nicole @nicole@myna.social

I get that the GOP likes to pretend that MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is a call for colorblindness (it's not), citing the "content of their character" line, but here's a little secret:

If you're the type of person who feels the need to cling to that line, free from context, then the "content of your character" is pretty apparent, and it's not looking good for you.

Any recommendations for films to watch on Shudder/Prime?

Particularly British/European folk horror or anything Lovecraftian.

The Void, The Ritual, Colour Out of Space, Wickerman, Witchfinder General, already on my list to watch again.

#Horror #FolkHorror #CosmicHorror #Cinema

✅ Raining in the Mountain
✅ La Jetée
🇯🇵 Battles Without Honor and Humility
🤥 Pinocchio (2022)
🚣‍♀️ Céline and Julie Go Boating

Ah, La Jetée. It’s dream logic is as deft as its execution. 💕 #cinema

I’d forgotten how massively influential this photo novel was to my own filmmaking experiments back in the late 90’s. In the early naughts, I wrote (and with a friend, photographed) a photo novel of my own, complete with a unicorn (of a sort) and a werewolf (of a sort).

Post-production never happened. I was in law school, and then I was homeless and poor, and now I am shackled to a very hungry career. But the negatives exist; anything is possible.

All of the stories I tried to tell were queer and filled with trans longing, whether they were about human-sized puppets animated with the swappable souls of birds, or, in this case, the romance between an ugly unicorn and a lonely virgin.

AI art is the latest tech bro disruption of a market, destroying actual value for those involved and sending money to the idle rich. It's built upon the stolen works of others which they use to train their algorithms, and then they charge non-artists for the privilege of using their products. And no one will take action until the market for mid-tier artists is destroyed.

We've seen this song and dance for two decades now. We know how it ends.