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❤️ Black History Month - Queer Books + Black Authors

🦇 Good evening, beloved bookish bats. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far! Are you trying to read more queer books this year? More books by diverse authors? Books by black authors, not only for Black History Month, but all year long? Do I have a list for you (now featuring four new slides / 48 new books!).

❓What queer book and/or book featuring black characters have you recently read? Which one is on your tbr?

❤️ The Taking of Jake Livingston - Ryan Douglass ❤️ Mademoiselle Revolution - Zoe Sivak ❤️ Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ Alex Wise vs. the End of the World - Terry J. Benton-Walker ❤️ The Forest Demands its Due - Kosoko Jackson ❤️ Monstrous - Jessica Lewis ❤️ Thank You for Sharing - Rachel Runya Katz ❤️ Salt the Water - Candice Iloh ❤️ Trailer Park Prince - Andre L. Bradley ❤️ Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh ❤️ Escaping Mr. Rochester - L.L. McKinney ❤️ Whenever You’re Ready - Rachel Runya Katz

❤️ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker ❤️ Something Kindred - Ciara Burch ❤️ Infinity Alchemist - Kacen Callender ❤️ Vagabonds! - Eloghosa Osunde ❤️ Songs of Irie - Asha Ashanti Bromfield ❤️ Love and Sportsball - Meka James ❤️ Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis ❤️ Sleep Like Death - Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Where Shadows Meet - Patrice Caldwell ❤️ Family Meal - Bryan Washington ❤️ Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Leather, Lace, and Locs - Anne Shade

❤️ Brooms - Jasmine Walls & Teo DuVall ❤️ Lush Lives - J. Vanessa Lyon ❤️ Second Night Stand - Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters ❤️ Broughtupsy - Christina Cooke ❤️ Skye Falling - Mia McKenzie ❤️ It’s About Damn Time - Arlan Hamilton & Rachel L. Nelson ❤️ The Color Purple - Alice Walker ❤️ And Then He Sang a Lullaby - Ani Kayode ❤️ Till the Last Beat of My Heart - Louangie Bou-Montes ❤️ Stars in Your Eyes - Kacen Callender ❤️ Prince of the Palisades - Julian Winters ❤️ Icarus - K. Ancrum

❤️ The Black Period - Hafizah Augustus Geter ❤️ How Long Til Black Future Month? - N. K. Jemisin ❤️ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste ❤️ I Think They Love You - Julian Winters ❤️ Dear Senthuran - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Another Brooklyn - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding - Chencia C. Higgins ❤️ So Let Them Burn - Kamilah Cole ❤️ Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde ❤️ Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ How to Live Free in a Dangerous World - Shayla Lawson ❤️ I’m So (Not) Over You - Kosoko Jackson

❤️ Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender ❤️ Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta ❤️ Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz ❤️ Real Life by Brandon Taylor ❤️ Ruthless Pamela Jean by Carol Denise Mitchell ❤️ The Unbroken by C.L. Clark ❤️ Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova ❤️ Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Work for It by Talia Hibbert

❤️ All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson ❤️ The Deep by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters ❤️ Running With Lions by Julian Winters ❤️ Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters ❤️ This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender ❤️ The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum ❤️ This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow ❤️ Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia ❤️ Legendborn by Tracy Deonn ❤️ The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

❤️ Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson ❤️ Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ❤️ A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ Power & Magic by Joamette Gil ❤️ The Black Veins by Ashia Monet ❤️ Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow ❤️ Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James ❤️ Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

❤️ The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta ❤️ Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee ❤️ A Phoenix First Must Burn (edited) by Patrice Caldwell ❤️ Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson ❤️ Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles ❤️ Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad ❤️ Darling by K. Ancrum ❤️ The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode ❤️ Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Off the Record by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers ❤️ The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar

❤️ How to Dispatch a Human by Stephanie Andrea Allen ❤️ Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans ❤️ The Essential June Jordan (edited) by Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller ❤️ A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark ❤️ A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney ❤️ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ❤️ Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ❤️ Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome ❤️ Masquerade by Anne Shade ❤️ One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite ❤️ Soulstar by C.L. Polk ❤️ 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

❤️ Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender ❤️ Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby ❤️ A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann ❤️ Sweethand by N.G. Peltier ❤️ This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez ❤️ Memorial by Bryan Washington ❤️ Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

❤️ Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackosn ❤️ Mouths of Rain (edited) by Briona Simone Jones ❤️ Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia ❤️ Love's Divine by Ava Freeman ❤️ The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr ❤️ Odd One Out by Nic Stone ❤️ Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden ❤️ Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas ❤️ The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons ❤️ Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

❤️ Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert ❤️ My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson ❤️ Pleasure and Spice by Fiona Zedde ❤️ No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull ❤️ The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus ❤️ Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor ❤️ The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin ❤️ Peaces by Helen Oyeyem ❤️ The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk ❤️ Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh ❤️ Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San ❤️ The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera

❤️ King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender ❤️ By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery ❤️ Busy Ain't the Half of It by Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar Cruz ❤️ Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo ❤️ Sin Against the Race by Gar McVey-Russell ❤️ Trumpet by Jackie Kay ❤️ Remembrance by Rita Woods ❤️ Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo ❤️ You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour ❤️ The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters ❤️ Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi ❤️ Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyem

[blvckentropy]

Ciara's World Tour - Contestant Badges #2

Harvey Balwin - Granite Falls

Bobbie Pace - Brindleton Bay

Khaled McKee - Tomarang

Trent Livingston - Del Sol Valley

Phineas Blorb - Sixam

[druidcore]

Paris Berelc x Thomas Doherty as requested by Yours Truly 

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...

