't doing themselves any favors by brutalizing everyone who is protesting police brutality.

Acknowledge your privilege. Acknowledge that the system is built to benefit you more than it does us and that it always has.

Saying "I'm not racist" isn't enough anymore. You have to be anti-racist. You have to stop the jokes, stereotypes, etc amongst your circle of friends and family members. This will be hard. But Black and Brown lives have to matter more than offending anyone that is unwilling to change.

Racism is not up to Black people and other People of Color to solve. This wasn't created or instituted by us and as we remain the "minority" in positions of power, we are unable to change it. We only have the ability to fight it, to rise up and demand change. To show that we will no longer take it. We will no longer be silent. We were all taught to be quiet and hold our feelings in to make sure that white people are comfortable. To make sure that we don’t appear threatening or angry. That is changing. Things will not go back to the way that they were.

Books to read in your journey of becoming an ally:

How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kensi

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Robin Diangelo

So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

Me and white Supremacy - Layla F. Saad

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Notes of A Native Son - James Baldwin

Born A Crime - Trevor Noah

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittany Cooper

Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth - Dana-Ain Davis

Racism without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States - Edwardo Bonilla-Silva

Towards the Other America: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter - Chris Crass

Two Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage - Leslie Picca and Joe Feagin

How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide - Crystal Fleming

The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fiction into Ethnic Factions - Vilna Bashi Treitler

Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach - Tanya Golash Boza

Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations - Joe Feagin

White Rage; the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide - Carol Anderson

Black Americans - Alphonso Pinkney

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to Present - Harriet Washington

The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry- Maryann Erigha

Code of the Street - Elijah Anderson

The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

The Mis-Education of the Negro - Carter Woodson

UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol.1 - Joseph Zerbo

UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. 2 - G. Mokhtar

Black Wealth/White Wealth - Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race - Beverly Daniel Tatum

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice - Paul Kivel

Witnessing Whiteness - Shelly Tochluk

Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race - Derald Wing Sue

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know - Tema Jon Okun

Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race - Frances Kendall

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics - George Lipsitz

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race - Debby Irving

How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood - Jim Grimsley

Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories - editors = Eddie Moore, Marguerite W. Penick-Parks & Ali Michael

Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America - Joseph Barndt

Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History - Vron Ware

Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence - editors = Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams & Keisha N. Blain

We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America - editors = Elizabeth Betita Martinez, Matt Meyer & Mandy Carter. Forward by Cornel West. Afterword by Alice Walker & Sonia Sanchez

killing rage: Ending Racism - bell hooks

Acting White? Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America - Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati

Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy - Chris Crass

White Like Me: Reflections on Race form A Privileged Son - Tim Wise

White Trash: Race and Class in America - editors = Annalee Newitz & Matt Wray

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces - Radley Balko

Race Traitor - editors = Noel Ignatiev & John Garvey

Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism #2) - Cheryl E. Matias

Disrupting White Supremacy

Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times - AmySonnie, James Tracy

For White Folks Who Teach in The Hood...and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy) - Christopher Emdin

Benign Bigotry: The Psychology Subtle Prejudice - Kristin J. Anderson

Subversive Southern: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century) - Catherine Fosl

How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America - Karen Brodkin

America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America - Jim Wells

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge

Living Into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America - editor = Catherine Meeks

Promise And A Way Of Live: White Antiracist Activism - Becky Thompson

What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy (Counterpoints #398) - Robin Diangelo

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The future of Temecula’s hotly debated year-old race and diversity committee could be discussed at the next council meeting, after a council member and many residents questioned its purpose and effectiveness.

Councilmember Jessica Alexander asked Tuesday night, July 27, that changing or abolishing the city’s Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission be on the council’s Aug. 10 agenda. Temecula’s newest committee, also known as REDI, has seven appointees who discuss issues and make recommendations to the council.

