Author | Lightnews

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 1h

#frankenstein Wollstonecraft, like other Enlightenment thinkers, still believed in the soul, but counted reason (developed through education) as a moral virtue - one denied to women. if women have souls like men, they have a right to pursue the same virtues, she argued

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2h

she wrote about middle-class women and argued that the bourgeois feminine ideal - beauty, docility, innocence - was dehumanizing

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2h

#frankenstein from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) Mary Wollstonecraft

1 1 2

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 4h

class consciousness is lacking bigtime. a lot of people know they're getting a raw deal but their anger is being strategically misdirected

1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 5h

re: #frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft was a big part of my feminist awakening. Her indignation really spoke to me. She used the same Enlightenment language as the founding fathers, which we all learned in school but also as a nerdy political teen I paid extra attention in American history class

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 5h

I think it's true that while it's a good thing that Marxist thinking has entered the academy and generated great stuff like the various critical theories, it's also lost touch with the people it's trying to liberate bc it feels like it's coming from the top down instead of going from the bottom up

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 17h

I have some serious THOUGHTS incoming about Frankenstein over the next few days so buckle up fuckleheads

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 17h

I get that this approach is not scalable but it's also the most humane, it's the anarchist hobbit method of political education lol

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 17h

"Around 1891 or 1892, a worker might be handed pamphlets at work or political meetings, listening to speeches...having discussions at workers’ clubs, borrowing cheap editions of Marxist texts from a lending library to gain a deeper understanding, or even taking literacy courses in the evening."

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 18h

#filmsky two bonus #twincinemamovieclub pairings coming up:

1) del Toro's Frankenstein in theaters this weekend + Haifaa Al-Mansour's biopic Mary Shelley (2017) on #kanopy
2) Lanthimos's Bugonia in theaters next weekend + the film it's based on Save the Green Planet (2003) also on #kanopy

me:

Me At The Movies GIF

ALT: Me At The Movies GIF

media.tenor.com

2 2

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 19h

😂

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 22h

@yoohootom.bsky.social interesting reading!

Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 1d

Today on the blog, Sam Franz and Véronique Mickisch interview Edward Baring about his forthcoming book, "Vulgar Marxism," which studies how projects for worker education shaped 20th-c. Marxist thought.
@uchicagopress.bsky.social @samfranz.bsky.social

The Intellectual History of Worker Education: An Interview with Edward Baring

by Sam Franz and Véronique Mickisch

web.sas.upenn.edu

2 2

Reposted by Devon Coffee

Brady! 🏳️‍⚧️ @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 1d

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”

when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

NYT Magazine headline “‘I'm on Fire': Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive - and Then Some
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won't cover it. Many doctors won't prescribe it. It's become a cultural phenomenon.”

69 2.2K 7.5K

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2d

speaking of Akerman... #filmsky

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Chantal Akerman's work getting the attention it deserves 🙌 #filmsky

Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 2d

A little news from home: @kphipps3000.bsky.social and I wrote about NEWS FROM HOME today as part of our Sight and Sound conversation series. Akerman was a big mover on the S&S 2022 poll, and this epistolary doc is a powerful, lonely impression of NYC in the mid '70s: thereveal.film/52-tie-news-...

#52 (tie): ‘News from Home’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time

Chantal Akerman's epistolary 1976 documentary reflects on her time in New York City through lonely images and letters from her mother.

thereveal.film

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Off the top of my head:
Jacques Tati
Lana Wachowski
Wilson Yip
Chantal Akerman
Billy Wilder
Jafar Panahi
Tsai Ming-Liang
Alfred Hitchcock

Little Nap @not2nitejosefin.bsky.social · 2d

Define your taste in films with 8 directors: #filmsky 🎥🖤

Wim Wenders
Quentin Tarantino
Wes Anderson
Ridley Scott
Kelly Reichardt
David Lynch
Jean-Pierre Jeunet & (Marc Caro)
Luc Besson

... Amongst many many others 🤔

SvenThe @sventhe.bsky.social · 4d

Define your taste in films with 8 directors:
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick
Sam Fuller
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Fritz Lang
Jean-Pierre Melville
Sam Peckinpah
#FilmSky

1 3

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 2d

Rosemary's Baby (1968) for sure, I've seen it so many times. Iconic performances from Mia Farrow and the great Ruth Gordon. And it just so happens it's available on Kanopy 🤓

1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

time to start another rewatch of the OCATC full universe 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🥤🥤🥤🥤🥤 #VFA

On Cinema at the Cinema @oncinema.bsky.social · 3d

Want to know what to watch this weekend?

Watch On Cinema at the Cinema Season 16 airing weekly on
heinetwork.tv

HEI Network - On Cinema at the Cinema

The Official Home of On Cinema at the Cinema

heinetwork.tv

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

I think the host is the population being fed on by the govt but it’s interesting how the monster is following animal instinct to eat vs the right of the hungry (seo-ri). Plus the dad eating the squid/fish, so much eating in this movie - we’re all feeding and we’re all being eaten

2

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

The funeral scene is classic, one of my faves in the movie. Dark humor that is silly rather than clever, twisted etc is so unexpected

1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

and if you've seen either or both films, let me know your thoughts! #filmsky #movieclub

1 1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

so if you like socially conscious horror or thrilling monster movies, or if you're looking to dip your toe into foreign films but not sure where to start, check out The Host and Train to Busan - both available to stream free on @kanopy.com with your library card! #filmsky #movieclub

1 2

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

and both films are big, fun-to-watch popcorn flicks deftly woven w deeper political themes, inspired by real-world events: The Host draws on the McFarland incident and the US invasion of Iraq, and Train to Busan on the Yellow Ribbon movement after the Sewol ferry sinking #filmsky #movieclub

1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

like other S Korean culture that's broken through in the US, these films use familiar tropes in fresh, unexpected ways. They have horror elements but don't fit neatly into the horror box. And the class conflict in each film is relatable for American audiences #filmsky #movieclub

1

Devon Coffee @devoncoffee.bsky.social · 3d

great discussion at Twin Cinema movie club today! October's picks were two 21st century South Korean creature features: The Host (2006, dir. Bong Joon Ho) and Train to Busan (2016, dir. Yeon Sang-ho) #filmsky #movieclub

1 1 1