10/30/17 review of a Colorado ballot initiatives presentation

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2017 presentation Colorado State Representatives Leslie Herod and James Coleman did on some initiatives that were on the ballot that year.

The thread discusses a $937 million GO bond initiative, which covered a lot of different items for Denver. It discusses Denver's green roof initiative. And it discusses a presentation given by Alton Dillard, the Chief Information Officer for Denver Elections.

For some reason, Twitter has twisted up a lot of my threads from late 2017. I hate to say, this one has to be the most twisted up thread. None of my tweets are in order, which makes it really hard for me to summarize the thread -- which is annoying, as there were actually a lot of great things discussed at this meeting.

10/29/17 review of documentary 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene, directed by Alexandre O. Philippe.

The thread gives a summary of and some context on the film and the shower scene from Hitchcock's film Psycho. It gives some context on Alexandre O. Philippe. The thread discusses some of the film's themes, like the cultural backdrop on Hitchcock's film Psycho, critic obsessiveness, fan obsessiveness, pro art and fan art, and the validity of everybody's experience of art. The thread also gives some of my criticisms of the documentary.

I saw this film at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Sloans Lake theater in Denver, Colorado.

10/29/17 review of Denver Art Museum show Her Paris

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Denver Art Museum's exhibition Her Paris: Women Artists and the Age of Impressionism.

The thread gives a bit of background on the show, which was curated by Laurence Madeline. It discusses how the show illustrates women artists' struggles for equality, but how it also lets the women's work speak for itself. It discusses how the work shows some individual artists' development. It gives a lot of pictures of and discusses work by artists like Mary Cassatt, Anna Elizabeth Krumpke, Cecilia Beaux, Marie Bashkirtseff, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot, Edma Morisot Pontillon.

Here is the link to the Denver Art Museum's web page for the show.

10/28/17 review of book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern.

The thread gives a summary of and some context on the book. It discusses some themes in the book like using quantum mechanics math to modernize economic math, decision making, games and anticipation, decision making in closed systems, zero-sum games, the logic of formal equivalence, coalition-forming, and information hoarding. It discusses some of my opinion's about the book's theme of game theory and the effect game theory has had on the world.

10/28/17 review of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance show My Father's House

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance's 2017 performance of My Father's House.

The thread gives some background on the show and context on Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. The thread discusses the performances of Copacetic, by Cleo Parker Robinson, Catharsis, by Garfield Lemonius, Spiritual Suite, and How Push Came to Shove, by Ray Mercer.

Here is the link to the website for Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.

I saw this performance at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver, in Colorado.

10/22/17 review of Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Bolshoi in Cinema performance of Le Corsaire.

The thread gives a summary of Le Corsaire and some context on the ballet and the Bolshoi's performance of it. The thread discusses narrative and dance in the ballet, Igor Tsvirko's performance, Ekaterina Krysanova's performance, Daria Khokhlova's performance, the grand scale of the performance, and Alexei Ratmansky's version of the ballet.

Here is the link to the website for the Bolshoi in Cinema.

I saw this screening at the Regal UA Denver Pavilions theater in downtown Denver, Colorado.

10/21/17 review of film The Florida Project, dir. by Sean Baker

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film The Florida Project, directed by Sean Baker.

The thread gives a summary of the film. It discusses the film's humor, somber tone, character choices, fatalism, and themes of homelessness. It discusses why the film resonated with me, some psychological aspects of the film, some urbex aspects, and Brooklynn Prince's performance. It discusses some films I feel would pair well with this film.

I saw this film at the Landmark Mayan Theatre in Denver, Colorado.

10/21/17 review of Museo de las Americas show Las (H)adas

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Museo de las Americas group show Las (H)adas.

The exhibition was a show of work about Latinas by five Colorado Latina artists. The thread gives a lot of pictures and discusses the show's themes, such as spiritual strength, self-representation, solidarity, and protection. The thread shows pictures of and discusses work by Jessica Luna, Meggan DeAnza, and the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Here is the link to the website for the Museo de las Americas in Denver, Colorado.

10/20/17 review of MoMA panel on Authority, Appropriation, and the Democratic Imagination

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Museum of Modern Art's 2017 panel on Authority, Appropriation, and the Democratic Imagination.

