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WHAT IF “STAR WARS: EPISODE I” WAS GOOD? (Belated Media) – YouTube

Belated Media9 years ago9 years ago01 mins

What if “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” were good? This is both a review and a hypothetical. Buy the Prequel Trilogy Here: http://amzn.to/1VK5CO4 Buy the Original Trilogy Here: http://amzn.to/1VK3BfG Buy the Complete Saga Here: http://amzn.to/1Nw0wAG Social media bits: https://www.facebook.com/belatedmedia https://twitter.com/belatedmedia Here’s key inspiration for this video: http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011… And here’s a fun Star Wars…

A Literary Analysis of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – Imgur

SounderFall5419 years ago9 years ago020 mins

Ye be warned! Seriously. If you have not yet seen “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” do not keep reading. Get off your butt, go see the movie, and then come back and enjoy this mind-blowing analysis. This is a literary analysis. This is a literary analysis drawn from my own thoughts and…

The storyline’s over, and now that it is, I wanted…

David M. Willis9 years ago05 mins

The storyline’s over, and now that it is, I wanted to talk a little about it. But, you know, in a general storywriting sense versus yesterday’s stroll down awful childhood memory lane. I’d written previously how, years ago, before Becky had been reintroduced into the strip as a main character, I knew Becky couldn’t be…

On Pandering | Tin House

Claire Vaye Watkins9 years ago053 mins

This essay, which is featured in our forthcoming Winter issue, was originally given as a lecture during the 2015 Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop. It was met with enthusiastic applause. Some Exposition fff Until recently I was a professor at a private liberal arts university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a little town located at the exact point…

Are You a Writer? Has a Publication Screwed You? Tell Us.

Hamilton Nolan9 years ago05 mins

Even in ideal conditions, it is not easy making a living as a freelance writer. It is much harder when the places you write for don’t pay you promptly. That’s where we come in. In most industries, a worker is paid before—or directly after—a service is rendered. Want a massage? Pay up front. Want your…

you can’t pay your rent with “the unique platform and reach our site provides” | WIL WHEATON dot NET

WIL WHEATON9 years ago05 mins

A very nice editor at Huffington Post contacted me yesterday, and asked me if I would be willing to grant permission for the site to republish my post about the seven things I did to reboot my life. Huffington Post has a lot of views, and reaches a pretty big audience, and that post is…

Is technology making it harder to tell stories?

JENNA DOUGLAS9 years ago08 mins

I was listening to a filmmaker, Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers, Kids) talk about coming up with original stories, and he made one interesting point about why it seems more and more difficult: technology is taking away the opportunity for drama. That’s a biggie for opera, where every emotional state and difficult decision is heightened by…

What If The New Star Wars Sucks, Too?

Albert Burneko9 years ago9 years ago027 mins

Last night, the third trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered on YouTube and ESPN. Did you shit your dick? I definitely shat my dick. I think the dick-shittingest moment, for me, was when the new Darth Vader guy was doing the Force to the other guy’s brain, but the low-altitude aerial…

Announcing Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers | Bitch Media

Julie Falk and Andi Zeisler9 years ago07 mins

Bitch Media, for almost 20 years an independent, nonprofit feminist media organization, is pleased to announce the Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers, a series of three-month intensive writing fellowships whose goal is to develop, support, and amplify emerging, diverse voices in feminist, activist, and pop-culture media. The program will be directed by Bitch cofounder Andi…

What the World Got Wrong About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – The New York Times

Jay Caspian Kang9 years ago038 mins

In the sleek, cold lobby of the Langham Place hotel in Midtown Manhattan, one of those thoroughly designed spaces in which one cannot find a right angle, much less a comfortable chair, the 68-year-old, 7-foot-2 former basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sitting on a leather bench with his arms draped around his protruding knees. It was…

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WHAT IF “STAR WARS: EPISODE I” WAS GOOD? (Belated Media) – YouTube

A Literary Analysis of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – Imgur

The storyline’s over, and now that it is, I wanted…

On Pandering | Tin House

Are You a Writer? Has a Publication Screwed You? Tell Us.

Is technology making it harder to tell stories?

What If The New Star Wars Sucks, Too?

Announcing Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers | Bitch Media

What the World Got Wrong About Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – The New York Times