As the self-appointed art and film nerd of FtB, it is my sad duty to inform you that Celeste Holm died today at the age of 95. She is best known for her performances in All About Eve and Gentleman’s Agreement and originating the stage role of Ado Annie in Oklahoma! But she has a …
Category Archive: Entertainment
Jul 05 2012
Crash Course: Molasses to Rum to Slaves
Am I going to annoy you with this every week? Possibly. Also, since it’s the fourth of July, I’m going to use this excuse to post a song from 1776 Here some of the Crash Course info: Like us! http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @raoulmeyer @crashcoursestan @thoughtbubbler @saysdanica Resources: Inhuman Bondage by David Brion Davis: http://dft.ba/-inhumanbondage …
Jun 30 2012
Crash Course: The Best Show on the Internet
No, really. And I am extraordinarily picky. I don’t listen to podcasts and I rarely watch web series — despite the fact that I have worked on both, they just don’t hold my attention. This, on the other hand, is absolute brilliance, and everyone I know who knows about it has watched the entire series …
Jun 30 2012
Boyz-n-the-Hood on the Ukulele, as God intended
I am trying desperately to finish an independent study and start up the next one before the SSA conference next weekend. So here’s a video of me playing the ukulele instead of an in-depth post.
Jun 18 2012
Plan 9 from Seattle
As some of you know, and many undoubtedly do not, I was in my first play ever last March, a stage version of the Ed Wood epic Plan 9 from Outer Space. Well, I went to the museum in Seattle and discovered an actual UFO from the actual movie. And I saw lots of musical …
Jun 14 2012
Someone who moves like you
Television has a huge impact on how we view the world and, perhaps more interestingly, how we view ourselves. When Joe Biden said that Will & Grace had done more for gay marriage than anything else, it probably seemed like hyperbole, but the normalization of the Other often comes first in the form of simple inclusion. Now, …
Jun 13 2012
Dear White People: Watch This Trailer
Can we get a movie with, you know, characters in ‘em instead of stereotypes wrapped up in Christian dogma? I realize that there is a huge fundraising effort going on here for the SSA, and I strongly encourage you to participate, but I would like to bring your attention to something else. I am, admittedly, …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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