Temecula City Councilmember Jessica Alexander holds up a Bible while discussing her values during a Tuesday, July 13, 2021, council meeting. (Courtesy photo)

Alexander first called for an end to the panel during a July 13 council session, when officials gave an update on the committee created in response to concerns about diversity and several incidents of alleged racism in Temecula.

“We are over-commissioned. I feel that we are running thin when we continue to make commissions such as this,” Alexander said at that meeting. “My heart says that I would like to see the REDI Commission gone, and I’d like it to be part of the Community Services Commission or some other group.”

Alexander said she had issues with the word “race” in the panel’s name.

“My God created us as a human race — one blood, one race. We all just got some flavors: vanilla, chocolate; whatever you want to call it. But the fact of the matter is, when we look at race, we divide people. This is the tactic of the enemy,” said Alexander, who held up a Bible at one point during the July 13 meeting. “I’m not saying that people are not represented. I want to hear where the ball is getting dropped. I believe that everybody has a voice.”

Alexander, elected last November, has been criticized for public comments she made calling the coronavirus the “China virus,” and for comparing her opposition to mask rules to the struggle of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.

At Tuesday’s meeting, Alexander said she favored changing the panel’s name and wanted to clarify what issues it discusses.

“I would like our city council to be more of a ‘rudder’ — if we’re going to have this commission, we need to be the ones directing it.”

Temecula City Clerk Randi Johl, who also serves as executive director of the Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission, gave a presentation about the panel at a Temecula City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (Courtesy photo)

Alexander said July 13 that Temecula’s churches and non-profit groups should be more involved with — or even lead — the commission.

Christian ideology is what we’re made of here … I would like to see these churches step up together to take care of the people they serve.”

At both meetings, Mayor Maryann Edwards defended the panel and its members, saying their purpose is to promote inclusivity and engagement.

“They’re reading all of our policies to make sure we’re not intentionally leaving anyone out, or nothing that we’re doing is blocking anyone from attending our meetings,” Edwards said Tuesday. “The only thing that has to do with ‘race’ is the name. They’re not considering race. They’re considering whether or not people feel welcome; regardless of what color they are, what their religion is, things like that.”

Edwards also warned the audience to beware of “misinformation” — including claims made Tuesday that the panel was a strategic “damage control” move created by a city- hired public relations firm, and that the group promotes “critical race theory.”

Christine Massa, a member of the social justice group Temecula Unity, said racism exists “right in our community,” and that the commission exists to call it out.

Alexandra Galeano, an 8-year Temecula resident, said that as a person of color, she does not always feel safe in the neighborhood.

Temecula community leaders, students and city officials gather at Sam Hicks Monument Park on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, for an unveiling of the Juneteenth mural. From left are: Guylan Belser, vice president of Great Oak High Schoo’s Black Student Union; Kathy Rivera, owner of Rivera Photography; Kathryn Sizemore, Temecula Community Services commissioner; Gary Oddi, Temecula Community Services commissioner; Denyse Wilson, a commissioner on the Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission; Temecula Councilmember James “Stew” Stewart; student artist Chelsea Ross; Imelda Huerta, a commissioner on the Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission; Jackie Steed, a commissioner on the Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commission; Kevin Hawkins, director of Temecula Community Services. (Courtesy of Shawna Sarnowski)

“The (commission) demonstrates a commitment of our local government being inclusive of our growing community, and creating changes when and where they are needed,” she said. “It gives members of the community, like myself, a microphone to be heard and regards the way people of color feel, what changes can be made to make our home safer for all — no matter how much Councilmember Alexander disagrees.”

But more residents, representing religious and political groups, denounced the panel than supported it. They said that a city recognizing race and equity encourages “separatism.”

Related links

Temecula residents debate new race, equity commission

Temecula Councilmember Jessica Alexander defends Rosa Parks, ‘China Virus’ comments

New group clashes with O.C. Board of Education over ethnic studies

First Juneteenth events set for two Inland cities

Old Town Temecula police patrols aim to keep tourist area safe

Temecula councilmember’s supporters, critics mobilize after Rosa Parks comment

Temecula councilmember compares fight against coronavirus mask rules to Rosa Parks’ struggle

The commission was “created out of fear and duress,” resident John Andrews said.

