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Being "Grown" and Other Beloved Vernacular
On another Racialicious thread, Latoya used one of my absolutely favorite Blackisms (to borrow her word): “grown.” When Sandra Rose complained that Malia Obama sounded “too grown… more →
The Cruel Secretary
All about my mother
wrote 3 days ago: All about my mother … more →
REVIEW: Almodovar's All About My Mother
wrote 2 weeks ago: My first brush with a Pedro Almodovar film happened at the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) … more →
Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces)
wrote 2 months ago: (warning: movie plot spoiler ahead) Pedro Almodovar’s films resemble ancient greek tragedies i … more →
Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.
wrote 3 months ago: I’ve recently started a list of movies that I have decided that I need to see. It’s quit … more →
Almodóvar and Me
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wrote 3 months ago: Penélope Cruz in 'Broken Embraces' Everybody loves Pedro Almodóvar. His latest film Broken E … more →
Broken Embraces
wrote 3 months ago: On Friday I went with the Writer to see Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces at the Renoir. I … more →
The Season 5 Finale of Weeds!
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wrote 3 months ago: First, you REALLY should not be reading this if you’re not looking for spoilers. Because this … more →
almodovar!
wrote 4 months ago: despite the fact that his films tackle dizzying topics like cancer, rape, incest, infidelity, domest … more →
منصورة عز الدين
wrote 5 months ago: من يعرف سر الفردوس “ترجل أربعة رجال من العربة مرتدين عباءات سوداء فوق جلابيبهم الكشمير، وفتحوا الباب … more →
All about our mothers
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wrote 8 months ago: Watching TV at home, Youssef Rakha considers an Egyptian holiday’s message to society’s child-bearin … more →
Girly girl time
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wrote 8 months ago: Look, I studied at the school of smartypants. I know the difference between male (biological attribu … more →
My Essay on All About My Mother on PopMatters
wrote 9 months ago: PopMatters celebrates its 10th anniversary this week with a sprawling multi-part feature on 62 of th … more →
Serving Up Nightly Candy's Academy Award Raves & Rants
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wrote 10 months ago: Bonsoir My Friends The 81st ACADEMY AWARDS… What a Night of Fashion! For those of us who are f … more →
Cinema Under The Influence
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wrote 1 year ago: Self-indulgence or Sheer Elegance? The year was 1959. And an utterly low key film without any partic … more →
Rainy Daze
wrote 1 year ago: Drip, drip, drop little Monday showers. Rainy Daaaaaaze, little water drops, puddles for days. Here … more →
Being "Grown" and Other Beloved Vernacular
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wrote 1 year ago: On another Racialicious thread, Latoya used one of my absolutely favorite Blackisms (to borrow her w … more →
How to Reach Me
wrote 1 year ago: I just changed my email name to start with motherissues rather than what it had been previously. Eve … more →
Day 22: Getting Todd Haynes to pose with Laszlo is BTS
wrote 1 year ago: Sometime in the last two weeks, my friend S.M. was telling me about a friend who came to visit from … more →
Flashback #17
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wrote 1 year ago: Todo Sobre Mi Madre (1999) (aka All About My Mother) Spanish Pedro Almodóvar “You are not a hu … more →
