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TieDyeDude
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#tuesdaytunes

I've been finding comfort this week in revisiting 80s/90s country: Doug Stone, Collin Raye, Lonestar, Sawyer Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Clint Black's D'lectrified was a childhood favorite, and, listening this morning, I couldn't remember for sure whether The Galaxy Song was from Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkjzmuEBbo) or Animaniacs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BphgKX-DZE), and that made me smile 😊

TieDyeDude Obviously, it was Monty Python 😝 Going back to the album, though, it starts of with some straight fun song, shifts to some beautiful duets, and ends with a couple excellent re-recordings of hits. Clint doesn't seem to get the reverence afforded to, say, George Strait or Garth Brooks, but he was a superstar in his prime and was one of the few singers that wrote his own songs. 1mo
TheBookHippie If I remember right Clint is/was a decent human as well? 1mo
TieDyeDude @TheBookHippie As far as I'm aware :) 1mo
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JamieArc 90s country - I can still see some of those music videos in my head 😂 1mo
MemoirsForMe Love Mary Chapin Carpenter! 🙌🏻 1mo
Kerrbearlib Not a country singer from that era, but have you heard Orville Peck? I just discovered his music and it‘s so good! 1mo
TieDyeDude @Kerrbearlib Yes, I've listened to him here and there, but really got into him last year when he released his duets album Stampede. He's got an amazing voice and style! 1mo
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Amandakay
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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shanaqui
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Panpan

I didn't DNF this, but I did start skimming. It was just so obvious. And I know it ultimately wasn't going to go *much* into the perfectly likeable female characters who get vilified by pop culture and fandom, but it didn't even touch on it. Disappointing in the end, and definitely makes me wonder if her book on horror was just as obvious to someone who actually likes horror films.

Still somehow avoiding a #BookSpinBingo by following my whim. 😂

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shanaqui

I really like Bogutskaya's more recent book on horror, but I'm kinda reevaluating in that in light of how *obvious* this is. I grew up in fandom with Relena Peacecraft and Rinoa Heartily being vilified for being “unlikeable“, and turned into caricatures that made absolutely no sense -- angry “bitches“, “sluts“, etc. Nothing here is particularly insightful.

Contemplating DNFing, or at least skimming. Disappointing.

Faranae Relena was definitely written to be extremely admirable, but the Western fandom really hated her for the most part. And that's something interesting to examine. I've seen a lot of “stanning women doing bad things“ from white feminists that rather concerns me, because it feels like they are missing that it's not about everyone getting to be equally awful... 2mo
shanaqui @Faranae I feel like this is very much in that vein, where I'd hoped for it to discuss more why female characters are considered unlikeable for basically no reason. I'd expected it to deal with Rey from Star Wars, for instance, but not so far... instead it discusses various archetypes of “unlikeable“ characters (“the bitch“, “the slut“, “the angry woman“, “the weirdo“, “the trainwreck“). 2mo
shanaqui @Faranae And she has a point in that male characters can be angry or sexual or messed up without the same dislike accruing, but I think really examining “Unlikeable Female Characters“ requires a bit more attention to the characters who we hate for no good reason, too. 2mo
Faranae @shanaqui Going for only the traditional “evil woman“ archetypes seems fairly shallow. We have read this listicle before! Male characters often get to be multifaceted yes, but you can also write a male villain that's 1-dimensional like the female archetypes. I think one would *have* to examine why people hate characters for no good reason to get at the meat of “unlikeable women“ and how to write multi-faceted women who get to also be likeable. 2mo
Faranae @shanaqui I was fascinated by the different reactions I and my chat had to Jane Austen's Lady Susan versus someone else. We loved it, and read Susan as a lady rake whose real love is Alicia. She's a terrible mother! But we were rooting for her to get her cake and eat it, too. The other streamer and chat hated her for being a slut (their words), a bad mother, and selfish. They didn't see any affection between her and Alicia at all, either. 2mo
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RowReads1
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I‘ve only thumbed through it so far. The concept appeals to me. It has plenty of psychological thrillers such as Hard Candy and The Piano Teacher. Films I wouldn‘t classify as horror. Which I usually prefer. Hopefully plenty of Isabelle Adjani.

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BC_Dittemore
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Man… possibly more relevant than ever.

This is a “heavy” book, meaning a lot of material is presented with real world examples that might blow one‘s mind. So heavy in fact, this is one that would be even more beneficial to read in a hard copy.

Still. Despite knowing all media (left or right) are propagandist in general, Herman & Chomsky really drive it home.

We all need to be more vigilante & not take anything at face value. Stay safe.

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vlwelser
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I thought this was an interesting audiobook. It looks at tv and film and how things have changed over time.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3mo
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ShananigansReads
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Another day of Christmas movies followed up by some reading sprints with the #Reading1000Pages crew. Gonna audiobook til I fall asleep.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

kelli7990 I watched Jingle Ball. 3mo
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ShananigansReads
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Merry Christmas Littens! I‘ve literally been in my pjs watching movies all day. Red One is on now. No idea what to watch next.

willaful “Spirited“! 3mo
TheBookgeekFrau Merry Christmas! 💚❤️ 3mo
ShananigansReads @willaful I wanted to but I don‘t have AppleTV 😞 3mo
dabbe Happiest of holidays. 💙❄️💙 3mo
bthegood Happy holidays ✨️ 3mo
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ShananigansReads
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I spent Saturday bingeing Christmas-y TV and Movies including every holiday episode of Supestore (I really miss that show) shout out to Hulu for pulling those episodes. Also, Finding Mr Christmas is gonna be a really cute competition.

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks