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Gary Indiana’s Exuberant Venom
Share The Frieze announcement read “ Gary Indiana, Acerbic Novelist and Critic, Has Died Aged 74 ,” though “Gary Indiana, Huge Bitch and Faggot Forefather” would have worked too. Throughout a career of over 40 years, the cultural critic and novelist’s works — among them a series of true-crime books about the Menendez brothers ( Resentment: A Comedy ) and Andrew Cunanan ( Three Day Fever ) — documented the seedy vanities and sorrows of American life.
Gary Indiana’s Exuberant Venom
Gary Indiana (right) in the late 1980s with critic Hilton Als. The Frieze announcement read “Gary Indiana, Acerbic Novelist and Critic, Has Died Aged 74,” though “Gary Indiana, Huge Bitch and Faggot Forefather” would have worked too.
Time-on-task-related decrements in performance in the rodent continuous performance test are not caused by physical disengagement from the task
Abstract Attention deficits, a hallmark of many neuropsychiatric disorders, significantly impair quality of life and functional outcome for patients. Continuous Performance Tests (CPTs) are widely used to assess attentional function in clinical settings and have been adapted for mice as the rodent Continuous Performance Test (rCPT).
Mary Gaitskill and Emma Cline Are Co-Presidents of the John Cheever Fan Club
books At a panel discussion for the New Yorker Festival featuring Emma Cline, Mary Gaitskill, and moderator Molly Fisher, Cline said John Cheever’s much-anthologized short story “The Swimmer,” which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1964, inspired the ending of her latest novel, The Guest. Gaitskill remarked that Cheever is one of her favorite short-story writers; Cline agreed.
Sex Between the Pages at The New Yorker Festival
Gathered in Midtown for the annual New Yorker Festival, the literati agreed on two things: (1) more horny books, and (2) sex scenes in books, like onscreen, are changing. It started Saturday early afternoon when New Yorker staff writer Naomi Fry led a chat with Judy Blume and Curtis Sittenfeld, who had a lot to say about sex scenes, intimacy in fiction, and imagining politicians fucking. The discussion covered all of Blume’s greatest hits, including Are You There, God?
On Madonna, Self-Mythology, and Her Many Eras
In 2007, Stuart Hall, who helped found an academic field called cultural studies, was over it. “I really cannot read another cultural-studies analysis of Madonna or The Sopranos,” he said. It was a half-serious jab, but he had a point: There was an unbelievable amount of scholarship on the woman who remains, 40 years after her debut, the foremother of the present-day pop star.
Robert Plunket Is Fine With Being Rediscovered
Robert Plunket, Florida man. Photo: Hannah Phillips Robert Plunket is finally getting his due. My Search for Warren Harding, his first novel, published in 1983, was reissued in June by New Directions, prompting a round of praise for the author from all corners: the New York Times (“stealthily influential”), The Paris Review (“one of the best, and most invigorating books I’d read in years”), and The New Yorker (“one of America’s funniest, gayest writers”). So where has Plunket been this whole time?
Why did Succession Episode 5 Film in Norway
Photo: Graeme Hunter/Graeme Hunter Location, location, location! Even before touching down in Scandinavia, the Waystar team is anticipating all the threats their mysterious Nordic counterparts and an unfamiliar landscape might pose. Enter Gerri, who pumps everyone up with a speech dragging the welfare state: “Sure, they’re young and they’re fit,” she says on the plane ride, “but they’re European. They’re soft.
Midlands Voices: School choice changed our lives
Our stories are unique, but we have many things in common. We were born to parents who loved us but could not afford what many take for granted - a good education. We both grew up surrounded by peers full of potential and big dreams, whose parents also loved them and worked hard, but who had less opportunities and therefore took very different paths.
Introducing the PoN Relay-A Revolutionary Decentralized MEV Relay
Decentralization is the backbone of blockchain technology, representing a revolutionary breakthrough for humanity. But as with any new invention, novel challenges arise, one in particular, threatens the integrity of a decentralized consensus in the Ethereum network. The Ethereum Community, including Vitalik Buterin, is actively proposing solutions to this outstanding threat to consensus. We are thrilled to unveil a game changing solution: the Proof-of-Neutrality Relay (PoN).
Class Struggle & Higher Education
The revived discourse around student loan forgiveness has created a forest for the tree moment, yet again, in how the masses react to what is purported to be incremental “wins.” The Biden administration recently announced that the federal government will forgive $10,000 in student loan debt for Americans making less than $125,000 annually as well as extend the student loan repayment moratorium.
TV preview: Fall features premieres of highly-anticipated new and returning series
This post was updated Oct. 7 at 6:09 p.m. The summer sun is quickly fading, but autumn’s upcoming releases are burning up television screens. From crowd-favorite romance thrillers and football dramas returning for more fiery seasons to a brand-new Marvel hero series stirring up fan excitement, viewers can expect to be bingeing at least one show in this fall’s TV lineup. Keep reading for the Daily Bruin’s top small screen picks this fall. (Courtesy of John P.
UCLA faculty member Emmy nominated for meticulous work on 'WandaVision' - Daily Bruin
Mark Worthington needed more than just an Infinity Stone to create Wanda Maximoff’s reality. Set in a post-“Avengers: Endgame” world, “WandaVision” follows the infamous Scarlet Witch’s (Elizabeth Olsen) complicated journey through grief and loss as she creates an alternate sitcom-themed reality to relive a life with her late partner, Vision (Paul Bettany).
