#christina raia

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Pesquisadores monitoram passagem de raias em período de reprodução no litoral de SP

janeiro 27, 2025 Um projeto criado em Ubatuba, no Litoral Norte de São Paulo, monitora uma espécie ameaçada de extinção debaixo d’água: as raias-chitas. Batizado de ‘Mergulhando na Conservação’, o projeto foi idealizado pela pesquisadora e doutora em Oceanografia, Thamíris Christina Karlovic de Abreu, e pelo mestre em Oceanografia, Lucas Citele Cândido. “A ideia do projeto surgiu em meados de…

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Queer Webseries: Kelsey

Title: Kelsey

    Status: Complete

    Creator and Producers: Christina Raia & Kelsey Rauber

Cast: Nichole Yannetty, Sharina Martin, Brennan Taylor, & Daniel K Isaac

    Queer Creators: Yes

    Accessibility: No content warnings, auto-generated captions on YouTube here.

Summary: Kelsey, a talkative, humorous, and often self-deprecating lesbian, has just ended her long term relationship. Or more precisely, she has been dumped. She isn't sure who could love someone with her bulgy eyes & crooked teeth (which people only notice because she points them out) and weird sense of humor (she laughs loudest at her own jokes, which leaves the question open if the other person did laugh, just not as loud, or if they didn't laugh at all). All she wants is to feel whole again and she is trying to do so by dating new people. She dates all shapes and sizes and comes to one really crucial realization: Everyone is fucking weird. So, where does weird become creepy, where does it become sexy and where might it become happily ever after?

That's what Kelsey's trying to figure out. She finds solace in talking to her best friends: Samantha, Tyrone, and Rowan. They all drink and make the most out of life by supporting each other through the bad and the worse.

Tags: queer main character, queer woman, lesbian

Check out other queer webseries here.

Please feel free to offer suggestions and updates!

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FORGET THE BOX: Stareable's Informative, Entertaining and Interactive New Podcast For Web Series Creators

As the largest community of web series creators, the acclaimed web series audience-building platform Stareable has proven to be an essential destination for filmmakers who want to learn how to develop and produce their ideas without having to overcome the creative roadblocks that the traditional... http://snobbyrobot.com/2018/06/27/forget-the-box-stareables-informative-entertaining-and-interactive-new-podcast-for-web-series-creators/

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Alan’s News Brief, December 15, 2017

Here is some recent news about my connections. Please check out these projects and follow the creatives behind them.  Congrats to everyone on their accomplishments! Gillian Scott-Ward is interviewed by the On Naming It podcast about her film “Back to Natural: A Documentary Film”. Gillian was recently interviewed on my blog. Back to Natural is a  69-minute documentary film that reveals the…

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💋 bops n’ thangs | nana’s heavy rotation

tagged by - @undersunrise​ ! tagging - @busanbunnie​ / @amsijang / @elskct / @drcvmisms / @damneedy / @ofkillings / @seolhysns​ & whoever else wants to do this ! 

* PERSONAL ANTHEMS

Vanity / I Hate Boys @ Christina Aguilera 

It took a lot for her to begin rebuilding what was left of her confidence and self-worth after she and her ex-gf broke up, and listening to Vanity first thing in the morning reminds her of how far she’s come since then. IHBs though, there’s no particular reason for this song, it’s just an iconic bop.

* GUILTY PLEASURES

Boyfriend @ Justin Bieber / Kiss Me Thru The Phone @ Soulja Boy

She still finds these songs just as good as they were when they were first aired on the radio and will always sing along with them without fail. 

* SINGS WHILE DRUNK

Rich Sex @ Nicki Minaj / Wit The Shits (W.T.S.) @ Meek Mill

She’ll sing just about anything drunk, but Nicki and Melii’s verses in the respective songs have her feeling like the baddest bitch so if either of these songs start playing...y’all gone have to pull her down off the table, countertop or whatever the fuck she’s dancing on.

* FAVE LOVE SONGS

Falling Slow / Dear No One @ Tori Kelly 

Nana views love as a bittersweet, finicky thing from and FS resonates with her by appealing to the idea that love is never perfect between people because people aren’t perfect and that the love they share between them needs to reflect that. DNO represents a fresh start for her because she’s begun to focus more on living her life rather than trying to live just to be apart of someone else’s. 

