3/6/22 - Reactions to a NY Times article about COVID-themed fiction

Here is the link to my March 6, 2022, Twitter thread reaction to a New York Times article by Alexandra Alter about COVID-themed fiction.

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6/24/21 21 lesbian bars left in the United States

Here is the link to my June 24, 2021, Twitter thread reaction to an article in The Denver Post talking about how there are only 21 lesbian bars remaining in the United States.

The thread also promotes by COVID-inspired fetish sci-fi story Spring Quarantine, since a lesbian bar plays a role in it.

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6/12/21 how I spent my day

Here is the link to my June 12, 2021, Twitter thread about my day -- gardening, hiking, reading, and going to a restaurant.

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5/23/21 criticism of use of term "white slavery" in a book review

Here is the link to my May 23, 2021, Twitter thread reaction to a review in The Denver Post of the book The Girl Who Dared to Defy, by Jane Little Botkin.

My reaction essentially criticizes the review's use of the term "white slavery."

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2/4/19 discussion about Colorado's 2019 comprehensive sex education bill

Here is the link to my February 4, 2019, Twitter thread discussion about the first committee hearings for the 2019 bill regarding updates to Colorado's policy on sex education.

The 2019 bill aimed to make sex education comprehensive, scientific, equitable, and inclusive of the concept of consent.

Folks who fought against the bill -- hundreds of conservatives, all called to protest the bill at the committee meetings -- all claimed the bill essentially promoted pedophilia. Some of the conservatives at the committee meetings even called some of the legislators supporting the bills pedophiles.

I didn't attend any of these committee meetings. I didn't actually know about the first ones until it was too late. However, the events surrounding this bill influenced my thinking a lot, all the way through to today.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is very affected, and is only somewhat coherent. My apologies.

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6/11/17 review of book Thunder in the Rockies, by Bill Hosokawa

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post, written by Bill Hosokawa.

The thread gives some context on the book, which is a history of the newspaper The Denver Post. The thread discusses some of the main characters in the book. It discusses the various management styles various editors used. It mentions the paper's role in the community. And it reflects on the time period in which the book was written.

Here is the link to the website for The Denver Post.

12/10/16 discussion of Rhinoceropolis Denver closure

(Image source: https://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/09/denver-fire-rhinoceropolis-artist-code-violations/)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2016 closure of the DIY art-and-living space Rhinoceropolis in Denver, Colorado.

The thread starts with a Denver Post article (linked below photo above). The thread gives some background on the closure. It discusses my experience with the space and its artists. And it puts the Rhinoceropolis situation in a Denver and a national context.

2/27/16 review of documentary Rolling Papers, dir. by Mitch Dickman

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Rolling Papers, directed by Mitch Dickman.

The documentary Rolling Papers is about the Denver Post newspaper's efforts, led by Editor Greg Moore and journalist Ricardo Baca, to create its Cannabist news team to follow the commercialization of the fledgling cannabis industry.

The thread discusses how the documentary portrays journalism, the team of journalists, some of my favorite journalists in the doc, and the cannabis industry. The thread also gives links to the film's trailer and the website for the film.

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

8/30/15 review of Castiglione exhibit at Denver Art Museum

(Image source: https://denverartmuseum.org/exhibitions/castiglione-lost-genius)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Castiglione: Lost Genius, the exhibition of masterworks on paper from the Royal Collection that showed at the Denver Art Museum in 2015.

This is actually a strange thread, as I addressed it to Arts and Entertainment reporter Ray Rinaldi, after he'd written a review of the show for the Denver Post. The thread is brief. But it gives a few photos and discusses a couple elements of Castiglione's work that I like.

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

Here is the link to Rinaldi's article on the show for the Denver Post.