HeyJaredSongs for the Struggling Artist
I blog about the Arts and feminism and some other stuff too. But mostly the Arts and feminist stuff.
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Ladies First Should Have Been a Better Movie (opens the original)
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I would have given up on watching Ladies First but after seeing that both Fiona Shaw and Kathryn Hunter were in it, I felt I had to see if maybe this time they’d have a scene together. And hot dog, they did! It was two lines long and it went like this:FS: Men.KH: Tell me about it.And that is all we got to see of two of the great actors of Britain together.This kind of disappointment sort of summarizes everything about Ladies First. It presents a great opportunity and then absolutely squanders it
Yes, I Know Substack Is Problematic (opens the original)
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In certain sections of the internet, you’ll find many pronouncements about Substack. I’ve seen people declare that they will not read anything on Substack, no matter how much they like the author. In case you don’t hang out in these corners of the internet, the reason for this is that Substack has some writers putting out Nazi content and the owners have not done anything about it. I agree this is bad. But I have not removed my own content on Substack in response.Why?! What?! How could I, an avo
Shakespeare’s Wife (opens the original)
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So many people asked me if I’d seen Hamnet yet and I hadn’t and somehow didn’t want to. But I was on a plane and it was available there, when other choices weren’t that exciting. I did think to myself “Do I feel like crying on the plane today?” and answered eventually with, “Not particularly, but, what the hell?” So I watched it and I cried on the plane, of course, but I resented it and I felt I needed to unpack why.There’s a genre of book I have recently sworn off, despite having been attracted
The Roller Coaster of Supporting an Artist (opens the original)
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At LA WebFest, one of the directors told an anecdote about being captivated by an artist’s work early in their career and getting to watch them grow and succeed. He was invested in this artist’s ascension and he recommended the practice of investing in young artists, in order to have the pleasure of watching them make it. It was a sweet plea to get on board with artists before it’s fashionable.It made me think about the other side of this experience – the people who invest in artists with the fe
A Spaghetti Junction of Milestones (opens the original)
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As I saw the 500th episode of the Songs for the Struggling Artist podcast approaching, I wondered how I should honor it. 500 is a lot of episodes and such a nice round number. It is a big milestone! So I thought maybe I’d write about it and let that be the 500th episode. I let that idea simmer for a bit.Then I got a notification that the blog had just surpassed 100,000 views. This is also a big milestone. Not even a week later, I got a notification that the blog had gotten views from 150 countri
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