* SINGS TO LOVED ONES 

Infinity @ Niykee Heaton 

This song serves a promise to her loved ones that she’ll never walk away from, give up on or stop believing in them when things get rough; she’ll be by their side for infinity. 

* SONGS THEY FIGHT TO 

Pissed @ Saweetie / My Main @ Mila J

Both songs have that, “pull her tracks out first, ask questions later” typa energy.

* LULLABIES

How We Both Wondrously Perish / The Poets Cry For More @ Being As An Ocean

She listens to these songs when she feels anxious or defeated/beaten down by something. The line, “We have all made mistakes / God, I’ve made mistakes, but my mistakes haven’t made me” is like a liferaft, always pulling her out of a suffocating space crowded with negative thoughts and telling her to take a moment, breathe, and try again. 

* EARWORMS 

Kream @ Iggy Azalea / Lil Bebe @ DaniLeigh 

These are just songs she’s had on repeat lately, and hasn’t gotten tired of.  

* SHOWER KARAOKE

Pose @ Rihanna / When I Grow Up @ PCD 

She doesn’t trust anyone who says they don’t sing or dance to either of these songs. Period. 

* SINGS TO ANNOY PEOPLE

Friday @ Rebecca Black 

She sings it so off-key and pitchy that whomever is unfortunate enough to hear it won’t last past the first “It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday,” caving in to whatever she wants. 

* SONGS THAT MAKE THEM EMO 

Yes, No, Maybe @ Trey Songz / How To Feel @ Moxie Raia

Post breakup, Nana spent too much time trying to figure out what she had done to bring this upon herself and often, her thoughts jumped between being upset at her ex-gf and wondering what she should have done better to keep Valentine’s attention and how much further she (Nana) should’ve gone to get it despite knowing subconsciously that the answers she was looking for in Valentine wouldn’t be the ones she wanted. YNM flips between a similar type of dialogue. She felt many things things following the breakup, but above all else, she felt cheated and empty and some days, the memories of what they were and what they could’ve been is just too much for her to handle. HTF is for those days. 

* SONGS THAT MAKE OTHERS THINK OF THEM

Caraphernelia @ Pierce The Veil 

Because of the lines, “There’s just something about this dizzy dreamer and bleeding little blue boy.” Whenever she’s in a relationship, things are always unpredictable; she’s either the person not giving enough (bleeding little blue boy) or giving too much (dizzy dreamer), there’s no in between.

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Feira RAIA #3 Em Lisboa, durante o fim-de-semana de 15 e 16 de Dezembro, a Raia será mais uma vez o lugar para conhecer e comprar edições, discos e artes gráficas. Paralelamente, haverá programação com lançamentos, leituras, exposições e concertos. E, claro, serviço de bar e cantina vegetariana. A Raia será dos pequenos editores e dos artistas gráficos, sem quaisquer intermediários ou apoios institucionais. Os livros da não (edições) estão presentes; novidades, catálogo e manuseados, incluindo o mais recente ‘Previsão para 365 poemas’ (poemas de Álvaro Seiça e ilustrações de Bernardo Bagulho). [ cartaz de Christina Casnellie ]

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Forget the Box: the ultimate web series podcast, with new episodes every Tuesday dedicated to a different facet of the production cycle.

Available on iTunes | Stitcher | Google Play | LibSyn | SoundCloud |  RSS

So far, we’ve talked the idea and the web series culture with 2-time Emmy-winner Bernie Su, development with Katie Tibaldi of @seekingsublet, and crowdfunding with Christina Raia of @seedandspark. Check out the teaser videos then subscribe and listen to the full episodes at one of the links above!

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Get to Know the Writer!

I was tagged by @seriophi. Thanks for the tag!! (also gurl warrior cats were my life like my entire elementary and middle school experience. I actually met my best friend on a Warriors RP site.)