@desira-sims

[suimovies]

“The Long Dumb Road”

directed by Hannah Fidell

[bluecollarfilm]

The Long Dumb Road (2018)

The Long Dumb Road tells the story of two very different men (Tony Revolori and Jason Mantzoukas), at personal crossroads who meet serendipitously and take an unpredictable journey through the American Southwest. At once comedic and honest, the film explores how differences in class, race, age, and life experience divide us, and how they can ultimately bring us together.

Directed by:   Hannah Fidell

Starring:   Jason Mantzoukas, Tony Revolori, Taissa Farmiga, Grace Gummer, Casey Wilson, Ciara Bravo, Cynthy Wu, Pamela Reed, Ron Livingston

Release date:   November 9, 2018

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       “So... looks like we’re going to be here for a while...” Ciara trailed off as a shower of sparks waterfalled to the stage. A cluster of workers cursed as they scattered out of the way. She winced in sympathy, but remained otherwise placid –– after all, standing a ways away from where everything was falling apart pretty much gave them the perfect seat to watch from. 

The grumbling of her stomach reminded her that she’d skipped breakfast in order to be on set bright and early, and boy did she regret that now. Luckily... “Sweet! Animal crackers,” she whispered, a little louder than intended. God bless her mom, always sneaking snacks into her bag. “Do you, um, want some?” She waved the packet teasingly, “They’re chocolate-covered.” 

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❤️ Black History Month - Queer Books + Black Authors

🦇 Good evening, beloved bookish bats. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far! Are you trying to read more queer books this year? More books by diverse authors? Books by black authors, not only for Black History Month, but all year long? Do I have a list for you (now featuring four new slides / 48 new books!).

❓What queer book and/or book featuring black characters have you recently read? Which one is on your tbr?

❤️ The Taking of Jake Livingston - Ryan Douglass ❤️ Mademoiselle Revolution - Zoe Sivak ❤️ Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ Alex Wise vs. the End of the World - Terry J. Benton-Walker ❤️ The Forest Demands its Due - Kosoko Jackson ❤️ Monstrous - Jessica Lewis ❤️ Thank You for Sharing - Rachel Runya Katz ❤️ Salt the Water - Candice Iloh ❤️ Trailer Park Prince - Andre L. Bradley ❤️ Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh ❤️ Escaping Mr. Rochester - L.L. McKinney ❤️ Whenever You’re Ready - Rachel Runya Katz

❤️ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker ❤️ Something Kindred - Ciara Burch ❤️ Infinity Alchemist - Kacen Callender ❤️ Vagabonds! - Eloghosa Osunde ❤️ Songs of Irie - Asha Ashanti Bromfield ❤️ Love and Sportsball - Meka James ❤️ Dead Girls Walking - Sami Ellis ❤️ Sleep Like Death - Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Where Shadows Meet - Patrice Caldwell ❤️ Family Meal - Bryan Washington ❤️ Where Sleeping Girls Lie - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Leather, Lace, and Locs - Anne Shade

❤️ Brooms - Jasmine Walls & Teo DuVall ❤️ Lush Lives - J. Vanessa Lyon ❤️ Second Night Stand - Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters ❤️ Broughtupsy - Christina Cooke ❤️ Skye Falling - Mia McKenzie ❤️ It’s About Damn Time - Arlan Hamilton & Rachel L. Nelson ❤️ The Color Purple - Alice Walker ❤️ And Then He Sang a Lullaby - Ani Kayode ❤️ Till the Last Beat of My Heart - Louangie Bou-Montes ❤️ Stars in Your Eyes - Kacen Callender ❤️ Prince of the Palisades - Julian Winters ❤️ Icarus - K. Ancrum

❤️ The Black Period - Hafizah Augustus Geter ❤️ How Long Til Black Future Month? - N. K. Jemisin ❤️ The Poisons We Drink - Bethany Baptiste ❤️ I Think They Love You - Julian Winters ❤️ Dear Senthuran - Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ Another Brooklyn - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding - Chencia C. Higgins ❤️ So Let Them Burn - Kamilah Cole ❤️ Sister Outsider - Audre Lorde ❤️ Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson ❤️ How to Live Free in a Dangerous World - Shayla Lawson ❤️ I’m So (Not) Over You - Kosoko Jackson

