Let’s do another one! This is fun! And Manoranjan is ALSO very very fun. And on Netflix! Woo!
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Thinky Post Related to How MeToo Played Out in India: Just As There is No “Perfect Victim” There is Also No “Perfect Villain”
This is a small thought, hardly even worth a post, but it keeps niggling into my brain and not letting go. So I’m posting about it anyway!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me as I Watch Other People Clean My House?
Happy Monday! And Happy Cleaners Day! I’ve had these lovely ladies in once a month for over a year now and I have almost mastered not feeling like a bad person. I have the money, there’s nothing morally superior about doing your own cleaning (no matter what my crazy Germanic ghost ancestor ladies are screaming at me), and it makes SUCH a difference to know that at least once a month my floors will be scrubbed, stove top cleaned, etc. etc.
Continue readingJunglee Discussion Post!
Hey, it’s international women’s day! And this is a great film to discuss in celebration. Easily passes the Bechdel test, plus I think the female main characters actually outnumber the male? Definitely their dialogue outnumbers.
Continue readingDCIB Zoom Discussion! Junglee! 6pm Friday March 8 Chicago Time!
Woot! We found a time and day! 6pm Friday Chicago time. Right day for Shelomit, early enough for Naina, late enough for Filmikudhi. And Junglee, which I have sort of found with subs!
Continue readingJunglee Zoom Discussion! March 9th! Can Anyone Come? And What Time of Day is Good?
Apologies, I mixed up my dates and originally announced for March 8 which is a Friday. So scratch that, I meant March 9 which is a Saturday! Is anyone still interested? And is evening Chicago time still a good time? Or is morning/afternoon/some other time better?
Continue readingWeek Roundup: I’ve Been Gone! What Have I Missed???
Happy Tuesday! It’s a week and one day since I last posted! I went on vacation and did NOTHING very aggressively. I went to a different coffee shop every morning and read my book for over an hour, then wandered around until I found a place to eat lunch, then wandered some more until I found a place to sit and finish my book, then went back to my hotel room to start a new book. 4 books in 4 days! The perfect break. Oh, and also a pedicure, a massage, acupuncture, and a Psychic reading, just for fun. And I bought hair dye and used the hotel shower to re-dye my hair. So you can see, I was very very busy with no time for blogging.
Continue readingTips for Tension! How Do You Get Through Yucky Meetings?
This just came up in a comment, and it’s something I struggle with to, and I thought “let’s pool resources!” Because this is definitely a universal, everyone has those things you dread whether it is a meeting with your boss or a dentist appointment, and we waste so much energy worrying in advance and after for no reason.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week I Go ON VACATION????
I am SO excited! I am going to a place that is not-home to do things that are not-work for 4 whole days! Oh, and also a place that is not-winter. I got a hotel room with a balcony across the street from a park, and I’m planning to go straight from the airport to a Barnes and Noble and load up on books. And that’s it, that’s the extent of my vacation planning. Park, balcony, books, sunshine. And NOT packing my laptop so I won’t even be tempted to work. Although I am hoping to write some blog posts either on my phone or on a library computer or something.
Continue readingThe Women Are Coming!!!! Heeramandi and Crew Trailers
Thank you lovely readers for alerting me to these! They both look fun and female and make me happy, yaaaaaaaay!
Continue readingDCIB Zoom Discussion: Junglee! March 8th! Time TBD
I have decided! I haven’t seen Junglee, and this will get me to finally watch it, so let’s go with this one! And I am super SUPER looking forward to actually for real seeing you all again!
Continue readingThinky Post: Should Mothers Be Held to a Different Standard?
Netflix is releasing an Indira Mukerjea documentary, the Lori Vallow and Ruby Franke stories are still big news in America, and so far as I can tell from looking at international true crime, anything involving a mother harming her child for her own gain is big news everywhere. Why is that? And is that justified?
Continue readingChatty Check-In Post: What Are You Looking Forward to This Spring and Summer?
We haven’t had a good chat in a bit! And it feels like this a good February topic, as we all start cranking up 2024 and figuring out plans and all that.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on American President’s Day???
Happy Monday! I am still just flying from our Zoom call on Sunday! We definitely need to do more of those. And hey, I’m actually getting this post out this week ON MONDAY. Not Monday morning, but at least it’s the right day? I’m getting there.
Continue readingSangam Discussion Post! For Those Who Can’t Make the Zoom!
Ready for coolness? I had this open WHILE WE WERE ZOOM TALKING and I made notes!!! So it’s like you were in the Zoom, even if you weren’t. And you can just pick up our discussion from where we left off.
Continue readingOne Hour Sangam Zoom Discussion! 6:30 Chicago Time on Saturday!!!!
Woo-hoo! Saturday evening my time, which should be late afternoon West Coast, and slightly later evening East Coast. I’m excited and hopefully everyone who is interested can make it. If not, I’ll also be posting a discussion space.
Continue readingHAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!!
I was gonna come up with a more specific theme for this post, but no! Just doing Valentine’s Day!
Continue readingSangam Zoom Discussion on the Saturday the 17th! Early Morning Chicago time? Late Evening? Middle of the night? I can do ANY TIME (except 11-3pm Chicago time)
Yes! Let’s do it! If you are interested, tell me the times that work for you, and then I will email out links. Fun fun fun!
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me on Lincoln’s Birthday????
Happy Monday! And Happy Happy HAPPY Lincoln’s Birthday!!!! One of my favorite holidays. Just such a solid dude in so many ways.
Continue readingMonday (Tuesday) Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the First Week of February?
Happy Tuesday! Yesterday was the usual mad Monday dash, but today things have calmed down a little so I can actually write this post.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: 8am Chicago Time, Thank You For Coming! Raunchy Female Friendship Comedy!
Happy Saturday! I got to sleep allllllllllllll the way to 8am today. And now I get to watch this lovely thing with you lovely people, and drive around doing errands, and then come home and have dinner with The Upstairs People. Oh, and if everyone ends up being too busy to come, I will give it 15 minutes for someone to join and then quit posting comments.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: Thank You For Coming, 8am Chicago Time Saturday, on Netflix!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, watchalong!!!! Hoping folks can make it, I picked 8am instead of 7am because this is a less than 2 hour movie. Be warned, it is also NOT a child friendly movie (sex sex sex in the plot), so those with kids, take care.
Continue readingWeekend WatchAlong: Who Wants to Watch a Female Friendship Sex Comedy By the Team Behind Veere Di Wedding?
I just learned through an Anil Kapoor interview that Rhea’s made another female friendship movie! I love her female friendship movies! But I would rather watch them with an actual group of friends, so I am hoping I can coordinate a watchalong.
Continue readingFighter Review (SPOILERS): That Was a Dull 3 Hours of My Life
As I said in the No Spoilers, the worst fault of this film is that it was BORING. To the point that I may have missed plot points because it was just so DULL. Even worse, I noticed plot holes because I wasn’t distracted enough.
Continue readingFighter Review (No Spoilers): I Kept Checking the Time, Not a Good Sign
Forget the politics, the stars, the songs, all the rest of it. You may want to skip this movie just because I found myself checking the time every 15 minutes. That’s baaaaaaaaaaaad! Especially since I kept going “It’s only been 15 minutes??? That felt like an hour!”
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