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Back in 1991, the Sundance Film Festival introduced the Midnight category as a “special showcase of the most challenging but rewarding film experiences from around the world brought to you at the most arduous hour,” which—when you put it that way—sounds pretty lame. But actually these are the craziest, scariest, most unruly and bizarre films that our programmers could find, and here are a couple of our favorites from throughout the years.

Pictured above: Delicatessen | 1992 SFF, dir. Jean Pierre Jeunet

“The old building stands  somewhat apart from the rest of the city, against a backdrop of desolation; on its first floor is a butcher shop. Unfortunately food supplies are very short, but all the building’s residents manage to eat and eat well, having secured a steady source of meat.” -Geoff Gilmore

Tokyo Fist | 1996 SFF, dir. Shinya Tsuskamoto

“Flying from the screen in a tidal wave of pummeling fists, blood-spurting noses, and unbridled eroticism, Tokyo Fist is a masterpiece of style and substance from one of Asia’s most exciting young talents.” -Noah Cowan, Toronto Film Festival

Pink Flamingos | SFF 1999, dir. John Waters

“Subtitled “an exercise in bad taste,” Pink Flamingos takes on and demolishes just about every known middle-class value.” -Barbara Bannon

May | SFF 2002, dir. Lucky McKee

“A modern day retelling of ‘Frankenstein’ that follows a young woman’s failed attempts to find a true friend and the horrific steps she takes to make one.”

Black Dynamite | SFF 2009, dir. Scott Sanders

“When ‘the man’ kills his brother, pumps heroin into the local orphanage, and floods the ghetto with a secret weapon disguised as Anaconda Malt Liquor, there is only one brother bad enough, strong enough, and brave enough to take them on: the legendary Black Dynamite.“ -John Cooper

Magic Magic | SFF 2012, dir. Sebastian Silva

“If Alicia could just get some sleep, everything would be all right. As she and her cousin Sarah make their way through rural Chile with Sarah’s boyfriend, his sister, and their strange American friend Brink, Alicia’s insomnia slowly takes control.” -M.P.

Under the Shadow | SFF 2016, dir. Babak Anvari

“Tehran, 1988: As the Iran-Iraq War rumbles into its eighth year, a mother and daughter are slowly torn apart by the bombing campaigns on the city coupled with the country’s bloody revolution. As they struggle to stay together amidst these terrors, a mysterious evil stalks through their apartment.”

AIDS SPECIFIC

Angels in America (1991 play, 2003 miniseries)

Borrowed Time (1988 memoir)

Closer to the Knives (1991 memoir)

How to Survive a Plague (2012 documentary)

The Normal Heart (1985 play, 2014 film)

Unending Dialogue: Voices from an AIDS Poetry Workshop (1991 anthology)

POC EXPERIENCES

Asegi Stories: Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memories (2016 book)

Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance (2003 book)

Paris is Burning (1990 documentary)

Queer Asian American Historiography (2016 essay)

Queer Brown Voices: Personal Narratives of Latina/o LGBT Activism (2015 book)

Restoried Selves: Autobiographies of Queer Asian / Pacific American Activists (2003 book)

HISTORICAL FIGURES

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003 documentary)

Chris and Don: A Love Story (2007 documentary, about Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy)

Frida (2002 film, about Frida Kahlo)

Pride (2014 film, about Mark Ashton and LGSM)

Wilde (1997 film, about Oscar Wilde)

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale (2007 documentary)

BOOKS

Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community (1993)

Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two (1990)

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 (1994)

Homosexuality and Civilization (2003)

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America (1991)

Queer London: Perils and Pleasures of the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (2005)

Transgender History (2008)

Transgender Warriors (1996)

MISC

Making Gay History (podcast)

Making Queer History (online article series)

The Celluloid Closet (1995 documentary)

and exomis:

Keep seeing some posts circulating about popular websites and wanted to make a version for apps.

These are apps I’m way too addicted to. Am I missing any?

P.S. I’m on an iPhone so these are iPhone apps, but probably have an Android version too.

Edit: Sorry for all the time I’ve taken away from your life

Spellbound - addictive horror 👻 and romance stories

Bettr - the reason my friends are jealous of my Insta

Commaful - popular fanfiction, story, and poetry community 👑

Sweatcoin - get paid to walk

Helix Jump - legit the most addicting game on my phone

Out of Tune - win cash by guessing songs

Baseball Boy - addicting game where you smash a ⚾️

Dune! - Ride the sand dunes like a baller!! so much fun

Color Meme - color in all dem dank memes (surprisingly relaxing)

Sling Drift - beep beep - level 70 is insane 🚗

Ball Gates - it’s surprisingly fun to navigate balls through gates

Bumper - kill them all!!!!! 😈 (i alway win)

1Q - get paid to answer simple questions

Circle Pool - make balls xplode!!! 