❤️ Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender ❤️ Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta ❤️ Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz ❤️ Real Life by Brandon Taylor ❤️ Ruthless Pamela Jean by Carol Denise Mitchell ❤️ The Unbroken by C.L. Clark ❤️ Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova ❤️ Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Work for It by Talia Hibbert

❤️ All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson ❤️ The Deep by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters ❤️ Running With Lions by Julian Winters ❤️ Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters ❤️ This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender ❤️ The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum ❤️ This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow ❤️ Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia ❤️ Legendborn by Tracy Deonn ❤️ The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

❤️ Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson ❤️ Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ❤️ A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ Power & Magic by Joamette Gil ❤️ The Black Veins by Ashia Monet ❤️ Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow ❤️ Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James ❤️ Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

❤️ The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta ❤️ Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee ❤️ A Phoenix First Must Burn (edited) by Patrice Caldwell ❤️ Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson ❤️ Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles ❤️ Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad ❤️ Darling by K. Ancrum ❤️ The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode ❤️ Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Off the Record by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers ❤️ The Henna Wars - Adiba Jaigirdar

❤️ How to Dispatch a Human by Stephanie Andrea Allen ❤️ Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans ❤️ The Essential June Jordan (edited) by Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller ❤️ A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark ❤️ A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney ❤️ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo ❤️ Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ❤️ Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome ❤️ Masquerade by Anne Shade ❤️ One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite ❤️ Soulstar by C.L. Polk ❤️ 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

❤️ Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender ❤️ Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby ❤️ A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann ❤️ Sweethand by N.G. Peltier ❤️ This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron ❤️ Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez ❤️ Memorial by Bryan Washington ❤️ Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

❤️ Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole ❤️ Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackosn ❤️ Mouths of Rain (edited) by Briona Simone Jones ❤️ Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia ❤️ Love's Divine by Ava Freeman ❤️ The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr ❤️ Odd One Out by Nic Stone ❤️ Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden ❤️ Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas ❤️ The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons ❤️ Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

❤️ Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert ❤️ My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson ❤️ Pleasure and Spice by Fiona Zedde ❤️ No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull ❤️ The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus ❤️ Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor ❤️ The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin ❤️ Peaces by Helen Oyeyem ❤️ The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk ❤️ Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh ❤️ Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San ❤️ The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera

❤️ King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender ❤️ By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery ❤️ Busy Ain't the Half of It by Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar Cruz ❤️ Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo ❤️ Sin Against the Race by Gar McVey-Russell ❤️ Trumpet by Jackie Kay ❤️ Remembrance by Rita Woods ❤️ Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo ❤️ You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour ❤️ The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters ❤️ Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi ❤️ Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyem

[absentfather]

I decided to finally do a better and bigger drawing of Nathaniel ‘The Spirit’ Livingston. Nathan is an immortal who has found himself learning to communicate with spirits who can possess his body, letting him earn some of their skills from the encounters, he can also transform himself into a spirit without dying, being able to walk in both and living world and the afterlife. Because of his ghostly powers, Nathan’s powers have evolved over time to include telekinesis, believed to have come from one of the ghosts that possessed him when he was a quite young child.

Nathan was born on 1989 in Ireland to Ciara and Sean Byrne, he was the younger brother of Spencer and the twin brother of Jynx. Nathan was declared death after his birth and was found by Dr Livingston, a rich man who had created pills and medication that he had given to multiple expecting mothers, including Nathan’s mother. 

Dr Livingston didn’t think much of the baby until Nathan was able to bring himself back alive suddenly, this amazed and confused Dr Livingston who took the baby as his own. 

From this, Nathaniel life was a downward spiral that had both its highs and its lows.

Tell me what you think!

[tabloidtoc]

People, July 8

Cover: Jada Pinkett Smith with mom Adrienne and daughter Willow 

Page 3: Chatter -- Janet Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Andy Cohen, Ashton Kutcher, Iman, Kelly Ripa 

Page 4: Things We’re Talking About This Week -- Rihanna day-drinks with Seth Meyers, Rose strawberries arrive for summer, Keanu Reeves keeps eluding Marvel, Jennifer Lawrence is not on board with Amy Schumer’s new bedtime 

Page 6: Contents 

Page 8: StarTracks -- Chrissy Teigen and daughter Luna 

Page 10: Eva Longoria and son Santiago and Mickey Mouse, Rob Lowe, Sara Foster and Erin Foster and Nina Agdal 

Page 12: Cute Couples -- Derek Hough and girlfriend Hayley Erbert, Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn, Jeff Goldblum and wife Emilie Livingston, Russell Wilson and Ciara and Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade 

Page 15: Inside the BET Awards -- Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, Lizzo, DJ Khaled and John Legend, StyleTracks -- tea-length hemlines -- Ashley Graham, Kerry Washington, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba, Tiffany Haddish 

