Valerie Ettenhofer
@aandeandval.bsky.social
TV critic, writer, fan of little treats. Words at Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, IGN, The Playlist, Nonfics, Certified Forgotten, and the Hey, What Are You Watching? newsletter. Critics Choice + GALECA. Just moved to Scotland.
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63 Reasons To Quit Your Entertainment Journalism Job in 2025 (NOT Clickbait!)
Number 36 will surprise you!
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Been trying to figure out how to get all of this down on paper for a year or three. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/quitting/
We've slowly been watching all of Criminal Minds because its clockwork procedural beats and ridiculous version of the world eventually become comforting. Tonight I accidentally gave myself psychic damage by throwing on the next episode in sequence...which turned out to be "Nelson's Sparrow." Ow.
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We've slowly been watching all of Criminal Minds because its clockwork procedural beats and ridiculous version of the world eventually become comforting. Tonight I accidentally gave myself psychic damage by throwing on the next episode in sequence...which turned out to be "Nelson's Sparrow." Ow.
I never use Spotify anymore but here's James' wrapped since we listened to all the same stuff. Our top 5 songs include two versions of a Wang Chung song (regular and COVID lockdown version), the theme song for The Blob (1958), and song of the year Sushi Glory Hole. We are not serious people.
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I never use Spotify anymore but here's James' wrapped since we listened to all the same stuff. Our top 5 songs include two versions of a Wang Chung song (regular and COVID lockdown version), the theme song for The Blob (1958), and song of the year Sushi Glory Hole. We are not serious people.
Chicken goose cat dog mosquito
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've been bitten by
(This is a joke I just realized I could do a list of like 10 species at least)
(This is a joke I just realized I could do a list of like 10 species at least)
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Chicken goose cat dog mosquito
the current plan is to put my coverage on my own site for free, but if anyone wants to pay me to put em somewhere else, let me know!
I've written at least 40 articles about Stranger Things over the years, so you bet your butt I won't miss out on digging into the final season just because I'm not regularly contributing to major sites anymore. Thoughts to come!
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the current plan is to put my coverage on my own site for free, but if anyone wants to pay me to put em somewhere else, let me know!
I've written at least 40 articles about Stranger Things over the years, so you bet your butt I won't miss out on digging into the final season just because I'm not regularly contributing to major sites anymore. Thoughts to come!
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I've written at least 40 articles about Stranger Things over the years, so you bet your butt I won't miss out on digging into the final season just because I'm not regularly contributing to major sites anymore. Thoughts to come!
Okay the last couple eps of this show were actually a blast, i stand corrected. Feels like Big Little Lies fanfic in a good way
Spent hours yesterday putting together a list of movies to watch before the end of the year, then proceeded to ignore it and marathon a bunch of the exceedingly dumb crime show All Her Fault instead.
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Okay the last couple eps of this show were actually a blast, i stand corrected. Feels like Big Little Lies fanfic in a good way
DS9 Mirrorverse writers were really just like "imagine a world like ours, but kinkier and gayer and hornier and with fewer showers." And they were right to say it!!
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
DS9 Mirrorverse writers were really just like "imagine a world like ours, but kinkier and gayer and hornier and with fewer showers." And they were right to say it!!
Spent hours yesterday putting together a list of movies to watch before the end of the year, then proceeded to ignore it and marathon a bunch of the exceedingly dumb crime show All Her Fault instead.
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Spent hours yesterday putting together a list of movies to watch before the end of the year, then proceeded to ignore it and marathon a bunch of the exceedingly dumb crime show All Her Fault instead.
I've never felt more like a Dear America protagonist than right now, making a humble mash of peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and expired naan for our backyard birds since I find myself too sickly and without funds available to travel into town for the appropriate nourishment. Winter is upon us, and-
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I've never felt more like a Dear America protagonist than right now, making a humble mash of peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and expired naan for our backyard birds since I find myself too sickly and without funds available to travel into town for the appropriate nourishment. Winter is upon us, and-
Don't forget to be my pal on Storygraph, bookworms. app.thestorygraph.com/profile/valett
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Don't forget to be my pal on Storygraph, bookworms. app.thestorygraph.com/profile/valett
Jesus. Y'all were not wrong about the end of Revival.