Name: Elena

Nickname: Missy, Lena, El

Zodiac: Libra

Hogwarts house: Slytherin and proud! :D

Height: 5′7″ lol I used to be 5′8″ but my back is fun so 

Sexual Orientation: Straight

Ethnicity: Whiter than the snow before all the cars sling nasty slush on it

Favorite fruit: um all of them? I’m addicted to fruit. But if I had to pick, I’d say apples, watermelon, honeydew, cantaloupe, blackberries, blueberries, papaya, coconut, asian pears, grapes, and all the rest of the fruit in existence too

Favorite season: Fall! Pumpkin everything yes please, The Nightmare Before Christmas which you can watch every day for the rest of the year because it’s a dual season movie! And leaves, and colors, and clothing . . . fall is just the best. It only leads to great things, like Christmas. (Except for I live in Utah, so, ya know, winter is fun for about one month because then inversion,)

Favorite book series: The Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson, Warriors by Erin Hunter will always have a special place in my heart, and this isn’t a series, but it’s the same author, so literally all of Jodi Picoult’s books. 

Favorite fictional character: Sirius Black, Hermione Granger, @shaelinwrites‘ Raia Aesho is amazing too, and this is super selfish I guess but my own book characters. Is that okay? Especially Lolly Gray, Fabian Price. and Weylyn Tayler from The Color of War. I love them so much.

Favorite flower: Uh . . . I don’t know any flowers. I like snakes, though. Snakes are cool. 

Favorite scent: My dog smells like dog and I love her so

Favorite color: It changes every day. Today, it’s pink.

Favorite animal: Dogs. I want 50 of them. 

Favorite band: Um this could take a while. I love Half Moon Run, Fleet Foxes, The Paper Kites, Daughter, Oh Wonder, Amaranthe, and as for singers, I love Gabrielle Aplin, Sara Bareilles, Christina Perri, Sia, and Lucy Rose.

Average hours of sleep: 4-8, depending on if insomnia wants to play

Number of blankets: One at a time. I have a box of them from over the years, but I can’t sleep with more than one

Dream trip: Honestly so many places. I really want to go to hang with some lions in Africa. Not the villages. The lions. Switzerland or New Zealand would also be amazing, and so would Germany. 

Last thing I googled: “Was Mike Pence’s website actually hacked?” (It wasn’t. But the fake site made for him is hilarious. So if you don’t like Mike Pence, go check it out. If you do like him (um why), don’t. You’ll feel all the rage. But I found it hilarious.)

Blog created: I only have this one. This is my only blog. But I do have a YouTube channel where I upload writing-related videos! Go check it out! Elena Wickman

Blogs followed: 124

What I usually post about: Writing! All the writings. And also an occasional sprinkle of spoonie stuff. But mostly writing. 

Do I get asks regularly: No, actually! But I love them. So please feel free to ask me stuff!

I’m tagging . . . I don’t know. This tag’s been done a bunch, so I feel like everyone’s already been tagged. If you’re a writer, and you want to do it, do it and tag me in it so I can check it out!

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The Mess He Made from Matthew Puccini on Vimeo.

A man waits for the results of a rapid HIV test in a small-town strip mall.

World Premiere: 2017 SXSW Film Festival Short of The Week: shortoftheweek.com/2017/09/29/the-mess-he-made/ Winner: Best Drama & Best Performance, 2017 NoBudge Awards Winner: Best Actor, 2017 Tacoma Film Festival Winner: Best Actor, 2017 24FPS International Film Festival Special Jury Mention: 2017 NewFest Film Festival Top 3 Finalist: 2017 Iris Prize Film Festival

Official Selection:

Palm Springs International ShortFest Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival BFI Future Film Festival HollyShorts Frameline Film Festival Toronto Inside Out Film Festival NewFest Sarasota Film Festival New York No Limits Film Festival Denver Film Society Cinema Q Film Festival North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival Tacoma Film Festival TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival Miami Short Film Festival image+nation, Montreal's LGBTQ Film Festival. 24FPS International Short Film Festival Mezipatra Film Festival Out on Film, Atlanta's LGBT Film Festival YES Film Festival

CAST

Jude - Max Jenkins April - Maya Piel Meter Maid - Zenzi Williams College Kid - Andrew Raia Nurse - Will Krisanda Man - Jack Sochet Male Voice - Sean Higgins