Page 17: Blake Shelton -- My happy life with Gwen Stefani 

Page 18: Barack and Michelle Obama with daughters Malia and Sasha visit Bono and George and Amal Clooney

Page 20: Heart Monitor -- Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne going public, Jessie J and Channing Tatum romance on the road, Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner star-studded wedding reception, Porsha Williams and Dennis McKinley split 

Page 22: Mary J. Blige -- Music and divorce and moving on 

Page 24: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom -- inside their wedding plans, Kit Harington checks out of treatment 

Page 26: Songland’s Shane McAnally -- from homeless to country hitmaker 

Page 29: Stories to Make You Smile 

Page 31: Passages, E. Jean Carroll says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s 

Page 33: Weddings -- Carly Craig and Zach Reiter 

Page 34: Meryl Davis and Fedor Andreev 

Page 37: People Picks --  Yesterday 

Page 38: The Loudest Voice 

Page 40: Midsommar, Los Espookys 

Page 42: Divorce, 5B 

Page 43: Wild Rose, Q&A -- Toy Story 4′s Ally Maki 

Page 44: Books, Star Picks -- Lucy Liu, Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne 

Page 46: Cover Story -- Our Family Bond -- Jada Pinkett Smith, mom Adrienne and daughter Willow 

Page 54: Where is Jennifer Dulos? 

Page 59: Prince, Paris and Bidi Jackson -- Life after Michael Jackson 

Page 62: Angela Farnan adopts the baby she cared for 

Page 64: Sienna Miller’s second act 

Page 67: Summer Hair Survival Guide -- Eva Longoria 

Page 68: Alicia Keys 

Page 71: Tracee Ellis Ross, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 

Page 72: Lea Michele 

Page 74: Cindy Crawford, Dakota Fanning, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba, Nicole Richie 

Page 86: Second Look -- Michelle Obama and Allison Janney and Mila Kunis and Melissa McCarthy and Lena Waithe and Kate Hudson 

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Naomi Watts

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CISMALE — ever hear people say ELI PALTROW looks a lot like DANE DEHAAN? I think HE is about 20, so it doesn’t really work. The ENGLISH MAJOR has lived in Livingstone for ONE YEAR. They can be +RESOURCEFUL, but they can also be -UNTRUSTWORTHY. I think ELI might be a SHEEP. ( ciara. 20. gmt. she/her. )

meet eli ! he’s the worst and i love him more than anything 

put into the adoption system near enough immediately after being born. bounced around a few families that never quite stuck. eli does have a sort of brother called ryan though, who is three years older than him and is not at all his actual biological brother — the bond is still there, though, and probably stronger than most biological siblings have ever since they grew up in the same care home and decidedly became brothers after immediately hitting it off when eli was nine

(tw eating disorder) though never formally diagnosed, he struggles with an eating disorder and has done for eleven years, with a few failed recovery attempts under his belt during that time

highschool was easy enough for eli to get through since he distanced himself from his classmates and just got on with the work, he figured it was only a short time of his life and he realised it didn’t make a difference if he didn’t speak to anyone so he just, like, didn’t

 he took a year before going but eventually decided to go to college for the intellectual clout ---- he loves dropping facts and figures he doesn’t understand and if he has a degree to back him up, then all the better! he usually has no idea what he’s talking about but talks about it anyway. this man has no authority 

he’s kind of fake open – that kind of thing where he’ll just offer fake truths about himself to look like he’s opening up to someone so they’ll do it in return, he doesn’t really keep the lies consistent though so he’s pretty easily caught out on it all

can be pretty manipulative and it’s usually not even for own benefit, it’s just a kind of boredom thing

tldr; little bit shitty, crazy bit insecure, still just tryin his best over here

[slut4film]

061721 - the long dumb road (2018), dir. hannah fidell

plot: two guys serendipitously meet at a time when they both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the american southwest.

cast:

tony revolori as nathan

jason mantzoukas as richard

taissa farmiga as rebecca

grace gummer as nina

casey wilson as sharon richards

pamela reed as dotty

ron livingston as francois

genres:

comedy 

road trip

thoughts:

the bold yellow font over road trip movie scenery is so aesthetic

“eat shit, manny!”

jason mantzoukas and i share the same vibe

“if there’s one thing i learned on my 35 years on this planet, it’s that, the world is full of fucking bullshit!”

i would not trust jason mantzoukas

wait.. did he just call it a “jazz cigarette?”

i live in vegas and it’s not that cool

of fucking course, his favorite movie is the graduate

jason mantzoukas being blown away by fast and the furious, dwayne the rock johnson, and paul walker dying is a mood

not him calling me out for when i went through a black chunky glasses and chunky bangs wanting to do threesomes and lesbian shit

jason mantzoukas is giving me con artist vibes

no because i don’t want that normal 9 to 5 job life either

this is why you don’t fuck with white men in cowboy hats

“i’m in a really vulnerable state right now, i need your support”

i was not expecting ciara bravo to open the door looking fine as fuck

ciara bravo’s room is so goddamn pink

of fucking course, her username is ashlyrichards42069

what the fuck is a frito pie?

