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May 21, 2014
On Times Square
The film is a mess. It denounces gentrification, consumerism, television, psychiatry, censorship, cops, dads, and squares, and though its flailing critiques and silly romanticism befit a teen movie, they give away the film’s agenda to cash in on all things rebellious. It doesn’t even make sense, socially or geographically, to set a punk movie in Times Square.
February 13, 2014
“We’re all sorry, Cassie.” Cassie. He can’t even get her fucking name right.
We have many real-life, terrifying examples of what alienated teenage boys are capable of, but we don’t seem to know, or care, what tormented girls go on to do. At the end of I Was a Teenage Serial Killer, Jacobson’s debut film, the protagonist explains that the systemic silencing of her rage has led her to kill. “No one wants to listen to my story,” she says, holding a broken bottle to a hippie drifter’s throat.
September 23, 2013
It’s the everydayness of the X-rated that makes these photos fun to look at.
March 25, 2013
The mayor told us that the city would be holding a special council meeting so that both production companies could pitch their show ideas to the people of Whittier. We were invited to come and watch. “A reality show could be good for bringing attention to our little town,” he said, “but it does worry me, too. I don’t want to be some Alaskan Honey Boo-Boo.”
November 22, 2011
For so many women, to express one’s enthusiasm, knowledge, or beliefs means starting out on the defensive.
November 18, 2011
I just came back and the occupation has been an indescribable spiritual boost.
September 8, 2010
We were about half an hour into our swim when someone pointed out the layer of rainbow sheen atop the water.
August 19, 2010
Many older Jamaican artists suffer from a “kids these days” attitude, but Sugar always had an ear to the street.