CREW

Written & Directed By - Matthew Puccini Produced By - Tyler Rabinowitz, Matthew Puccini Director of Photography - Brandon Roots Editor - Henry Hayes Casting Director - Freya Krasnow Production Designer - Christina O’Neil

Assistant Director - Edgar Nevarez Unit Production Manager - Chloe Jury-Fogel Gaffer - Robert Newman 1st Assistant Camera - Renee Mao 2nd Assistant Camera - John Carges Key Grip - Levi Sherman Sound Mixer - Brian Blum Boom Operator - Nick Dalessio, Brian Ryu Art Assistant - Andrew Harvey On Set Photographer - Jacqueline Harriet Sound Design & Mix - Will Mayo, Arjun Sheth Foley - Joanna Fang Color - Brandon Roots Featuring - “Dancer” Written & Performed by Emma Kate Used with Permission

Poster by Natalie Shaw

© Long Neck LLC 2016 themesshemade.com

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Stareable Fest: Half Industry Marketplace, Half Creator Convention

On the set and behind-the-scenes, filmmaking is a people-based business. Before any project can truly get to the production stage, would-be and current storytellers must establish strong people skills with executives and talent alike. They must treat their peers with the utmost respect, and they... http://snobbyrobot.com/2018/05/24/stareable-fest-half-industry-marketplace-half-creator-convention/

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Listen to the whole episode here!

You can fundraise without losing friends- it’s true! Christina Raia, award-winning independent filmmaker, 4-time crowdfunding success story, and Seed&Spark’s Director of Crowdfunding, talks with Forget The Box about how you can reach beyond your friends and family to reach your crowdfunding goal, how to build your audience with a long-term relationship in mind, and how to build financial independence as a filmmaker.

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(The 4MileCircus)

New episode. Part 2 of our interview with Christina. Please do subscribe and stuff. 

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The third installment in my Women In Horror Month Women Write Horror interview series for Stone Crow Press just went live. It's with the wonderful Christina Raia, writer/director/producer of the upcoming Summit.

Check it out. And check out my other interviews with awesome women writing in and on the horror genre:

Ashlee Blackwell of Graveyard Shift Sisters

Christine Parker of Fix It in Post

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Kelsey Rauber and Christina Raia campaign to fund two film shorts

June 30, 2014 - by Nicholas Gauthier

Kelsey Steeler and Christina Raia of CongestedCat Productions are currently raising the funds for two new short film projects - "Not Our Living Room" and "We Have Plans." They are using the crowdfunding site Seed & Spark, and have reached 40% of their goal. And these two films are a worthy goal indeed, heavy on theme and character and sure to leave the audience contemplating their stories long after the films are over.

Both films star actors from Raia's first feature film, "Summit." And both films use unique elements of drama to explore a sense of loss. Each film requires audiences to question what they understand about gender roles and to consider the important aspects of relationships between siblings.

The first film, "Not Our Living Room," is a surreal and cerebral film about two half-brothers. Kelsey and Christina portray the brothers as atypical of the men usually seen in movies. This was done on purpose to provide an alternative to the sort of masculinity normally seen in film. The brothers have polar opposite personalities. When they end up in a living room they can't identify, their personalities come to the fore as they try to figure things out. Casting is still going on for the role of one of the brothers.

The second film, "We Have Plans," is about two sisters, one of whom is gay. The sister who is straight wants to break up with her current boyfriend. But the other sister has plans for the three of them and the breakup changes her plans. Both sisters are portrayed as relatable characters. Like "Not Our Living Room," this film questions the typical role of females in film.

There is still time to support these films. CongestedCat Productions is known for the web series Kelsey and the feature film Summit.

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Crowdfunding simplified with Seed&Spark’s Director of Crowdfunding, Christina Raia

You can fundraise without losing friends- it’s true! Christina Raia, award-winning independent filmmaker, 4-time crowdfunding success story, and Seed&Spark’s Director of Crowdfunding, talks with Forget The Box about how you can reach beyond your friends and family to reach your crowdfunding goal, how to build your audience with a long-term relationship in mind, and how to build financial independence as a filmmaker.

New Forget The Box episode!