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trying to write a novel. bylines: New Yorker, Salon, Atlantic, Chronicle of Higher Ed, KERA, Vice, E! //she/her #BLM
Aug 1, 2021 38 tweets 15 min read
40 years ago today, #MTV premiered. In celebration, I’m going to provide a thread about the iconic channel’s creation. Join me, won’t you, for a stroll down memory lane? .@MarthaQuinn , 1 of the OG VJs, recalls the first time she ever heard about the channel, in July 1981: “I was at [my internship at WNBC] one afternoon when a guy in the office said, ‘You should be a V.J.’ I said, ‘What’s a V.J.?’
Jul 30, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Got the TV to myself for the next 6 nights so you know what that means: all horror movies, all the time. First up, DON’T BREATHE (2016). Will also take reccs for films currently streaming or available to rent but be warned: I have seen a lot.