Horror readers: name your favorite Stephen King book from each decade.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Jesus. Y'all were not wrong about the end of Revival.
Horror readers: name your favorite Stephen King book from each decade.
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Horror readers: name your favorite Stephen King book from each decade.
If anyone else out there deals with benign fasciculation (muscle twitches and jolts) after getting vacc*nes, try taking magnesium and loading up on vitamins both in the weeks leading up to the shot and the day of! Doing so cut my personal twitchy time down from a week or two to less than two hours.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If anyone else out there deals with benign fasciculation (muscle twitches and jolts) after getting vacc*nes, try taking magnesium and loading up on vitamins both in the weeks leading up to the shot and the day of! Doing so cut my personal twitchy time down from a week or two to less than two hours.
You know a 99p spooky season ebook sale hates to see me coming!
October 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You know a 99p spooky season ebook sale hates to see me coming!
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I feel like I've been slacking on horror this year. Can you give me
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
a woman is holding a stuffed animal in her hands and looking at something
ALT: a woman is holding a stuffed animal in her hands and looking at something
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I feel like I've been slacking on horror this year. Can you give me
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
1) your favorite horror film so far this year
2) a hidden gem from this year
oh okay
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
oh okay
I meant to reply to each individual response to this, but I haven't had the spoons for it, so I just want to say a blanket thank you, thank you, thank you.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Been trying to figure out how to get all of this down on paper for a year or three. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/quitting/
63 Reasons To Quit Your Entertainment Journalism Job in 2025 (NOT Clickbait!)
Number 36 will surprise you!
valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I meant to reply to each individual response to this, but I haven't had the spoons for it, so I just want to say a blanket thank you, thank you, thank you.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
Getting so much off my chest made this transition feel like a beginning rather than an ending, and your kind words are a big part of that.
another day, another true crime documentary where the guy reminds me of my dad
October 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
another day, another true crime documentary where the guy reminds me of my dad
Now that I've quit trying to write full time, I actually like writing again. Shhh, don't question it, just take this review of The Diplomat season 3. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/the-diplomat...
[Review] The Diplomat Season 3: Hot Mess On The Global Stage
One of Netflix's best shows wants to break up.
valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io
October 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Now that I've quit trying to write full time, I actually like writing again. Shhh, don't question it, just take this review of The Diplomat season 3. valerie-ettenhofer.ghost.io/the-diplomat...
Oh, this is SO fun.
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Louvre closed after robbery, French culture minister says
Rachida Dati announces robbery had taken place at world’s most-visited museum
The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most-visited museum, has suddenly closed for the day after the French culture minister said there had a been a robbery.
“A robbery took place this morning at the opening of the Louvre Museum,” Rachida Dati wrote on social media. She used the French word braquage, which can mean robbery or hold-up. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Oh, this is SO fun.
A couple years after the big fade-out, my Film School Rejects email has finally stopped working. I've been trying to get all PR mailing lists moved over to my main account for ages, but a few things (like HBO screeners!) still inexplicably only showed up in this inbox. RIP to a real one.
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A couple years after the big fade-out, my Film School Rejects email has finally stopped working. I've been trying to get all PR mailing lists moved over to my main account for ages, but a few things (like HBO screeners!) still inexplicably only showed up in this inbox. RIP to a real one.
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
7 million people marched today. That's greater than world's three largest militaries— combined.
October 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
7 million people marched today. That's greater than world's three largest militaries— combined.
I blinked and now Brooklynn Prince is 15. 😭
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I blinked and now Brooklynn Prince is 15. 😭
Reposted by Valerie Ettenhofer
October 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM