Emily or Else

Emily L. Stephens: TV & film critic, freelance writer. Will eat cake for pay; all reasonable offers considered.

[emilyelsa]

This never happened/It is happening again

Yeah, I made it and I’m not sorry. To see my wordier Twin Peaks analysis, check out my reviews on The A.V. Club.

[gerrymanderring]

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

Hey, what’s Winnie the pooh’s favorite color?

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

Yellow

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

No it’s red because of his shirt

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

No, it’s yellow because he loves honey

[never-kill-on-the-first-dat-blog]

You have no idea what you’re talking about

[taco-bout-a-shit-blog]

DID I FUCKING STUTTER?

[voaga]

Things heating up at the Winnie the Pooh fandom

[passionisbornunwantedlikeacancer]

[prettythingsncats]

Respect.

[thememacat]

Holy shit!

[tlredgravity-deactivated2017081]

who is this

[the-dork-knight]

DO ME NEXT

[yerawizardsarry]

This is Jessie Graff! She’s a stuntwoman for Supergirl and she’s known for being a BAMF on American Ninja Warrior.

[therightdimple]

GOALS

[flatbear]

ask me how gay I am for Jessie Graff hint: as gay as her leg is high.

[stability]

[obviousplant]

Spring is here!

[paxamericana]

[emilyelsa]

five stars

After three brutal, beautiful, dreadful, rewarding seasons, Review has come to an end. This tragedy cloaked in comedy is the best vehicle yet for Andy Daly, that master of cloaking anguish, corruption, and madness in affability. Jeffrey Blitz (of Spellbound fame) gives the direction an uncanny documentary realism that belies its absurdity. The unforgiving rhythm of Review, of Forrest’s rise and fall, hope and despair, lends it a depth that surpasses any comedy and most dramas. “Cryogenics, Lightning, Last Review” honors that depth.

If you ever doubt the importance of direction, cinematography, and framing to the tone of a narrative, just remember these two Review screenshots, seconds apart. A tiny tweak of perspective separates freedom from damnation, separates life from this simulacrum of life Forrest MacNeil inhabits, separates NEVER REVIEWING ANYTHING EVER AGAIN from REVIEW ANYTHING. And you can read my review of Review's uncompromisingly excellent series finale here. 

[cartnsncreal]

[cocoacallalily]

This would’ve went on all day.. lol

[thefinaltruth]

she had so much conviction lol

[karayray1-deactivated20230129]

I love this video

[bellygangstaboo]

at everyone asking you to define “white america”.

[emilyelsa]

A key party is going to break out in this real estate listing any second now.

This house is full of distinctive rooms, but I’m particularly leery of the MUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOMMUSHROOM

[emilyelsa]

The pair of boots I ordered under the influence of Nyquil will be a nice surprise for Healthy Me later in the week, but wait ‘til she gets the bag of springs. 

[thingstolovefor]

An example of someone acknowledging their white privilege and using it to help. #Love it!

[sheafrotherdon]

Remember

The present U.S. administration wants you to be overwhelmed.  They want you to burn out.  They want to swamp you with bad news so that you don’t know where to turn or how to fight back, or whether you have the energy to be effective.

A suggestion: for every piece of bad news you reblog, reblog something about resistance.  Reblog something about how people are building something, in direct contrast to those who are trying to tear us down.  Reblog something that lifts your spirits and reminds you why we fight.

Do not do their work for them.  Consciously choose to reblog light as well as the important news of what the administration is up to. 

They do not get to make us despair.

[laerugo]

yesterday and today were extremely hard for me with the deluge of constant terrible news, so i am trying very hard to remember that resistance is real, and it will continue to show up in unexpected but uplifting ways.

a list of some not-so-terrible things that happened today:

richard spencer got punched (again) // eta actually i’m unclear if this was the second time, both vid & pics look like they were taken at the inauguration. but now we have proof of both

a list of 24 (and climbing) “rogue” twitter accounts in response to the social media ban for govt science agencies

USDA lifted the gag order for agricultural departments IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC OUTCRY. it’s just one dept among many, but being loud and angry works!

in response to all the bullshit, scientists are planning on running for office. they’ve formed a group, 314 Action

feel free to add more. none of this is a reason to sit back and let other people take care of things for us, but remember a majority of the country hates this administration, and there’s power in numbers.

[altsexy]

[cumaeansibyl]

@sashayed she is ready to head to her job at the munitions factory

(please do this with Elly)

[sashayed]

The doughy milk-faced sociopaths in charge of America banned Syrian refugees from entering the United States on Holocaust Remembrance Day. They did this on purpose in order to horrify and make hopeless the people who can, as a movement, stop things from getting worse. 

And I for one I am not having it. It worked for a while and I cried and I felt that nothing would ever be okay again but I’m up now and I am not fucking having it anymore, shitfucks!!!!! Put my ENTIRE dick in your hamflap mouths, you spineless parasites. Why don’t you go upstairs and yam two trays of See’s Candies into your maw, Donald Trump, you squalid void, you screaming baby in a ridiculous tie, you egg-shaped blip on the radar of history? Go lurk outside a Hot Topic, Steve Bannon, you laughable wElcOMe 2 mY TwIsTeD mInD piece of scraped-up edgy-teen garbage. You boring, derivative trickle of fart juice squeezed from the asshole of the internet. You look like a turkey’s wattle made human and you don’t scare me.  

[sawdustbear]

A comic about the Statue of Liberty. I keep on having feels about hopeful statues that have stood over a lot of shitty American history.