It was so refreshing to interview Cj of Black Lodge Press, such a principled, committed and caring guy - make sure to check out his Glasgow Zine Library Zine Fest event CCA 'Political Vessels' in May!

My father 67 suffers from hypertension, and my mother 59 suffers from chronic heart disease.

‼️ We have reached £12k out of £52k. Help me evacuate them from Rafah as soon as possible. Even £1 can help! 🚨

Please share my GFM to reach those kind hearts!
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Ahead of events at CCA / Glasgow Zine Library and Embassy, we talk to Majazz Project's Mo’min about the evolution of Palestinian music, and archiving as political resistance

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I am looking for someone interested in covering Cannes for Senses of Cinema ... and maybe Sheffield DocFest also... ? If that's you, please email my Senses email address (on the proposals page at the bottom under Festival Reports: sensesofcinema.com/about/proposal…)

In n+1’s Spring issue, Nicole Lipman reviews SHEIN, “the world’s most googled clothing brand, the largest fast-fashion retailer by sales in the United States, and one of the most popular shopping apps in the world.” nplusonemag.com/issue-47/revie…

Why isn’t BBC News (UK) doing its fucking job and interrogating why a backbench MP, no longer in the government, appears to be doing ministerial work in Israel?

In this week's Zap! round up...

📽️ GFT showcase Lynne Ramsay rereleases
🎭 THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE at Traverse Theatre + Aberdeen Performing Arts
😂 Marjolein Robertson at The Stand Glasgow
🎤 Beans (@mrballbeam) at Summerhall

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It has been one of the most maddening and disorienting experiences of my life to see this move from a proscribed “fringe” belief to leading mainstream editorial position.

The Cinema For Gaza auction is live with an insane amount of items from Tilda Swinton! Ramy Youssef! Annie Lennox! Josh O'Connor! Nia DaCosta! Gurinder Chadha! Arthur Darvill! Karen Gillan! Frankie Boyle! Asim Chaudhry! Jonathan Glazer! Brian Cox! BID NOW! uk.givergy.com/cinemaforgaza

Myself and Amon Warmann have teamed up to put together a critic swag bundle for the Cinema For Gaza auction 😎

Check out everything included in the bundle here: uk.givergy.com/cinemaforgaza/…

When Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza, the world wouldn’t believe it and Israel blamed a misfired rocket from Hamas…

Israel has now destroyed all 36 hospitals in Gaza including its largest medical facility the al-Shifa Hospital…

THIS IS A GENOCIDE...🇵🇸💔

Today we announce Cinema For Gaza, beginning with an auction in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians. The auction is filled with unique items & experiences kindly donated by some of film's biggest stars including Ramy Youssef, Tilda Swinton, Harris Dickinson, Nia DaCosta theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/…

and, admittedly presented with some bias, me on Anne Carson (WRONG NORMA)!
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there are huge ramifications from this decision and so many artists (especially but not only queer artists) are now terrified that the already scant funding available, which is already subject to a huge bureaucratic load for artists, will now be unavailable to them

As Three Births is published by Granta Books, @k__patrick talks to anahit behrooz about obsessive desire, queerness, and why having a crush “traps you in the present” ❤️
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New piece on Zone of Interest: the speech, the lies, most of all, Glazer's harrowing warning about how genocide can become 'ambient.'

This is what feels most contemporary, most of this terrible moment, about Glazer’s staggering film.

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I really do adore this @404ink series (my faves being BFFs by anahit behrooz and The End by katie goh 吴淑美) and now you can pick up my contribution at my beloved The Portobello Bookshop!