‘Gossip Girl’ season 1 recap – episode 6: ‘Parentsite’ - Daily Bruin
Warning: spoilers ahead. Heads up, the parents of the filthy rich kids are making their landing. The sixth installment of “Gossip Girl” introduces the parents of Obie (Eli Brown) and Aki (Evan Mock) – and they have no intentions of playing nice. New drama unfolds as Zoya (Whitney Peak) finally meets Obie’s mother, Helena (Lyne Renée), a potent figure he has been afraid to disappoint.
‘Gossip Girl’ season 1 recap – episode 4: ‘Fire Walks with Z’ - Daily Bruin
Warning: spoilers ahead. The opulent New York City borough is now the home of a sisterly civil war. The fourth episode of “Gossip Girl” conjures up an arms race between Zoya (Whitney Peak) and Julien (Jordan Alexander) as they fight to gain social power at Constance Billard, battling at the cost of their sympathy for one another.
‘Gossip Girl’ season 1 recap – episode 2: ‘She's Having a Maybe’ - Daily Bruin
Warning: spoilers ahead. Spotted: Gossip Girl leaks juicy content for her followers – until it backfires harshly. Released Thursday, the second installment of “Gossip Girl” follows the insurmountable figure taking another jab at the problematic Julien (Jordan Alexander) and Zoya (Whitney Peak) sister duo. While the former struggles to keep her “Julliance” fanbase after being dumped by Obie (Eli Brown), the charming ex-boyfriend now has hopes to pair with the latter.
Q&A: Alumna Nicole Riegel talks higher education and the home that inspired 'Holler' - Daily Bruin
A young girl strives for a better life outside her small town and it will take giving her all. Premiering in select theaters Friday, alumna Nicole Riegel’s new film “Holler” revolves around graduating senior Ruth (Jessica Barden) who longs to escape her troublesome small-town life in Ohio and pursue higher education. She and her brother Blaze (Gus Halper) begin scrapping metal to make money for college, but the two quickly face jolting consequences when they begin stealing metal from factories.
UCLA student's art exhibit to question idea of home, support migrants - Daily Bruin
Gabriela Freid intends to prove home can be anything imaginable. The fifth-year art student is currently developing a reimagining of Lucy R. Lippard’s exhibition “Curating by Numbers” to be showcased in September. Unlike Lippard’s traveling exhibition, Freid’s modern version, “Responding in Numbers,” will ask the question “What is home?” The answers can vary greatly, Freid said, including categories such as cultures, smells and feelings.
Album review: Olivia Rodrigo's sweet songwriting delivers tale of teenage heartbreak in 'SOUR' - Daily Bruin
Olivia Rodrigo is sour with a sweet aftertaste. After her record-breaking hit “drivers license” blasted through car radios around the nation, Rodrigo has officially released her debut album, “SOUR” on Friday. Rodrigo’s outstanding songwriting paints the stages of a brutal breakup, with 11 songs that sail through the rough tides of a teenage heartbreak.
San Diego Opera stages 'The Barber of Seville' in drive-in format - Daily Bruin
The San Diego Opera is reviving the drive-in experience, bringing its arias and overtures to an outdoor stage. The company’s latest comic opera, “The Barber of Seville,” is running from Apr. 25 to May 1 outside of the Pechanga Arena in San Diego. As the production’s sound designer, alumnus Ross Goldman said the drive-in format allows guests to hear the performance through their car radios but comes with challenges of its own.
Alumna's film 'The Mole Agent' provides heartfelt look at living in a nursing home - Daily Bruin
Loneliness is a daunting feeling, and “The Mole Agent” perfectly depicts the emotions it comes with all inside a gloomy nursing home. The latest documentary produced by UCLA alumna Marcela Santibañez features an elder private investigator, Sergio Chamy, exploring the living conditions of a nursing home resident – but it soon reconfigures into a film that gives heartfelt insight into life at a small yet tightly knit home in Chile.
First-gen professionals find community, education and support through Instagram
Valeria Garcia overcame the barriers of stepping into the professional world as a first-generation student, and now she is paving the way for others from her phone. The assistant director at the Bruin Resource Center said she launched the First-Gen Professional Network two years ago on Instagram to spotlight first-generation professionals who can offer advice on transitioning into the workforce after graduating.
Cuba and the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black people have had a long, brutal, and disgusting history in the US & Cuba because of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade which is connected to colonialism that then became imperialism in the 20th century. The Spanish were the ones to first establish a population of enslaved Africans to begin working on exports that would be used to enrich the colonizers in the 16th century.
The Complicated Case of Hispanic Voters
“Latinos con Eisenhower,” formed by a Mexican American named John Flores, was the first full-throated organizing effort by Hispanic Republicans. In Cadava’s telling, postwar social mobility was a major catalyst for activism.
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD by Brandon Sanchez
I’m standing on top of Drew Barrymore’s star and the song’s issuing from a hot-purple Sony boom box someone set up a few feet away. The song is a little-known B-side called “Sargent Shriver.” My mom used to play it on cassette tape while we ran errands. I always liked the gooey synths. “Oh, Sargent Shriver / Why’d you go and roll / down Hickory Hill (oh oh oh).” It’s fine—no one on the boulevard will notice if I cry a little. Three young women (college kids?) point their phones at me.
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