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  Fran Bambust

  

  I was only a child when Dad told me: ‘You might be right, but you’re still dead’

  The Guardian

  My dad has always been a pragmatist. He is unflappable and has a general nerd-dad demeanour but there has always been a slightly morbid streak of humour bubbling beneath the surface. One piece of advice he delivered when I was quite young has always encapsulated this to me. It goes as follows: “You …

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  Fran Bambust

  

  How to find great films to watch

  psyche.co - Geoff Andrew

  Bored with Hollywood and Netflix? Becoming an adventurous and informed explorer of the cinema world is in everyone’s grasp - by Geoff Andrew Read at …

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  Fran Bambust

  

  The Draughtsman’s Contract review – Peter Greenaway’s cerebral intrigue still beguiles

  The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw

  After 40 years, here is a re-release of a classic product of the British Film Institute and Channel 4, in the era when they high-mindedly sponsored non-commercial artistry. If anything, Peter Greenaway’s film looks more brilliant, more uncompromisingly cerebral and more exasperating than ever. …

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  Fran Bambust

  

  ‘Storytelling has become the art of world building’: Avatar and the rise of the paracosm

  The Guardian - Tom Shone

  “I’m kind of just living on Pandora right now,” said James Cameron recently, as he tinkered with a remaster of his 2009 blockbuster Avatar, for rerelease in preparation for its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, in December. It’s the second instalment of a four-part franchise that includes the …

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  Fran Bambust

  On Being Trans: Narrative, Identity, Performance, and Community

  wku.edu - Chloe Jo Brown, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

  This thesis focuses on various topics related to transgender identity and culture. Through a combination of ethnographic and secondary research, I …

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  Fran Bambust

  Is sex a social construct like gender? Nope.

  whyevolutionistrue.com - by whyevolutionistrue

  The video below, highlighted on Everyday Feminism, came with a few words on the website: “Yes, trans women are women, but they’re still biologically …