The moderator was Glenn Lowry, and the panelists were Alondra Nelson, Homi Bhabha, and Charles Taylor. The thread discussed some of the panel's themes, like cultural appropriation in the arts, authority over one's experiences, democracy and voice, creating convergent spaces in social media, the work of Anna Deavere Smith, giving people a sense of efficacy and authority, and the civic role of museums.

Here is the link to the website for the Museum of Modern Art.

10/19/17 review of Denver Arts and Venues IMAGINE 2020 talk

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of an IMAGINE 2020 discussion done by Denver Arts & Venues in October of 2017.

The talk was about how art can address demographic changes in cities. The talk included Dr. Manuel Pastor from USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity. The thread discusses themes from the talk such as the increasingly multiracial demographics of the US, the way in-migrations into cities can create racial wealth gaps, the way education systems reproduce those gaps, the need for empathy between generations, and the way art can help create understanding.

Here is the link to the website for Denver Arts and Venues.

10/17/17 review of speech by Dr. Lonnie Bunch about the NMAAHC

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a lecture Dr. Lonnie Bunch gave about the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Denver Art Museum in 2017.

The thread gives a summary of the speech and some context on the NMAAHC and Dr. Bunch's role as its founder. The thread discusses some of the themes of Dr. Bunch's speech, such as the historical struggle to get an African American history museum, its eventual approval, and the way the community provided artifacts for the museum. The thread also discusses Dr. Bunch's passion and how he built trust with communities all around the world. The thread discusses the NMAAHC's architecture and the impact the museum has already had on many people's lives.

Here is the link to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Here is the link to the Denver Art Museum.

This lecture was part of the Black Americas Project of the Biennial of the Americas.

10/16/17 review of documentary EX LIBRIS, dir. by Frederick Wiseman

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary EX LIBRIS: The New York Public Library, directed by Frederick Wiseman.

The thread gives a summary of the film. It gives some context on Wiseman, my experience with Wiseman's works, and my experiences with the New York Public Library. The thread discusses the film's themes, such as the NYPL's various functions, communication within the NYPL, community within the NYPL, public conversations, public-private partnerships, and other US library systems. The thread also discusses my own reactions to the film and the film's artistic touches.

I saw this film at the Denver Film Society's Sie FilmCenter in Denver, Colorado.

10/14/17 review of film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, dir. by Angela Robinson

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, directed by Angela Robinson.

The thread gives a summary of the film. It gives a lot of context for why I watched the film. It compares the film to Jill Lepore's book The Secret History of Wonder Woman. It discusses the emotional aspects of the film and the theatricality of the film, which I liked. It also criticizes the film for being kind of tepid, too self-serious, and too derivative of other films.

I saw this film at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Sloans Lake theater in Denver, Colorado.

10/14/17 review of documentary Wasted!, dir. by Nari Kye and Anna Chai

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, directed by Nari Kye and Anna Chai.

The thread gives a summary of the documentary. It mentions Anthony Bourdain's role as executive producer of the film. It discusses the film's fun form. It discusses some of the film's themes, like transformation, the business aspects of saving food, educating businesses, return on investment, and the EPA's food recovery pyramid schematic.

I saw this film at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Sloans Lake theater in Denver, Colorado.

10/12/17 promotion of my fanfiction Hallowgiving

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did in 2017 to promote my Halloween/Thanksgiving-themed fetish fanfiction Hallowgiving.

The thread gives a summary of the story and some things I like about it and felt were relevant to 2017 in particular.

10/10/17 review of State Representative Crisanta Duran town hall

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2017 town hall held by then-Colorado State Representative and Speaker of the House, Crisanta Duran.

The town hall was held to discuss strategies for addressing growth in Colorado. The thread discusses some of the town hall's themes, like affordable housing, renters' rights, transportation infrastructure, public transportation, changing Colorado's tax code, the potential of Amazon's HQ2 coming to Colorado, water usage, the environment, and helping the homeless population.

10/8/17 review of Access All Areas drag show

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2017 Access All Areas drag performance.

The thread gives some background on the show and its performers: Alaska Thunderfuck, Courtney Act, and Willam Belli. The thread gives a lot of pictures and a couple videos from the performance.

I saw this performance at The Oriental Theater in Denver, Colorado.

10/7/17 discussion about SpaceX and the possibilities of queer tech

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did in 2017 about SpaceX technology and the possibilities for thinking of tech in queer ways.

