#Genre

Tsogo.

Tsogo_k

I privately joke that Schuster is the closest thing SA has to an auteur filmmaker. There are few artists, let alone filmmakers, whose work is so idiosyncratic to post-Apartheid SA

Sean

deathchrist2000

We begin with a remark Alan Moore once made about the usage of Gods. If memory serves correctly (I couldn't find the exact quote), he said that it is a

Dr. Jason Johnson

DrJasonJohnson

@_LeonardRoberts story is all the more disturbing because it is incredibly COMMON. Institutions will often bend over backwards to accommodate racist behavior, but require the object of that abuse to

Sam Rocha

SamRochadotcom

A BOOKISH THREADOver the years, the self-made genre of intellectual and spiritual autobiography has become my favourite one. I should have known this earlier. Books like Augustine’s *Confessions* and Boethius’

Kodama Mama

CaseyExplosion

No, it's not simply nostalgia that's driving the popularity of retro style games, it's the fact that corporations had spent years making numerous diverse existing game franchises fit a handful

oatmeal🌾

neonalternative

people dont seem to understand music has 2 objective qualities that is known as innovativity and effectiveness at provoking emotion when understoodyou like it ≠ innovative or effective at provoking

N. K. Jemisin

nkjemisin

A late-afternoon revision-mode thought: People ask me sometimes why I'm so *blatant* re racism and other bigotries, in my fiction. Wouldn't a more subtle approach work? Answer: No. A more

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

Took me about 5 minutes to stop rolling my eyes but I'm back now.This does rather seem to lean into elitist attitudes which are all too common with (self-defined) 'literary'

You'll tide me over

tinstargames

Okay so yesterday we talked about narrative calculus, the art of boiling down a genre to component parts so people can easily build their own. RPGs should be launch pads:

Rashad Robinson

rashadrobinson

As 2020 comes to a close, I’m thinking about the tireless work that our 7 million of @ColorOfChange members - and our many partners and leaders in the racial justice

Way-Out Is The Way Out

sumlin

Gave a few from @theQuietus top 100 a listen yesterday. The common thread seems to be albums that need to be consumed whole, that steer towards accepted "genres" and then

Gail Simone

GailSimone

We had an interesting discussion at dinner last night, was curious what you all think. The topic was, ‘what if Star Wars had flopped?’It’s kind of a bigger Uresti on

Vincent Albert Bolton

V_A_Bolton

@BrazilShirtPod @dotunadebayo @Tim_Vickery Loved the new episode. Feel maybe a point about the charts and modern pop culture was missed: because of the unfathomable wealth of content online, more 'outside'

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tatspvt

Anime thread What’s your favourite anime? Who’s your favourite anime character? What’s your favourite anime opening? What’s your favourite genre of anime?List 5 anime’s in that genre. Name an anime

Happy Holl-Zabé-s

ZREllor

#TheFinalFifteen Marketability! Let’s talk about it. New writers can get justifiably frustrated when trying to figure out what makes a ‘marketable’ book. Agents and editors discourage trend-chasing, but reject books

Mo Ryan

moryan

Nicole Beharie on #SleepyHollow: “Sometimes I think that some people I was working with didn’t like that I was unwell but loved by the audience. ...everyone of color on that

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