Tim Thompson, the pastor of 412 Murrieta Church, said that as a Christian, he believes people should not be “broken down unto the categories of race, ability to make money, or gender.”

“I believe that’s what the REDI Commission is doing — it immediately starts with dividing people on race.”

Resident Ed Morale, said he didn’t support the commission but would attend a meeting to see what it’s about.

“Hopefully we can come together and work and maybe get a better understanding of each other, then maybe we can make some progress. Maybe we can’t. But if we don’t try, we’re never going to know.”

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Lucy the Disc Jockey

S3;E26 ~ April 12, 1965

Synopsis

Lucy wins a mystery sound contest on the radio, winning $25 and the chance to be disc jockey for a day. Naturally, things don't go smoothly when she takes over the studio.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney)

Guest Cast

Pat Harrington (Gordon Felson) is probably best remembered as Schneider on the 1975 sitcom “One Day at a Time.” Between 1959 and 1960 he played the recurring role of Pat Hannigan in “Make Room for Daddy” also shot at Desilu. He died on January 6, 2016 at age 86.

His nickname is “Fair Felson”.

Variations on the title of this episode include “Lucy and the Disc Jockey” and “Lucy is a Disc Jockey.”

This episode was not intended to be the season finale, “Lucy the Stockholder” (S3;E25) was. It was shot in late 1964 and was supposed to air on March 15, 1965 but it kept getting pre-empted so it ended up being the season three finale.

This episode employs dozens of sound effects, many more than a usual “Lucy Show” episode. Sound Engineer Eldon E. Campbell and Glen Glen Sound Company deserve credit for their creativity.

From September 1964 to August 1965 (from shoot date to air date) Lucille Ball had her own daily radio show “Let’s Talk To Lucy” on CBS Radio. Although she did not play music, she talked to celebrities as herself, not in character, about a variety of subjects.

Viv stayed up watching “The Late Late Show” on TV. They were airing the James Cagney movie where he push the grapefruit into his girlfriend's face. Viv is referring to The Public Enemy (1931). The film featured Sam McDaniel (Hattie's brother) who was the first African American face on “I Love Lucy” in “The Great Train Robbery” (ILL S5;E5).

After playing the mystery sound, Felson announces the return to “the swing sounds of Jan Garber.” Jan Garber (1894-1977) was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and became a bandleader known for ‘sweet’ and ‘swing’ jazz. His nickname was “The Idol of the Air Lanes.”

There couldn’t be a show about radio without Lucy’s trusty red transistor radio. It turns up in every season of “The Lucy Show” - even when Lucy moves to California.

Listening to the hourglass (egg timer) a sleepy Viv makes a joke about hearing Lawrence of Arabia calling for help. Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic historical film based on the life of T.E. Lawrence and taking place mostly in the desert. It won seven Oscars including Best Picture.

Lucy once again has trouble with the kitchen sink garbage disposal unit just as she did in “Lucy, the Coin Collector” (S3;E13, right). Before Lucy turns it on to hear what sound it makes, Viv asks her if the plumber fixed it. These two episodes would have been aired closer together had “Lucy the Disc Jockey” not been pre-empted so often.

Mr. Mooney says that the 'Name the Sound' contest is the silliest thing since Mrs. Hush. The Mrs. Hush contest was a feature of “Truth or Consequences” radio show in 1947. The quiz show had already sponsored a Mr. Hush contest, where listeners had to identify the voice of a person of note from whispered clues. After more than two and a half months of guessing, Mrs. Hush turned out to be Clara Bow. The winner received a new car, private plane, home appliances, a mink coat, diamond ring and other assorted prizes totaling $23,000 in value.