poor dude wanted to get the fuck away from jason mantzoukas

taissa farmiga and grace gummer?? i think yes! ahs girlies!!

wrap it before you tap it

how dare jason mantzoukas disrespect grace gummer??

francoise’s kid is such a cutie

i fucking knew francoise was gonna pull some shit after he eyed that film camera

in front of the fucking kid too

tony revolori’s first mistake was trusting jason mantzoukas enough to give him a ride

the old lady has so much energy, i love her

no because tony revolori should just let jason mantzoukas get beat the fuck up

buses remind me of the time i took a bus from la to vegas and saw this hot guy who looked like nat wolff and was gonna dj at some hotel and bought a milkshake at jack in the box

damn, that’s how it ends?

rating: 3/5 stars

[mrmichaelchadler]

The Long Dumb Road

Nathan (Tony Revolori) is a sheltered kid setting out for art school in California. His plan is to drive there from his home in Texas, across the American Southwest, taking pictures along the way of strip malls and boarded-up storefronts. He wants to capture the "real America." He's a naive kid. A good kid. He has ideas about things, none of which come from actual experience. His car breaks down, and an out-of-work mechanic named Richard (Jason Mantzoukas) helps him out, and also hitches a ride. Richard is headed to Vegas for reasons which remain somewhat obscure. As they bump across Texas, they talk, argue, and get into (and out of) scrapes. Hannah Fidell’s "The Long Dumb Road" (co-written by Fidell and Carson Mell) has the meandering quality of the trip depicted. Nathan has somewhere to go and somewhere to be, but is in no particular rush to arrive. Fidell trusts the dynamic between her two main actors, and allows them a lot of leeway. The conversations have a fresh and improvisational quality. Best of all, she leaves space for the unexpected and the random. 

In many ways, "The Long Dumb Road" feels like it hails from the 1970s, a contemporary with lonely mournful travelogues like "The Last Detail" or "Scarecrow," where men in transition, with loose to nonexistent roots, travel through America, getting sucked into the swirl of life around them even as they try to reach their final destination. The destination recedes the closer they get to it. "The Long Dumb Road" has the same amorphous quality, except without the '70s malaise. At first, it's not clear whether or not Richard has some sinister design on Nathan and his purple minivan filled with carefully packed suitcases. Richard's clothes are filthy, his hair tangled and wild. Richard takes on an older brother role, a wise man, a guy who's actually lived a little bit. Nathan plays by the rules. His parents may be far back in the rear view mirror, but they still inform who he is and how he acts. "Your generation is 100% pussies," declares Richard. 

The pit stops they take along the way provide the loose structure of "The Long Dumb Road." They visit Richard's high school sweetheart (Casey Wilson), whose over-it teenage daughter (Ciara Bravo) gives come-hither glances at Nat, while Richard tries to re-kindle a romance from 15 years before in the next room. It's absurd. Nothing goes according to plan. A roadhouse drink ends in an altercation with a group of angry guys in trucker hats. A reconnection with one of Richard's old friends (Ron Livingston) ends in a sucker-punch of surprise and disappointment, leaving Nathan and Richard stranded on a lonely mountain road. They hitch a ride with a park ranger (the great Pamela Reed), who roars with laughter telling about her close encounter with a mama bear and cub. A stopover in a random motel brings them into the orbit of two sisters (Grace Gummer and Taissa Farmiga), also on the road to California, and in the mood to party. 

Revolori, who first made a splash in "The Grand Budapest Hotel," is so alive onscreen he's great fun to watch, particularly as he listens to Mantzoukas' ravings, trying to follow the frenzied train of thought. Revolori is reminiscent of Gene Wilder in a lot of ways: he has a highly developed sense of the absurd, but he attempts to maintain his dignity and decorum. It's the combination that is so funny. Nathan is startled by the insanity of others, and the irrational situations he finds himself in. Mantzoukas is really in a great zone here. His Richard is eccentric and hotheaded, impulsive and intelligent, and you completely believe that someone like Grace Gummer's party-girl would think she'd hit the jackpot when she met him. The film is built on the chemistry of Revolori and Mantzoukas.

Hannah Fidell's other films ("Teacher," "6 Years") were carefully constructed and, in some cases, over-planned. She's let go of the reins in "The Long Dumb Road" and all kinds of interesting things are possible as a result. She allows for things to happen, rather than forcing things to happen in order to make specific points. In "The Long Dumb Road," she soft pedals her cultural critiques, but those critiques are present in every scene, every interaction. It was fun to keep track of how often money is offered in exchange for services rendered. Almost every scene involves someone offering someone else cash, out of pity, a desire to help, a bribe, a payoff. Nathan is the only person who is financially secure, but even then, it's his parents' money in his pockets, not his. Richard, unmoored from the grid, mocks Nathan's privilege but also benefits from Nathan's generosity. There are a lot of fascinating subtextual things going on. No interaction is truly pure. It's a given that everything has a price. Maybe that's the "real America."