The thread discusses some of my background for thinking of tech in queer ways. It mentions passages in Bertrand Russell and Jean Piaget and Barbel Inhelder that point to possibilities for imagining science and tech in queer ways, and how that type of thought might dovetail with what queer theorists like Suzanna Danuta Walters and Sara Ahmed talk about when they talk about celebrating, not just tolerating, queerness. It then looks at the refueling process for SpaceX's BFR rocket in a kind of semiotic way to see how it might point to a queer rethinking of refueling aircraft.

Just as a note -- it's been about 2 1/2 years since I wrote this thread. In this time, I've read more queer theory and more queer theory about queering technology and queering "futures." But none of the theory addresses things in this specific way. I honestly think that's a shortcoming of current queer theory. Queer theory is often very socially -- and socioeconomically -- oriented. That's fine. But there are some urgent and vital issues that can be addressed, in my opinion, by thinking of queer theory in a much more image-based or allegory-based way. I'm hoping someone will look at things this way in the near future.

10/5/17 review of book Jesus Acted Up, by Robert Goss

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto, by Robert Goss.

The thread gives a summary of the book and some context on why I read it. It discusses the book's themes, such as the crucial activist moments in recent LGBTQ history, Christ's love versus patriarchal ideologies, the importance of Christian LGBTQ community, erotic and agape love, the sacraments as a queer act, and some of my criticisms of Goss's emphasis on the importance of Christianity for LGBTQ people.

10/5/17 discussion about retweeting the news

Here is the link to a Twitter thread I did in 2017 about retweeting the news.

This thread was one of my earlier attempts at making myself not retweet every news article I was seeing on Twitter. I wanted my followers (around 850 at that time) to know that even though I wasn't retweeting every single piece of bad news that came through on Twitter, that didn't mean I was unaware of the news.

10/4/17 review of Governor and Cabinet's town hall

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2017 town hall given by Colorado's then governor John Hickenlooper and his Cabinet.

The thread gives a bit of context on the town hall, which was mostly a Q&A session. The Q&A was almost totally taken up by a group called Criminal Colorado, which was fighting in 2017 against payroll fraud for construction workers. There were also discussions of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, the DREAMers, making a popular presidential election instead of an electoral one, the ending of the CHIP program, and young people getting involved in politics.

10/1/17 review of book Metaphors on Vision, by Stan Brakhage

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Metaphors on Vision, by Stan Brakhage.

The thread gives some context of the book, a classic work of film theory by, in my opinion, the greatest filmmaker of all time so far. The thread discusses some of the book's themes, like the physical and psychological senses of vision, art within daily and family life, the mysteries of birth and death, and disengaging film from narrative.

The thread also includes a "sub-thread" about my own personal experiences with the Anthology Film Archives in New York City, as Anthology was doing a talk and screening to celebrate the re-release of Metaphors on Vision.

Here is the link to the website for Anthology Film Archives.

Metaphors on Vision was re-released by Light Industry publishers. The book is now sold out. But Light Industry has other great books available.

10/1/17 review of documentary Haunters: The Art of the Scare

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Haunters: The Art of the Scare, directed by Jon Schnitzer.

The thread gives a summary of the documentary, which is about the subculture of extreme haunted house makers and visitors. The thread discusses some of the film's themes, like amateur versus pro haunters, the relationship between haunters and guests, some of the risks of haunted houses, haunted houses' religious roots, and the roots of the recent interest in haunted houses.

I saw this film at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Sloans Lake theater in Denver, Colorado.

10/1/17 review of documentary Dolores, dir. by Peter Bratt

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Dolores, directed by Peter Bratt.

The thread gives a summary of the documentary and some background on Dolores Huerta's life. The thread discusses some of the films themes, like disagreements among activists, Huerta's contribution to Latinx rights in the US, activist living as art, and Huerta's rallying cry of "Sí se puede."

I saw this film at the Landmark Mayan Theatre in Denver, Colorado.

10/1/17 review of Denver March for Black Women

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2017 March for Black Women in Denver, Colorado.

The thread gives some context on the March for Black Women. It discusses some of the themes of the march and rally, such as the struggle for equality, the importance of black women making their voices heard, disproportionate injustice and incarceration, standing up for each other, and black women in business.