When Mr. Mooney hears the cacophony of Lucy and Viv trying out different sounds on various household objects, he calls it a “Housewives Hootenanny.” “Hootenanny” was a television variety show featuring folk music acts that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1964. Lucy's daughter Chris mentioned the show in “Chris Goes Steady” (S2;E16) aired in January 1964.

Mr. Mooney compares the noise in Mrs. Carmichael's kitchen to a Spike Jones rehearsal. Lindley Armstrong ‘Spike’ Jones (1911–65) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Songs receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones was born four months after Lucille Ball and died two weeks after this episode finally aired.

Angry that Mr. Mooney has also entered (and won) the contest after he said it was silly, Lucy calls him a “banking Benedict Arnold.” Benedict Arnold (1741-1801) was an American soldier in the revolutionary war who defected to fight for the British. His name has become synonymous with a traitor ever since.

Lucy asks why Mrs. Mooney wasn’t the one defrosting the fridge. Mr. Mooney replies that she was out chopping wood, contributing to the series’ verbal depiction of Mrs. (Irma) Mooney as a sturdy woman.

Mr. Mooney deems any voice contest between him and Lucy like comparing Walter Cronkite to Donald Duck. Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) was the voice and face of CBS News for nearly fifty years. He reported on some of the most dramatic events of the 20th century, such as the Kennedy Assassination, the Vietnam War, and the space program. He was considered to be “the most trusted man in America.” Donald Duck is one of Walt Disney's most enduring cartoon creations. He first appeared in 1934 and his squawking raspy voice was provided by Clarence Nash.

For the contest, Mr. Mooney is prepared to recite the Gettysburg Address, Hamlet's Soliloquy, and Edgar Allen Poe's “The Raven.” Lucy is prepared to recite Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Little Bo Peep, and Tubby the Tuba.

Instead, Mr. Felson asks them to do traditional tongue-twisters. They first are asked to say “Big Black Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers” and then (after Mr. Mooney loses to Lucy and threatens to examine the radio station's mortgage) “Red Leather Yellow Leather,” each three times, fast and clear. Lucy wins again and receives applause from the studio audience for her performance.

The call letters of the radio station are WLDJ representing the first letter of each word in the episode's title: “Lucy the Disc Jockey.”

WLDJ is a one-man radio station with one sponsor: Spangle Soda Pop. Gordon Felson says he hasn't had a day off in nine years. Although the name Spangle Soda Pop is fictional, there was a chew-able candy in England names Spangles.

This is one of the rare episodes in which a character actually speaks the title of the episode in the dialogue!

While reading a sports report on the air, Lucy announces that Maury Thompson is at bat. Maury was the camera coordinator for this episode as well as on “I Love Lucy.” In “Drafted” (ILL S1;E11) Ricky receives a letter from the War Department signed by Maurice A. Thompson.

When Lucy tries to see the title of the song on the spinning turntable and gets dizzy, she says “No wonder. It's a Dean Martin album.” This is a joke about Martin's drinking. She also made a joke about Dean Martin and his proclivity for alcohol in “Lucy the Stockbroker” (S3;E25). A year later, Lucy Carmichael dates Dean Martin. His stuntman is named Eddie Feldman, which sounds similar to Eddie Felson, the radio host played by Pat Harrington.

Lucy gets a phone request to play a song dedication to: Hilda and Babs and Jan and Ella and Molly and Dotty and Roselle and Mimi (like Eisenhower) and Mildred and Doris and Nora and Emma and Maryann and Evelyn and Sadie and Emma (a redhead) and SueEllen (one name) and Gertrude and Estelle and Joan and Connie and Sylvia.

The man wants her to play “You're the One for Me.” The song was sung by Freddie Rose in 1927, so it is no surprise Lucy can’t find the record. Instead, she plays “Bing Crosby Sings Stephen Foster.” The Crosby album was released in 1946. For the ‘record’ (no pun intended), President Johnson's wife was named Mamie, not Mimi.

When Lucy puts the needle down on the record, a voice sounding very much like Crosby’s sings to the tune of “Camptown Races”:

“Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum Stephen Foster.”

