Shana Beth Mason
@smason1022.bsky.social
Londoner. Nobile Contrada dell’Aquila (Siena). First-Class Nerd. Editor-at-Large, FRONTRUNNER Magazine. James Bond expert. All views my own.
January 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Mark Wallinger, ‘Writ In Water’, taken from Clause 39 of The Magna Carta at Runnymede.
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
January 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Mark Wallinger, ‘Writ In Water’, taken from Clause 39 of The Magna Carta at Runnymede.
#contemporaryart
#contemporaryart
Reposted by Shana Beth Mason
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
Reposted by Shana Beth Mason
CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For those of you applauding Rolling Stone’s headlines/coverage, I invite you to take a look at its owner, Penske Media Corporation.
You can do the rest yourselves. It’s not pretty.
You can do the rest yourselves. It’s not pretty.
January 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For those of you applauding Rolling Stone’s headlines/coverage, I invite you to take a look at its owner, Penske Media Corporation.
You can do the rest yourselves. It’s not pretty.
You can do the rest yourselves. It’s not pretty.
Reposted by Shana Beth Mason
My wacky, Minnesota-born creative writing teacher in high school bravely showed a class of sheltered Floridian kids “Twin Peaks.” We were awakened. And we never looked back.
David Lynch (1946-2025)
David Lynch (1946-2025)
January 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My wacky, Minnesota-born creative writing teacher in high school bravely showed a class of sheltered Floridian kids “Twin Peaks.” We were awakened. And we never looked back.
David Lynch (1946-2025)
David Lynch (1946-2025)
Apart from being a Barcelona souvenir, it reminded us of the bull imagery present throughout the first part of Dune (2021). And so, our little friend will be called El Toro Atreides.
#Dune #Atreides #Barcelona
#Dune #Atreides #Barcelona
December 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Apart from being a Barcelona souvenir, it reminded us of the bull imagery present throughout the first part of Dune (2021). And so, our little friend will be called El Toro Atreides.
#Dune #Atreides #Barcelona
#Dune #Atreides #Barcelona
December 28, 2024 at 9:44 PM
December 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM
My cousin, Leonard H. Miller, served in the 20th AF, flying B-29s over Japan in 33 missions, awarded an Air Medal and Oak Cluster.
JUST. FOUND. THIS. OUT.
#historyiscool
JUST. FOUND. THIS. OUT.
#historyiscool
December 19, 2024 at 2:03 PM
My cousin, Leonard H. Miller, served in the 20th AF, flying B-29s over Japan in 33 missions, awarded an Air Medal and Oak Cluster.
JUST. FOUND. THIS. OUT.
#historyiscool
JUST. FOUND. THIS. OUT.
#historyiscool
I NEVER ask for photos of prominent people on the fly, but how could I resist the ‘Ragin’ Cajun’, James Carville!
#jamescarville #democrats
#jamescarville #democrats
December 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I NEVER ask for photos of prominent people on the fly, but how could I resist the ‘Ragin’ Cajun’, James Carville!
#jamescarville #democrats
#jamescarville #democrats
Reposted by Shana Beth Mason
Luigi got them shook.
North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.
'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 wiped away by Atrium Health after an NBC News report.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Luigi got them shook.
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Owls know best. Learn. But don’t absorb all the emotions, lies, wrongs, mistakes in this world. You will overload, become toxic and become part of the problem. Stay clear minded, make good decisions, and live with integrity.
#RadicalSelfCare
#RadicalSelfCare
December 7, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Owls know best. Learn. But don’t absorb all the emotions, lies, wrongs, mistakes in this world. You will overload, become toxic and become part of the problem. Stay clear minded, make good decisions, and live with integrity.
