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Book Review: The Twisted Sisters Knit Sweaters
by Lynne Vogel
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Book Review: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology
by Sands Hall
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Movie Reviews: Black Swan and Black Swan: Metamorphosis (2011)
Black Swan rewatched August 27, 2022–loved it even more this time. Letterboxd review: 5 stars “You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. In sweat. And psychosis.” I love every one of you that gets that joke. Black Swan screenplay Tchaikovsky’s Ballets:
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Movie Review: Graveyard Shift (1990)
Letterboxd review: 3 1/2 stars David v. Goliath, right down to the slingshot. Not that that’s a bad thing. Trigger warning: animal cruelty Fun movie details: King’s alter ego Richard Bachman owns the mill. A man in the diner is reading the novelization for the rat movie
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Movie Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Letterboxd link: 5 stars I didn’t expect this to make me cry. I grew up down the street from PTL and its amusement park. Televangelists were a part of my culture. Even though I did not jive with that, being a quiet Episcopalian that didn’t pray in public,
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Movie Review: The Binding (2020)
Letterboxd link: 4 1/2 stars Gorgeous setting and scenery. Incredible misdirection at several points. Marvelous and pretty Italian horror. Don’t forget: you aren’t just marrying your partner, you really are marrying their family. Rotten Tomatoes Synopsis: “While visiting her fiancé’s mother in southern Italy, a woman
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Documentary Review: Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)
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The Bell Jar and the DSM
Note: this contains spoilers for The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. It also discusses depression symptoms and suicide. Take care of yourself. If you need to speak to someone, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available by text, online, and voice. I am studying Sylvia Plath with FrizzLit–a wonderful online
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