And then suddenly stops!

With the studio covered in the white foam from the fire extinguisher, Lucy sings a bit of “White Christmas” as the episode (and season three) fade out. "White Christmas" is a 1942 Irving Berlin song. The Bing Crosby version is the best-selling single of all time. In 1965 The Supremes recorded it for their Christmas album.

SIGNING OFF!

This is the last episode featuring Vivian Vance as a regular co-star. She will return for guest-star appearances in 3 future episodes.

This is the last new episode to be broadcast by CBS in black and white. When season four begins, viewers will finally see Lucy's hair in color!

This is the last time Lucy and Mr. Mooney will live in Danfield, NY. The pair relocate to California at the start of season four.

Some insiders say that Vivian Vance had decided to leave the show unless she got more creative control. Ball's advisers tell her Vance wanted a partnership, which wasn't true. It was decided not to meet Vivian's demands, and Vance leaves the series. Lucille felt hurt and betrayed. This is a decision Ball regrets for the rest of her life. Without Vivian, Lucille toys with the idea of ending the series. Vivian wanted to have the stories revolve more around her if she was going to keep commuting to the set from Connecticut. She was exhausted and her marriage to John Dodds was deteriorating because he was bisexual and seeing other men when she wasn't around. Vivian also felt that Lucille let her down.

The closing scene for this episode (Lucy crying amid the radio station destruction) was featured in the season four kaleidoscope opening credit sequence.

“The Lucy Show” was replaced for the summer (June-September) by “Vacation Playhouse,” an anthology series of unsold TV pilots.

Callbacks!

Lucy Ricardo was on the radio twice, both times on a quiz show hosted by Freddy Fillmore (Frank Nelson): “The Quiz Show” (ILL S1;E5) and “Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio” (ILL S1;E32).

Both of those episodes featured an illuminated “ON THE AIR” sign, just like “Lucy the Disc Jockey.”

When Lucy flips an unlabeled switch on the console, it turns on a fan that blows away all her note cards. In “Redecorating the Mertzes Apartment” (ILL S3;E8) a fan mistakenly activated blows feathers from the recently disemboweled armchair all over the room, ruining all their hard work.

Blooper Alerts!

Ice Box Inconsistency! For this episode, Lucy's modern refrigerator has been replaced by an older model in order to facilitate the stunt of pulling the guts out of it. The refrigerator has also moved locations to make the gag physically possible.

Sitcom Logic Alert! Why would there be a switch for a free-standing oscillating fan on the console of a radio station control board?

Laugh Track! When the shelf of records comes crashing to the floor, Gary Morton’s loud guffaw can be heard on the soundtrack.

Hoser! Instead of plain water, the fire hose emits soapy suds, likely to imitate the foam that comes from a hand-held extinguisher. A fire hose would only produce plain water, not foam.

Name Game! When taking a song request, a caller gives a long list of women’s names. Repeating them as she jots them down, Lucy says the name “Emma” twice and adds “That the same Emma you mentioned? Oh, a redhead.” This may be a scripted line, but it sounds very much like an ad lib by Ball to cover herself after repeating the name.

