Camryn Garrett
@dancingofpens.bsky.social
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Writer and filmmaker. Author of four books, including THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER OF SENECA (out now) and IN BETWEEN DAYS (May 12, 2026). She/her. https://www.booksaremagic.net/item/k9JCycuDevqU8Ufpha6EHQ
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dancingofpens.bsky.social
yeah i'm sorry I just didn't want to believe it :(
dancingofpens.bsky.social
I haven't seen it from any official sources, are we sure it's true???
dancingofpens.bsky.social
also... unfortunately i do feel like they are definitely feeling the weight of their big feelings in the summer i turned pretty, for better or worse
dancingofpens.bsky.social
i want you to write something about this so i can read it
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markharris.bsky.social
There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.
dancingofpens.bsky.social
yup and i don't know how to articulate this because I wouldn't call this slice of life exactly but the problems don't seem DIRE? like imo there's not really that in between anymore, like the plot has to be really intense or depressing or just a LOT and can't be about someone just figuring shit out
dancingofpens.bsky.social
god i wish i lived near the Music Box
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maris.bsky.social
Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
www.publishersweekly.com
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dancingofpens.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/cand... also this thread
candicefrederick.bsky.social
One Battle After Another has definitely got some things going for it (it's wildly entertaining and the performances are top-notch). But it also makes clear why Anderson rarely centers Black women in his films. The white male characters portrayed by DiCaprio and Penn are more prominent, realized...
a man and a woman walking down a sidewalk with #one battle after another written on the bottom
ALT: a man and a woman walking down a sidewalk with #one battle after another written on the bottom
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dancingofpens.bsky.social
Aisha Harris at NPR wrote a great one :)
dancingofpens.bsky.social
god this vibe just from the promotion tbh
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andreagonram.bsky.social
“Bad Bunny is more American than the first lady!” “Here’s what Chuck Schumer can learn from Bad Bunny!” “Puerto Rico is the U.S!”

My kingdom for liberals to stop using Puerto Ricans as a rhetorical device and actually engage with the uncomfortable fact that we are colonized subjects.
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ninametz.bsky.social
So many movies and TV shows that are ~made by studios/streamers (aka the big shots)~ never get seen by a sizable audience (the same is true of individual journalism stories from just about any outlet) because it's incredibly hard to cut thru the noise and get stuff in front of people
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ninametz.bsky.social
Sometimes I see posts where people advocate for creative folks or journalists to divest from the larger systems of employment and "start your own!" and I understand the sentiment! But then there's never any discussion of the logistics (which are a *substantial* challenge even for existing entities)
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lilithsaintcrow.com
One thing this article doesn't cover is that most books don't "earn out" their advances, true--but that the magic of publisher accounting is a large component of why that's so, and an author not earning out does NOT mean the publisher didn't profit extensively.

Far from.