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The End Of Hollywood's Cookie Cutter Era?
Will 2023 be the death of Hollywood's golden era of cookie-cutter movies? For the billions, and billions, of dollars that moviegoers have spent on Hollywood's cookie-cutter era of films, it could be argued that it's about time things changed. There has been an overwhelming lack of originality, and at times creativity, for far too long. Just look at what's failed this year.
By Jason Ray Morton 2 years ago in Geeks
Space Buns: The Erasure of Women's History and BIPOC Culture
“I love when you put space buns in your hair! They are always so cute!”. I heard this quite a bit in high school. When my hair got long enough after shaving it, I sported the space buns look often. Even as I got older, I still put the two buns on the side of my head, even adding strands of hair on the sides to give me a Katara of the Southern Watertribe esque look. The last time I wore these buns was just as recent as a few months ago, and I got the same Space buns compliment from a coworker. But I didn’t know why they were called that, space buns, and I didn’t really care to know.
By Honor Honziali2 years ago in Geeks
Barbie & Oppenheimer are here to save us.
July 21st, 2023 is one of the most anticipated days in recent cinema history that I can recall. With Barbie and Oppenheimer both set to finally arrive in theaters, it's difficult to remember a single date that had movie-lovers as universally excited as this approaching Friday.
By Jake Mitchell3 years ago in Geeks
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One, or, as I like to call it: Tom Cruise and the Elusive Maguffin, because that’s basically what they all boil down to. This one is no different. Which is a good thing. If it ain’t broke, don’t try and fix it.
By Shane Dobbie3 years ago in Geeks
Anna May Wong (1905 – 1961)
I knew Anna May Wong first as a photograph. A face framed by her hair and beautifully-manicured, elegant hands. What does it mean to be an image before all else? If I only knew her as a picture, could I understand the stories she could tell?
By Rachel Robbins3 years ago in Geeks
Threads: Info for Writers and Creators to Consider Re: This New Social Platform
On Wednesday July 5, 2023, a new social media platform launched. It was a MVP; a Minimally Viable Product from Meta (Instagram/Facebook) that may (or may not) have been rushed to life as an answer to Twitter.
By Judey Kalchik 3 years ago in Geeks