“Lucy the Disc Jockey” rates 3 Paper Hearts out of 5

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horsesofgili · 2 years ago

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Ok girls stables update on all horses/ponies: Ayu - healthy sponsored by @vivianyanlei Esperenza - condition not stable and recovery from starvation not as expected 🙏🏻 sponsored by Stuart Scuba, and Metha Sissi Alice - healthy sponsored by Roswitha Boras, @coast2island, Stefanie Morandi Azhar - gaining weight but still distended abdomen will deworm again sponsored by Antje Burrman, Mandy Dowling Sunnie - healthy sponsored by @vivianyanlei Varsha - healthy sponsored by Kim Thompson, Liz Finch Jara - healthy sponsored by Cynthia Lubinski Seven - healthy needs new sponsor Mandarin - healthy sponsored by Muriah Lucy - recovering from big head, pregnant sponsored by @yasmin_wessel, Abi Leech, Katie Hutchinson, Maryann Balletti Freya and baby Aston - healthy sponsored by Brook Baldock Tamara - healthy needs sponsor Cinta - healthy sponsored by @the_veterinary_dental_company Romeo - healthy sponsored by Javi Gianotten Adopted but under indirect care Bella and baby - recovering from big head sponsored by Sophie Jones Adopted - Rey, Zayda Deceased - Xena 😭 #horsesofgili #lombokhorse #horsesofasia #rescuehorse #rescuepony #ilovehorses #makeadifference #donatenow #horsesofinstagram #rescuehorse #rescuepony #horserescue #ponyrescue #horsecharity #indonesia #giliislands #giliTrawangan #oneponyatatime https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHLCF3va_W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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onekindesign · 5 years ago

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Tour a stunningly beautiful coastal dream house on Martha's Vineyard

Tour a stunningly beautiful coastal dream house on Martha’s Vineyard

Maryann Thompson Architects in collaboration with Shelter Collectivewere responsible for renovating this fabulous coastal dream house located on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. This six-bedroom dwelling is nestled on 20 pristine acres, featuring a pond connected to the ocean along with a farm on the property. When re-designing this home, the owners had two goals in mind, an emphasis on common…

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#Martha&039;s Vineyard #Maryann Thompson Architects #Massachusetts #modern #renovation #Shelter Collective #swimming pool

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bookclub4m · 3 years ago

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Episode 129 - Non-Fiction Film & TV Books

This episode we’re talking about Non-Fiction Film & TV books! We discuss media about media, self-pity book purchasing, spoilers, and more! Plus: Kakapos!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards | Appleberry

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade

Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano and Arturo Torres

Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation by Questlove

Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons by Mike Reiss, Mathew Klickstein

Hollywood vs. the Author edited by Stephen Jay Schwartz

Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies by Ann Hornaday

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell

Richard Ayoade Presents the Grip of Film by Gordy LaSure

Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies by Dave Addey

Typeset in the Future website

101 Movies to Watch Before You Die by Ricardo Cavolo

How to Watch Television, Second Edition edited by Ethan Thompson and Jason Mittell

Other Media We Mentioned

A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (Wikipedia)

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Wikipedia)

Samurai Pizza Cats (Wikipedia)

My Pet Monster (Wikipedia)

The A-Team (Wikipedia)

Murder, She Wrote (Wikipedia)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Wikipedia)

Goosebumps (TV series) (Wikipedia)

Live from New York: An Oral History of Saturday Night Live by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales

Saturday Night Live (Wikipedia)

The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy by Paul Myers

The Kids in the Hall (TV series) (Wikipedia)

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman

Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman

The Fugitive (Wikipedia)

View from the Top (Wikipedia)

The Room (Wikipedia)

2001: A Space Odyssey (Wikipedia)

Alien (Wikipedia)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Wikipedia)

Blade Runner (Wikipedia)

Total Recall (Wikipedia)

WALL-E (Wikipedia)

Moon (Wikipedia)

House (TV series) (Wikipedia)

Battlestar Galactica (Wikipedia)

The Video Game History Hour podcast

Decoder Ring - The Soap Opera Machine

Shrill (TV series) (Wikipedia)

Love, Actually (Wikipedia)

List of Hallmark Channel Original Movies (Wikipedia)

33⅓ (Wikipedia)

Criminal Minds (Wikipedia)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Wikipedia)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Wikipedia)

Dredd (Wikipedia)

The Muppets (Wikipedia)

Top Gun (Wikipedia)

Kate Beaton’s Top Gun comics

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Wikipedia)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (Wikipedia)

Armageddon Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know about Zombies, Contagions, Aliens, and the End of the World as We Know It! by Dale Sherman

Links, Articles, and Things

Library Punk episode 014 - Manga

Episode 128 - Plucky Kid Detective

Fanart!

Episode 104 - Entertainment Non-Fiction

Toy Galaxy (YouTube channel)

Lindsay Ellis (YouTube channel)

Amanda the Jedi (YouTube channel)

Jenny Nicholson (YouTube channel)

Every Frame a Painting (YouTube channel)

Postmortem: Every Frame a Painting by co-creator Tony Zhou

Welcome to the Basement

Pushing Up Roses (YouTube channel)

Jacob Geller (YouTube channel)

Letterboxd (Wikipedia)

Demi Adejuyigbe on Letterboxd

Sidewalk Slam - Episode 57 - AEW Revolution 2021 (YouTube)

Kakapo (Wikipedia)

Lego set

Diegesis (Wikipedia)

The Stranger (newspaper) (Wikipedia)

Chuck Klosterman (Wikipedia)

Hanif Abdurraqib (Wikipedia)

24 Film/TV/Video Non-Fiction books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire by Jonathan Abrams

“Indian” Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations' Voices Speak Out by Sierra S. Adare

Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade

Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance by Christina N. Baker

Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present by Robin R. Means Coleman

The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry by Maryann Erigha

Framing Blackness: The African American Image in Film by Ed Guerrero

Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals About Psychology, Identity, and Communication by Sheena C. Howard

Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa

Our Gang: A Racial History of The Little Rascals by Julia Lee

The Films of Bong Joon Ho by Nam Lee

Moving the Image: Independent Asian Pacific American Media Arts edited by Russell Leong

Farewell My Concubine: A Queer Film Classic by Helen Hok-Sze Leung

Cinema-Interval by Trinh T. Minh-ha

Get Out: The Complete Annotated Screenplay by Jordan Peele

Where Do You Think We Are?: Ten Illustrated Essays About Scrubs by Shea Serrano, illustrated by Arturo Torres

Arab Cinema: History and Cultural Identity by Viola Shafik

Maori Television: The First Ten Years by Jo Smith

Shaded Lives: African American Women and Television by Beretta E. Smith-Shomade

Tribal Television: Viewing Native People in Sitcoms by Dustin Tahmahkera

Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation by Ahmir Questlove Thompson

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto by Melvin Van Peebles

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism by Nancy Wang Yuen

I See Black People: The Rise and Fall of African American-Owned Television and Radio by Kristal Brent Zook

Also check out the booklist from our episode on Entertainment Non-Fiction.

Give us feedback!

Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!

Which zine do you most want to read? (Twitter poll)

RJ's zine about Love Actually

Anna's zine about Criminal Minds

Matthew's zine about Dredd

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It’s almost time for our annual “We all read the same book” episode. So on Tuesday, July 20th we’ll each suggest and talk about one title and you’ll get to vote for which one we’ll read. (And yes, it will definitely happen this time.)

Then on Tuesday, August 3rd it’s time to jack in and download because we’ll be reading the genre of Cyberpunk!

#episodes #genres #nonfiction #films #movies #tv

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timegents · 8 years ago

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Barton's bar: the flash Irish cabman

Barton’s bar: the flash Irish cabman

The Fermanagh Hotel when it was known as the Kiama Hotel in 1880. The large building with the post supported vernda (circled), opposite the church, on the corner of Shoalhaven and Teralong Streets.

By MICK ROBERTS©

DESCRIBED as a “flash looking little cab driver”, Irishman Jimmy Barton and his wife Elizabeth established what is today considered Kiama’s oldest operating business.