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[TASK 025: MUSIC] 🎵🎶

Singers! Instrumentalists! Bands! Lyrics! Videos! Below is a masterlist compiled of over 270+ faceclaims related to music categorised by gender with their ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever character or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags!

THE TASK

STEP 1: Decide on a FC or idea you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating, unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

SOME ADVICE FROM US:

Stumped for ideas? Go to your iTunes, Spotify or YouTube and look up the artists you’ve listened to. Maybe make a playlist for a character, fandom or aesthetic. Lyric based graphics. Lyric based starters or tags. Plot ideas based on music videos. Font masterlists based on musicians. Screencaps of your favourite music videos. Masterlist of faceclaims you’d like to see used. Resources of your favourite artist. Faceless resources of people singing or playing an instrument. Guides on playing instruments. Be creative!

LINKS:

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

Masterlist:

The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart by BBC

The 20 Best New Artists And Bands You Should Be Listening To by radiox

Top Music Artists and Bands by billboard

Lists of musicians by genre by wikipedia

Control + F = look for a specific ethnicity or age. 

Ladies:

Pilita Corrales (77) Filipino / Spanish.

Tina Turner (77) African-American.

Margaret Avery (72) African-American.

Dolly Parton (70)

Cher (70)

Phylicia Rashad (68) African-American.

Loretta Devine (67) African-American.

Annie Lennox (62)

Madonna (58)

Nia Peeples (55) Filipino / White, Native American.

Sheryl Crow (54)

Vanessa L. Williams (53) African-American, White and Welsh, possibly Native American.

Erica Gimpel (52) Unknown ethnicity.

Shania Twain (51)

Alka Yagnik (50) Indian.

Janet Jackson (50) African-American.

Tia Carrere (49) Filipino, Chinese, Spanish.

Kylie Minogue (48)

Céline Dion (48)

Mariah Carey (47) African American, Afro-Venezuelan / White.

Jennifer Lopez (47) Puerto Rican (including Spanish, likely other)

Gwen Stefani (47)

Regine Velasquez (46) Filipino (Waray)

Taraji P. Henson (46) African-American (including Cameroonian)

Queen Latifah (46) African-American.

Rozonda Thomas (45) Middle Eastern, East Indian, African American, possibly Native American.

Lea Salonga (45) Filipino (Kapampangan, Tagalog)

Jada Pinkett Smith (45) African-American / Afro-/Creole-Barbadian, Afro-/Creole-Jamaican.

Sharon Leal (44) African-American / Filipino.

Alanis Morissette (42)

Sia (41)

Natalie Imbruglia (41)

Vina Morales (41) Filipino (Cebuano)

Sunshine Cruz (39) Filipino (including Kapampangan)

Tamar Braxton (39) African-American.

Shakira (39) Lebanese / Colombian, White.

Fiona Apple (39)

Myleene Klass (38) Filipino / White.

Norah Jones (37) Bengali Indian / White.

P!nk (37)

Christina Aguilera (36)

Amy Lee (35)

Alicia Keys (35) African-American / White.

Olivia Theresa Longott (35) Indian, Jamaican, Cuban, Native American.

Jennifer Hudson (35) African-American.

Belinda Braza (35) Filipino (Hiligaynon)

Beyoncé (35) African-American / Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish and Spanish.

Britney Spears (35)

Christina Milian (35) Afro-Cuban.

Keri Hilson (34) African-American.

Ester Dean (34) Unknown ethnicity.

Nicki Minaj (34) Indo-Trinidadian, Afro-Trinidadian.

Francine Prieto (34) Filipino, Chinese / White.

Myrna Braza (33) Filipino (Hiligaynon) / White.

Tessa Thompson (33) Afro-Panamanian / Mexican, White.

Sunidhi Chauhan (33) Indian.

Tinashe (32) Zimbabwean / White.

Katy Perry (32)

Avril Lavigne (32)

Keisha Buchanan (32) Afro-Jamaican.

Toni Gonzaga (32) Filipino (Tagalog)

Shreya Ghoshal (32) Indian.

Bibi Zhou (31) Chinese.

Lana Del Rey (31)

Carly Rae Jepsen (31)

Leona Lewis (31) Afro-Guyanese / White.

Nicole Beharie (31) African-American / Afro-Caribbean.

Solenn Heussaff (31) Filipino, Breton.

Rachael Lampa (31) Filipino (Pangasinan) / White.

Fefe Dobson (31) White, Aboriginal, Jamaican.

Rebecca Ferguson (30) Afro-Jamaican / White.

