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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · 15d

Just a quick reminder that the world is on fire and escapism is a powerful tool to fuel your resistance. Unconvinced? Please come to my talk at Cornell tomorrow (9/25)!

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Will you be in the Finger Lakes on September 25? Please join me (and Cornell's Department of Literatures in English) as I talk about escapism, TikTok, and I Saw the TV Glow, one of the best movies made this century: events.cornell.edu/event/escapi...

Escapism, Hope, and Human Difference: "I Saw the TV Glow"

events.cornell.edu

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jul 20

I am done paying for Ari Aster's childhood therapy. When he can make a movie that doesn't demonize mothers/matriachs, please, let me know. Until then, I've had enough.

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Why don't FMST folks write about shame? Uncomfortable Television comes close, but there's this goldmine of 2000-2010s queer theory on shame and we keep talking about fandom in exclusively positive terms (bad apples, etc.). Sometimes loving TV is sucky & destabilizing & I want to talk about that too!

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jun 16

Let's try this again without the adult content block! Come for the cheeks, stay for the theory!

Film Quarterly @filmquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 16

Free to read in our new issue, FQ contributing editor Caetlin Benson-Allott reassesses the butt shot in The Substance and Anora!

online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...

Reassessing the Butt ShotFeminism Versus Spectacle in The Substance and Anora

Two of 2024’s most talked about, putatively feminist films—Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and Sean Baker’s Anora—both tell stories of women who make their livings exploiting the male gaze and both su...

online.ucpress.edu

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jun 13

Reading philosophies of shame for an upcoming essay on Below Deck and discovering that I already thoughtfully, thoroughly highlighted all the passages I need now. But... when? why? Did I write something about shame that I have since repressed?

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jun 8

Too late, but maybe I shouldn't have tossed on the "adult images" warning. It's just tushies, after all.

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jun 8

Hold onto your butts, folks--my butt shot article is finally out! Thanks for all of your help, hivemind. I can't wait to hear what you think! Here's an open access link: www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Reassessing the Butt ShotFeminism Versus Spectacle in The Substance and Anora

Two of 2024’s most talked about, putatively feminist films—Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and Sean Baker’s Anora—both tell stories of women who make their livings exploiting the male gaze and both su...

www.google.com

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · May 23

Professional dream realized: Got to review the new Stephen King novel for the Washington Post! wapo.st/3Hos7qQ

Review | Stephen King’s favorite recurring protagonist shines in his new novel

Private investigator Holly Gibney returns in King’s “Never Flinch,” and the story will keep you turning pages well past bedtime.

wapo.st

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · May 11

Why is it a competition exactly?

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Vinzenz Hediger @vinzenzhediger.bsky.social · Mar 6

Nobody fucks with the Society of Jesus.

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · Mar 6

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Mar 6

It's a rare day when I'm proud of Georgetown, but I am now.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · Feb 13

Remember when we let JD Vance masquerade as some sort of modern dad pro-family aisle-crosser? These people don't want to help working families; they want to do social engineering.
prospect.org/health/2025-...

Trump Attacks Child Care for the Most Vulnerable

It turns out that you can’t just turn the government off and then back on again.

prospect.org

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Feb 2

Dying to hear more about your Stoner Comedy work!

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jan 14

I'm doing a deep dive on Last House on the Left right now and he's citing Leave It to Beaver in interviews, so...

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Jan 2

You'd want to ask a media industry studies person, but my hunch is no.

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 20

If a person only had time to watch one or two Jean-Claude Van Damme movies for their theory of the butt shot, which ones would you recommend?

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 12

*hug* + empathy

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 12

Trash on trash

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 11

He and Jennifer Lopez seem to have garnered the most butt shot criticism so far!

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 10

Clothed, closed... what is criticism without a little word play?

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 10

1: pls know that there's no way to search "butt shot" in a way that brings up useful histories or outstanding instances of this cinematic trope. 2: any recommendations for criticism of butt shots, either specific instances or as a trope? 3: anyone willing to share favorite filmic butt shots?

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 9

Anora was a comedy?! The Golden Globes are such trash.

Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · Dec 9

It's kind of crazy when you look at the Drama and Musical/Comedy lists side by side, the extent to which supposedly serious movies are about and for men, while women's stories get relegated to the frothy category

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 9

I was "yup... yup... yup"-ing my way through that whole article. Especially the part about women's productivity being less likely to be rewarded 😒

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Caetlin Benson-Allott @caetlin.bsky.social · Dec 5

I have a panel for CP, so maybe another conference that looks good to you both? Could be SCMS 2026, but hopefully we spot something before then!

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