Trading as the…

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stefenturner · 8 years ago

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The Children's School. Designed by Maryann Thompson Architects And built by Viking Construction. --- The design was conceived as a "one room schoolhouse". The roof planes tilt subtly against one another to admit light into the classroom spaces, which are defined without the use of walls. The scheme creates a fragmented reading of the building, appropriating the scale of the building to that of a child. --- This school is reminiscent of the Crow Island School. The building is multifaceted and adaptable to different age groups. The design approach plays with volumes that create dynamic learning environments filled with light. _________________________ #maryannthompsonarchitects #childrensschool #vikingconstruction (at Stamford, Connecticut)

Aerial photography by Stefen Turner

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New from Andrea Thompson on The Young Folks: TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Tom Hanks makes A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood a Place We’d All Like to Call Home

The fact that the biographical drama A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood exists shows just how hungry we are for what the man at its center represented. Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers, as the public knew him, radiated kindness and understanding, making him and the show that made him famous, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, a beloved staple for generations of viewers. A Beautiful Day not only has to live up to his legacy, but the documentary that was released to much acclaim barely a year ago, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Tom Hanks bears only a slight resemblance at best to the man he’s playing, but he was born to play this role nevertheless. Hanks is one of the most popular actors working today, yet his almost total lack of controversy makes him the best kind of safe bet. His general lack of scenery-chewing allows his skill to shine in a quieter, yet still deeply satisfying fashion. Showy he’s not, but his power is impossible to deny in films as wide-ranging as Splash and Cast Away. It makes him the perfect actor to not just play Fred Rogers, but somehow replicate what his presence meant.

So no pressure right? You wouldn’t think so, not with the way director Marielle Heller and screenwriters Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster rise to the challenge. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood begins on the set of the show itself, where Hanks quickly proves irresistible as he slips effortlessly into the role, ritual sweater and sneaker changes and all. He speaks of “his friend Lloyd,” aka Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), a fictionalized version of journalist Tom Junod, who wrote the Esquire article the film is based on and found his life transformed by his time with Mr. Rogers.

As Hanks shows us a picture of Lloyd looking a bit the worse for wear, he speaks of how someone “has hurt Lloyd, and not just on his face.” It’s a humorous take on what’s to come, but things get serious when Mr. Rogers switches it up by speaking directly to us about something even the best of us can struggle with – forgiveness. Or as Hanks puts is, a “decision we make to release the feelings of anger we have.” Love makes everything, but especially forgiveness, more complicated, and we learn that Lloyd has love to spare, both for his infant son, his wife Andrea (Susan Kelechi Watson). He also has a great deal of anger towards his father Jerry (Chris Cooper), which makes him less than receptive to Jerry’s attempts to make amends.

When Lloyd is told by his editor to write a short profile on Mr. Rogers, he at first reacts with cynical scorn about having to write a “puff piece.” But how long can anyone hold on to such skepticism around someone like Mr. Rogers? Lloyd puts up his best efforts, and it’s not entirely difficult to see why. Someone who has seen much of the worst in people would be slow to believe that such sincerity could exist, and it’s not always easy for those who work for the guy. As Lloyd gets to the set, Fred has been chatting up a kid for way longer than his alotted time, prompted a crew member to dryly ask, “We can’t fire him, can we?”

As Lloyd gradually forms a friendship with his interviewee, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood deftly sidesteps the schmaltz to give us a genuinely moving portrait of sincerity. Nor does it skimp on the very real darkness present in every human being, including Rogers himself. As his wife Joanne (Maryann Plunkett) puts it, her husband works every day to be who he is. “If you think of him as a saint, his way of being is unattainable,” she explains. Heller also pays tribute to the show itself, even using sequences displaying how magazines like the one Lloyd writes for are made, and even a hallucination where Lloyd finds himself on the set itself, finally able to express the pain he’s been feeling for years.

Similarly, the screening I attended was full of press and industry types who are typically the epitome of tough sells. Yet there were sniffing and tears at multiple moments, and when Hanks at one point asks for a minute of silence in a scene at a restaurant, not only do the other patrons oblige him, the entire theater did as well. Such a reaction most likely requires the heavy fictionalizing the movie employs, yet it’s impossible to deny the heavy truths and heartfelt acknowledgment of just how difficult it can be to live so gently in the now retro environment of 1998. Such discussions are needed even more in a time when putting each other down seems to be rewarded at the highest levels.

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