Lockdown Update Day 204

Does anyone else have such severe Covid trauma that when they watch movies and TV, even old ones, they sometimes catch themselves thinking “these people are too close to each other, they’re up in each other’s faces”

— pat tobin (@tastefactory) October 7, 2020

I don't know that I would describe it as 'trauma', more just an awareness of how the current situation is now deeply embedded in how I interact with the world. WHY ARE YOU SO CLOSE TOGETHER? WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING?

Anyway, here's some good news:

GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE CRUSHED TO DISCOVER THAT THE CORDELIA MOVIE IS NOT A SEXY HISTORICAL WITH A DOMINANT WOMAN

The *poster* for the movie is going to be a Yuletide fandom!https://t.co/nxET59BHDk

— Naomi Kritzer (@NaomiKritzer) October 7, 2020

If you're not familiar, this is it:



ETA: Re. American politics... ( Read more... )