Crushing Disappointment

Stand by Me

"It's like God gave you something man. All those stories that you can make up, and He said, "This is what we got for you kid, try not to lose it."" Welcome to Episode #32 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to Annie about her crush on Stand by Me (1986). Disappointments Does you being awkward absolve you of making people uncomfortable? In the intro, would it have sounded more adult to say "one of my closest friends" instead of "one of my best friends"? Do you think that friends you met through a friend-spouse could be convinced that you had intended to include them but messed up with the wording, and that you do care for them? Did you give up editing the clicks? Stand by Me (1986) - Trivia - IMDb

Emma Goldman

"If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus." Welcome to Episode #31 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to himself about his crush on Emma Goldman. Disappointments: Is it called the Britannia Encyclopedia? In the 1890s, would you need to fill in an application to live in a brothel? Have you got worse at enunciating? How do you manage to speak quickly but with no energy? Emma Goldman: Living My Life Loyal Books (Podcast): Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldma‪n Penny A. Weiss &Loretta Kensinger: Feminist Interpretations of Emma Goldman Paul Avrich & Karen Avrich: Sasha and Emma: The Anarchist Odyssey of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Alix Kates Shulman: Dances with Feminists (Women's Review of Books, Vol. IX, no. 3, December 1991) The History Channel: Haymarket Riot Britannica Encyclopedia: Homestead Strike

Cindi Mayweather

"I imagined Many Moons in the sky lighting the way to freedom" Welcome to Episode #30 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to himself about his crush on Cindi Mayweather. Disappointments: Was this too ambitious? Should you have used more sources than just those you found by searching "Cindi Mayweather" on Google Scholar? Should you have just left this to people who are better equipped to discuss race, class, and gender? Donna Haraway: A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century Cassandra L. Jones: “Tryna Free Kansas City” The Revolutions of Janelle Monáe as Digital Griot Daylanne K. English and Alvin Kim: Now We Want Our Funk Cut Janelle Monáe’s Neo-Afrofuturism D.A. Hassler-Forest: The Politics of World-Building: Heteroglossia in Janelle Monáe's Afrofuturist WondaLand Nathalie Aghoro : Agency in the Afrofuturist Ontologies of Erykah Badu and Janelle Monáe Grace D. Gipson: Afrofuturism's Musical Princess Janelle Monáe: Psychedelic Soul Message Music Infused with a Sci-Fi Twist Anders Liljedahl: Recalling the (Afro)future: Collective Memory and the Construction of Subversive Meanings in Janelle Monáe's Metropolis-Suites Aleksandra Szaniawska: Gestural Refusals, Embodied Flights Janelle Monáe’s Vision of Black Queer Futurity Jana Baró González: The ArchAndroid: Cyborg Consciousness in Janelle Monáe’s Cindi Mayweather Saga E. van Soldt: “Black Girl Magic, Y‟all Can‟t Stand It”: On Afrofuturism and intersectionality in Janelle Monáe‟s Dirty Computer Darieus Antonino Za Gara II: Finding Moments of Rupture in Monáe's Metropolis: A Hybrid Tradition Brianne A. Painia: “My Crown Too Heavy Like the Queen Nefertiti”: A Black Feminist Analysis of Erykah Badu, Beyoncé Knowles, Nicki Minaj, and Janelle Monáe Afrofuturists, authors and other interesting people to follow on twitter: Ytasha Womack, Ingrid LaFleur, Cassandra L. Jones, Nnedi Okorafor, Tananarive Due, N. K. Jemisin Ytasha Womack - Afrofuturism Imagination and Humanity TEDxFortGreeneSalon - Ingrid LaFleur - Visual Aesthetics of Afrofuturism Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa | Nnedi Okorafor Ytasha Womack L. Womack: Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture What does the Afrofuture say? Articles about Janelle Monáe Elizabeth Sandifer: A Short Guide to Janelle Monáe and the Metropolis Saga Aja Romano (Vox): Janelle Monáe’s body of work is a masterpiece of modern science fiction Geoffrey Himes (Paste Magazine): Janelle Monáe: Imagining Her Own Future Charles Pulliam-Moore (Gizmodo): From Metropolis to Dirty Computer: A Guide to Janelle Monáe's Time-Traveling Musical Odyssey YouTube Videos about Haraway I took the idea of "A Cyborg Manifesto" arguing for a 'posthumanism that is culturally and socially specific' from Rosanna McNamara, '15 Minutes of Utopia - A Cyborg Manifesto' & I took the comparison between the Cyborg and Marx's conception of capitalism producing the tools to destroy itself from "Theory and Philosophy"'s Donna Haraway's "A Cyborg Manifesto" Janelle Monáe Emotion Pictures mentioned Many Moons Tightrope Q.U.E.E.N. Primetime Dirty Computer

Wallace Wood

"I worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for years. Being a comic book artist is like sentencing yourself to life imprisonment at hard labor in solitary confinement. I don't think I'd do it again." Welcome to Episode #29 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to himself about his crush on Wallace Wood. Disappointments: Is "being pretty excitement" correct English? Does this episode contain jump scares when you suddenly start talking enthusiastically after expressing no emotion for minutes? Could you enunciate a bit more, please? How many times to you say "Starger and Spurlock"? Steve Starger and J. David Spurlock: Wally's World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood. The World's Second-Best Comic Book Artist Bhob Stewart & J. Michael Catron: The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 1 Bhob Stewart & J. Michael Catron: The Life and Legend of Wallace Wood Volume 2 Qiana Whitted: EC Comics: Race, Shock & Social Protest Sean Howe: Marvel Comics: The Untold Story Marvel in the Silver Age: Daredevil: Hooray for Wally Wood Matt Seneca: An Erection Four Decades Long: The Pornography of Wally Wood The Jock and Nerd Podcast: The 50th Anniversary of Wally Wood’s Red Daredevil (09/10/2015) Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill: Episode 148 - Wally Wood’s Gang Bang #1 (1980) Comic book artist Ken Landgraf demonstrates Wally Wood style lighting techniques HOW TO INK: Studying Inking Masters Episode 4 - Moebius, Wally Wood, P Craig Russell, & more Some Featured Wallace Wood Comics My World (Weird Science #22) The Guilty! (Shock SuspenStories #3) In Gratitude (Shock SuspenStories #11) Perimeter (Frontline Combat #15) The Disney Memorial Orgy My Word (Big Apple Comix #1) This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Shah Rukh Khan

"If she loves you then she will turn around and see you ... turn ... turn!" Welcome to Episode #28 of Crushing Disappointment. Matt chats to Shandana about her crush on Shah Rukh Khan. Disappointments: How is it possible that you still don't know how to use a microphone? Do you have any new questions, ideas, thoughts? Did you not think about how to end the episode? Nosheen Iqbal (The Guardian): Shah Rukh Khan: ‘My success is all down to the women I’ve worked with’ Khandaan- A Bollywood Podcast Julien Cayla: Following the Endorser's Shadow: Shah Rukh Khan and the Creation of the Cosmopolitan Indian Male Neelam Sidhar Wright: Bollywood and Postmodernism Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan Sonia Mariam Thomas (Buzzfeed): The Undeniable Misery Of Being A Shah Rukh Khan Fan Today Richard Dyer: Entertainment & Utopia Sunny Singh: The Road to Rāmarājya: Analysing Shah Rukh Khan’s Parallel Text in Commercial Hindi Cinema Podcast Recommendations Thirst Aid Kit Into It with Elle Collins Scroobius Pip's Distraction Pieces This podcast is powered by Pinecast.