DANCING BACK IN TIME - THE RENAISSANCE HISTORICAL DANCE SOCIETY

Louise Smith is my guest today to present her group performing dances from different historical periods, Renaissance Historical Dance and t...

The Author’s Bucket List on Plot Structure

By Jordan Dane I’ve never been a plotter. I’m too impatient. Once I get the general idea of a story with a compelling conflict and a notion ...

THE INDIE CORNER, VOL. 23: RETURN OF THE INDIE CORNER

Hey independent filmmakers! Want to have me take a look at your hard-made film? E-mail me! There might well not be a human population more t...

Mark Crispin Miller's own 'identity politics'

Laurie Penny (New Statesman) rightly calls out the idiot and sexist Mark Cripsin Miller who decided to declare feminism a "CIA plot.&q...

My Week with Marilyn Review

Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) looks up at an admirer in My Week with Marilyn. 2.5 Stars The story in My Week with Marilyn is one that...

storing shoes (with the help of a kitty)

Finding a place for all my shoes has been no easy thing. I have, oh, just one or two pairs, um, maybe well a few more than that, and they ne...

Single Zombie Female On Transvaginal Ultrasounds

Texas has just passed a bill and the Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other states' legislatures are considering bills that would require wom...

Toby's almost two

Toby is just a few months away from turning two, and he's gearing up like a champ. He's been nailing the whining, fussing and gener...

TYLER PERRY: MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (2011)

Madea's Big Happy Family , the sole Tyler Perry film released in 2011 (which thereby became the first year with only a single Perry rele...