Aino Jawo (30) Gambian / White.

Laura Mvula (30) Afro-Jamaican / Afro-Kittian.

Florence Welch (30)

Lady Gaga (30)

Solange Knowles (30)  African-American / Louisiana Creole, including African, French, Acadian/French-Canadian, as well as distant Irish and Spanish.

Leah Dizon (30) Chinese, Filipino and White.

Ellie Goulding (30)

Hilary Duff (29)

Light Poxleitner (29)

Naya Rivera (29) Puerto Rican, German, African-American.

Denise Laurel (29) Filipino (Capiznon, Hiligaynon, and Tagalog), some Catalan, Chinese, Galician, and Spanish (Aragonese and Castilian.

AzMarie Livingston (29) Unspecified Black, Indian, German.

Kesha (29)

FKA Twigs (28) Jamaican, White.

Adele (28)

Sarah Geronimo (28) Filipino, Chinese.

Zoë Kravitz (28) African-American, Afro-Bahamian / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Rihanna (28) Afro-Barbadian, Afro-Guyanese, White.

Jhené Aiko (28) African-American, Japanese, Spanish- and Afro-Dominican.

Alex Gonzaga (28) Filipino (Tagalog)

Jade Ewen (28) Afro-Jamaican / White.

Sayaka Akimoto (28) Japanese / Filipino.

Jessie J (28)

Hayley Williams (28)

Elle King (27) Filipino, White.

Jordin Sparks (27) African-American.

Elle Varner (27) Cape Verdean, French, African American, Indian, Dutch, Irish.

Kat Graham (27) Americo-Liberian / White.

Mary Lambert (27)

Alexandra Reid (27) Unknown ethnicity.

Cassie Steele (27)  Filipino /  White.

Klariza Clayton (27) Filipino  / White.

Ailee (27) Korean.

Gia Farrell (27)

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (26) Filipino.

Ciara Renée (26) Unknown ethnicity.

Joey Yung (26) Chinese.

Deja Trimble (25) African-American.

Karen Harding (25) Filipino, White.

Erinn Westbrook (25) Unknown ethnicity.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock (25) Afro-Jamaican, Afro-Barbadian.

Hayley Kiyoko (25) Japanese / White.

Jesy Nelson (25)

Hyolyn (25) Korean.

Hyuna (24) Korean.

Jade Thirwall (24) Egyptian, Yemeni / White.

Selena Gomez (24) Mexican / White.

Alexis Jordan (24) half African-American.

Charli XCX (24) Scottish, Ugandan Indian.

Rhyon Nicole Brown (24) Unknown ethnicity.

Jessica Plummer (24) Afro-Jamaican / White.

Charice Pempengco (24) Filipino (including Cebuano and Tagalog), Chinese.

Emmalyn Estrada (24) Filipino.

Demi Lovato (24) Mexican, Indigenous, White.

Nadine Lustre (23) Filipino.

Ariana Grande (23)

Lee Ji-eun (23) Korean.

Aisha Dee (23) Unknown ethnicity, stated as “mixed.”

Ashley Argota (23) Filipino.

Keke Palmer (23) African-American.

Perrie Edwards (23)

Niykee Heaton (22)

Halsey (22) African-American / White.

Dreezy (22) African-American.

Ella Eyre (22) of Jamaican, Maltese and British descent.

Kiersey Clemons (22) African-American / European.

Justine Skye (21) Afro-Jamaican.

Kehlani Parrish (21) African-American, French, Blackfoot Native American, Cherokee Native American, Spanish, Filipino.

Lexi Fernandez (21) Filipino / White.

Dua Lipa (21)

Melanie Martinez (21) Dominican, Puerto Rican.

Jessica Sanchez (21) Mexican, including Spanish, Indigenous Mexican, and African / Filipino, including Aklanon.

Zendaya (20) African-American / White.

Normani Hamilton (20) African-American, Indian, French.

Lia Marie Johnson (20)

Lorde (20)

Birdy (20)

Amira McCarthy (20) Afro-Jamaican / Afro-Gambian.

Hailee Steinfeld (20) Boholano Filipino, African-American, White.

Cymphonique Miller (20) African-American / Filipino, Spanish.

Malaya Watson (19) African-American / Filipino.

Kiana Brown (19) Unknown ethnicity.

Becky G (19) Mexican (Spanish, Indigenous).

Janella Salvador (18) Filipino.

Coco Jones (18) African-American.

China Anne McClain (18) African-American.

Bea Miller (17)

Noah Cyrus (16)

Willow Smith (16) African-American, Afro-/Creole-Barbardian, Afro-/Creole-Jamaican.

Male:

Ozzy Osbourne (68)

Eddie Murphy (55) African-American.

Jon Bon Jovi (54)

James Hetfield (53)

Lenny Kravitz (52) Ashkenazi Jewish / Afro-Bahamian, African-American.