#RadicalSelfCare
#RadicalSelfCare
After 10 incredible, creative, boundary-pushing years, my publisher and I have decided to close FRONTRUNNER. We are grateful to our friends and family for their support, and will continue to maintain the website as an archive. The next leap? The academic/real-world that is all things 007. Onward 💛
December 5, 2024 at 8:53 PM
After 10 incredible, creative, boundary-pushing years, my publisher and I have decided to close FRONTRUNNER. We are grateful to our friends and family for their support, and will continue to maintain the website as an archive. The next leap? The academic/real-world that is all things 007. Onward 💛
Since the 1st night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, here’s my Festivus wish:
A better year than 2024 and…maybe 15 minutes with Barbara Broccoli 😉
A better year than 2024 and…maybe 15 minutes with Barbara Broccoli 😉
December 1, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Since the 1st night of Hanukkah falls on Christmas, here’s my Festivus wish:
A better year than 2024 and…maybe 15 minutes with Barbara Broccoli 😉
A better year than 2024 and…maybe 15 minutes with Barbara Broccoli 😉
To the youngsters watching, and rightfully enjoying, #Wicked: …growing up, I also relished the story of an underappreciated, supremely talented witch who saved her country and turned a sleazy, lying conman into her greatest cheerleader.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
a woman in a purple dress is dancing in a room with a group of people .
ALT: a woman in a purple dress is dancing in a room with a group of people .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2024 at 6:10 PM
To the youngsters watching, and rightfully enjoying, #Wicked: …growing up, I also relished the story of an underappreciated, supremely talented witch who saved her country and turned a sleazy, lying conman into her greatest cheerleader.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Now, I don’t know about you, but as someone who can only partially excuse (not exonerate) the brutality against women that Ian Fleming so pointedly described in his Bond novels…
…don’t think I’d call Bond a *feminist.*
Yep. Someone actually posited this at my conference last night. Unironically.
…don’t think I’d call Bond a *feminist.*
Yep. Someone actually posited this at my conference last night. Unironically.
November 17, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Now, I don’t know about you, but as someone who can only partially excuse (not exonerate) the brutality against women that Ian Fleming so pointedly described in his Bond novels…
…don’t think I’d call Bond a *feminist.*
Yep. Someone actually posited this at my conference last night. Unironically.
…don’t think I’d call Bond a *feminist.*
Yep. Someone actually posited this at my conference last night. Unironically.
On the heels of my conference today, a shoutout to my all-time favourite Bond villainess - a force to be reckoned with both onscreen and in real life - Luciana Paluzzi.
#JamesBond #villainess #femmefatale
#JamesBond #villainess #femmefatale
November 16, 2024 at 12:38 AM
On the heels of my conference today, a shoutout to my all-time favourite Bond villainess - a force to be reckoned with both onscreen and in real life - Luciana Paluzzi.
#JamesBond #villainess #femmefatale
#JamesBond #villainess #femmefatale
This evening, I’ll be participating in a panel for SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Languages Association) under the prompt “The Visible and Invisible Worlds of James Bond.” My topic: the most invisible villainess, Rosa Klebb.
#JamesBond #villainess
#JamesBond #villainess
November 16, 2024 at 12:12 AM
This evening, I’ll be participating in a panel for SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Languages Association) under the prompt “The Visible and Invisible Worlds of James Bond.” My topic: the most invisible villainess, Rosa Klebb.
#JamesBond #villainess
#JamesBond #villainess
Umm, I thought this place was supposed to be a haven for sentient, empathetic beings…all I’m seeing is a lot of apocalyptic screams with not a lot of active calls for the resistance.
Have we given up?
Have we given up?
November 14, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Umm, I thought this place was supposed to be a haven for sentient, empathetic beings…all I’m seeing is a lot of apocalyptic screams with not a lot of active calls for the resistance.
Have we given up?
Have we given up?
This picture of my grandparents was taken around the time I was born (round 1983, or perhaps earlier). My grandfather passed in ‘97 and my grandmother lived on until 2022. Like my ancestors during the Holocaust, I wonder whether they were now spared all of the frightening, inhuman things to come.
November 13, 2024 at 10:12 AM
This picture of my grandparents was taken around the time I was born (round 1983, or perhaps earlier). My grandfather passed in ‘97 and my grandmother lived on until 2022. Like my ancestors during the Holocaust, I wonder whether they were now spared all of the frightening, inhuman things to come.