White men have been controlling the narrative of how great a people they are for four hundred years. A lot of them have been coasting on this supposed greatness by proxy. They are not used to being told, by those they’ve spent the past few centuries harming, that they simply aren’t all that great, at all. And many of them feel some type of way about that. They truly don’t like being seen for what they were/are.
In my discussions on the Mad Max franchise, (see the GeekingOutAboutIt Blog), I talked about the use of the Triple Goddess Myths from Pagan folklore, in the movie’s narratives. …
I’ve been paying closer attention to the images filmmakers use to tell their stories. A film is a time-intense form of media, in that the actual filming itself needs to take place within a certain amount of time, after which, the images are edited, to happen within a certain time…
A “frame” is a single image of film or video. “Framing”, therefore, consists of the composition of the subjects, (people and objects), within that image. …
A secondary component of horror movies, that are often set in desert and rural landscapes, is the type of horror set in “Liminal Spaces”, such as cars, highways, rest stops, and hotels and motels. Not necessarily the road trip movie, which is often about affirming relationships and nostalgia, but traveling…
This is great!
I thought of some of the rapper's voices, cadences, and styles I liked the most and came up with Tupac, Swizz Beatz, DMX, Ice Cube, and Nicki Minaj. and Will Smith. I know thats a weird grouping, but those are the kind of rappers I gravitate to.
In 1974, Tobe Hooper released The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which seemed to release some sort of valve, because city people have been visiting the rural South, so they can die horribly at the hands, chainsaws, and shotguns, of its residents for decades. I cannot entirely blame it all on Hooper…
This also doesn't take into account the idea that white people feel entitled to have access to Black bodies, and get insulted when we don't allow them to pet us as if were dogs and cats. Its a pattern of behavior that says nothing about me, but says about white people that they have no manners, and that their beliefs about bodily autonomy, and not touching strangers, doesn't apply to us.
For all of the white people who are not yet blocked: if you are a white man or woman, who has no stories, and has less than 50 followers, and you respond to one of my posts, there will be no response to you, and in all likelihood you will…
White Hollywood loves slave rebellion movies starring robots, but starring Black people, not so much.
White men have always been looking forward to the next slave rebellion, but only if it features robots. Why?Because …