Gary Valenciano (52) Filipino (Bicolano) / Puerto Rican (including Spanish and some either African or Taino), Italian, Portuguese.

Aaron Kwok (51) Chinese.

Dr. Dre (51) African-American.

Serj Tankian (49) Armenian.

Ogie Alcasid (49) Filipino (Tagalog)

Arnel Pineda (49) Filipino (Kapampangan)

Jay Z (47) African-American.

Tiësto (47)

Krishnakumar Kunnath (46) Indian.

Wayne Brady (44) African-American.

Idris Elba (44) Sierra Leonean / Ghanaian.

Eminem (44)

Rico Blanco (43) Filipino (Hiligaynon and Waray)

Sonu Nigam (43) Indian.

Corey Taylor (43)

Damien Rice (43)

Pharrell Williams (43) African-American.

Nelly (42) African-American.

Robbie Williams (42)

Michael Bublé (41)

Jack Johnson (41)

Enrique Iglesias (41) Spanish (including Galician Spanish), 1/8th Puerto Rican (Spanish), some Filipino (Asian/Kapampangan)

Darius McCrary (40) African-American.

Ville Valo (40)

Wang Leehom (40) Chinese.

Jason Mraz (39)

Vhong Navarro (39) Filipino (½ Kapampangan, ¼ Tagalog, 1/8 Ilocano, 1/8 Pangasinan)

Usher (38) African-American.

John Legend (38) African-American (including likely Fula Guinea-Bissauan, Mende Sierra Leonean), some European.

Jericho Rosales (37) Filipino (Bicolano, Pangasinan, and possibly Ilocano)

Rainbow Sun Francks (37) Black Canadian.

Conrad Ricamora (37) Filipino, White.

Ryan Agoncillo (37) Filipino (Kapampangan and Tagalog), some Chinese and Spanish (Castillian)

Adam Levine (37)

Travie McCoy (35) Afro-Haitian / Irish, Native American.

Justin Timberlake (35)

K.Will (35) Korean.

Michael Copon (34) Filipino.

Kelly Clarkson (34)

Macklemore (33)

Jussie Smollett (33) Ashkenazi Jewish / African-American, Native American, Louisiana Creole, White.

Li Yuchun (32) Chinese.

Yesung (32) Korean.

Bruno Mars (31) Puerto Rican, White, Filipino (including Cebuano, Tagalog, and Spanish)

Dan Smith (30)

Junsu (30) Korean.

Drake (30) Black Canadian.

Jaejoong (30) Korean.

Darren Criss (29) Filipino, White.

Frank Ocean (29) African-American.

Kim Ryeowook (29) Korean.

Arijit Singh (29) Indian.

Jay Park (29) Korean.

Changmin (28) Korean.

James Arthur (28)

Taeyang (28) Korean.

Cho Kyuhyun (28) Korean.

Tyler Joseph (28)

Josh Dun (28)

Evan Ross (28) African-American / White.

Khleo Thomas (27) African-American / Moroccan Jewish.

Matthew Healy (27)

Zedd (27)

Daesung (27) Korean.

Xian Lim (27) Chinese-Filipino.

Hozier (26)

Matthew Musto (26)

Chris Colfer (26)

Lu Han Singer (26) Chinese.

Abel Tesfaye (26) Ethiopian.

Jonghyun (26) Korean.

Andy Biersack (26)

Tom Odell (26)

Jesse Rutherford (25)

Ed Sheeran (25)

Minho (25) Korean.

August Alsina (24) African-American, possibly other.

Samuel Larsen (25) Mexican, Spanish, Persian, Danish.

AJ Muhlach (24) Filipino (including Bicolano), Chinese, Spanish.

Jordan Stephens (24) Unknown ethnicity.

Baekhyun (24) Korean.

Chen (24) Korean.

Alex Newell (24) African-American.

Jacob Artist (24) African-American / White.

Mishon Ratliff (23) African-American.

Niall Horan (23)

Lee Tae-min (23) Korean.

James Reid (23) Filipino / White.

Jung Dae-hyun (23) Korean.

Bryson Tiller (23) Unknown ethnicity.

Zayn Malik (23) Pakistani / White.

Jordan Fisher (22) African-American.

Justin Bieber (22)

Harry Styles (22)

Troye Sivan (21)

Martin Garrix (20)

Jacob Latimore (20) African-American.

Shawn Mendes (18)

Cameron Boyce (17) African-American / White.

Sebastian Mikael (?) Unknown ethnicity.

Non-binary:

Steven Tyler (68)

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (66)

Eddie Izzard (52)

Gerard Way (39)

Ruby Rose (30)

Jinkx Monsoon (29)

Eliot Sumner (26)

Angel Haze (25) African-American, Cherokee Native American.

Olly Alexander (26)

Elly Jackson (26)

Miley Cyrus (24)

Shamir (22) Unknown ethnicity.