Impossible Bottle Flip - mindlessly addicting

Hole - fuck up a city muahaha

Snakes Vs. Blocks - even more fun than the original snake hehe

Tenkyu - tilt your phone and watch the relaxing magic happen

Twenty48 Solitaire - put your sexy math skills to the test

Tornado - be a tornado and destroy everythinggg

Knock Balls - shoot down blocks with a canon - surprisingly relaxing

Pick The Gold - find the gold and diamonds!

Wishbone - fun game for comparing stuff like hair, celebs, sports

Dosh - get paid to shop

Yarn - stories that are seriously creepy af

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Getting Started

Bad Habits of Beginning Writers Creating Writing Habits Prewriting 101 Returning to Old Works Setting Up Your Space Starting Again (if you’ve stopped) Where to Start Writing the Beginning Writing What You Don’t Know 5 Truths About Being A Writer

Career as a Writer

Making Money Writing for a Living

Characters:

Character Building Character Quirks Non-Binary Characters Religious Characters Writing A Hero Writing Non-Humans Writing Women 5 Ways to Name Your Character 5 More Ways to Name Your Character 7 Steps to Character Creation

Dialogue:

Dialogue Improving Dialogue: Eliminate Exposition

FanFiction

Fanfiction 101

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo Tips & Tricks for NaNoWriMo 3 Tips for NaNo

Planning & Outlines

How to Start Outlining Is My Idea Good Enough? Research Should you Outline? 7 Things to Do Before You Start

Plot:

Details Fight Scenes Sequels Sex Scenes Sexual Assault in Literature Story Arcs

Poetry

Editing Poetry Reading Poetry 5 Quick Poetry Tips

Publishing:

Choosing a Title Rejection Letters Social Media When and Where to Publish

Romance:

LGB Relationships Romantic Subplots Writing a Romance Novel

Setting:

Description When Setting Really Matters

World Building:

Creating Another Species Creating World Maps World Building 101 World Building 201

Other

(Just a tool that might help clean up your writing and create a faster paced reading experience.)

Removing excess words. If you don’t need particular words, why keep them?

Another crashing wave sends me into a sprawl, and I’m forced to use my tides a few more times to distance myself from the rocks.

I should drop down as deep[er] as I can manage [and] use the reef for cover.

I can’t tear my eyes away until he disappears fully from view.

A burst of lightning shows the outline[s] of the cliff side.

A loud thud from the port window makes me jump, drawing my full attention. -> I jump at a loud thud from the port window.

Showing instead of telling. Making the reader feel what the protagonist feels is almost always better than telling them the protagonist is undergoing something.

I can’t believe the sight I see. ->  My lungs catch painfully, a shocked squeak rising out.

Everything is slick and wet. -> The slick metal offers no hold for my wet hands. I clench my fingers until the ridges bite into my scales, shark teeth holding me in place. Agonizing.

Removing passive voice. Active voice is more engaging and should be always be used unless you have a specific reason not to use it for that sentence.

The rock is a muddled, dark brown, and I almost miss him amid the lofty coastline. -> I almost miss him against the muddled, dark brown rock, his body tiny amid the lofty coastline.

Her voice is strained and furious. -> Fury strains her voice.

The wound is closed again, but before it closed, enough blood seeped out that I now feel woozy and off kilter. -> The wound closed while I slept, but enough blood seeped out that my head still spin, my limbs heavy.

Doodle brushes and textures

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J'ai fait des petits stickers fleuris pour le Pride Month et j'avais complètement oublié de les poster, alors voilà ! :D

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Meditation IS:

✔️ A way to improve your focus and concentration

✔️ An excellent way to ground yourself

✔️ A good way to raise energy

✔️ An effective calming exercise

✔️ A method of strengthening your empathetic abilities

Meditation is NOT:

🚫 Thinking of nothing

🚫 Clearing your mind completely

Things you need to meditate:

✔️ Yourself

That’s it. You don’t need candles or crystals or a mantra or a yoga mat or a special outfit or anything.

You don’t even need to be able to do the thing where you cross your legs with your feet up on your thighs. You can meditate lying down, sitting up, kneeling, regular cross legged, or even standing. Just so you’re not in a position where you’ll lose circulation, you’ll be fine.

Kinds of meditation

Yup, there’s kinds. Lots of kinds. Way too many to list in this post. Do your research, find a kind that works for your needs. Practice a bunch of different ones! The kind I recommend for a beginner is called Mindfulness Meditation.

Mindful meditation is about staying in the present moment, rather than ruminating on the past or worrying about the future. Like any kind of meditation, it improves your focus and concentration. It’s also been shown to increase your empathic connection with the world around you. Once you achieve a mindful state, you can move into any other kind of meditation you want.

The guide below is for mindful meditation.

How to Meditate

Go to a quiet place and find a comfortable position that you can keep up for a few minutes without getting sore or losing your balance.

Close your eyes and begin breathing steadily through your nose.

Focus on your breath as it moves through your nose. Try to follow it from moment to moment, rather than lingering on a past sensation or anticipating a future one. The breath is dynamic; it moves with you through time. Try to synchronize your focus with your breath so that they both exist in the present moment.

When you have a feeling, an emotion, or a thought, acknowledge it, accept it, and then go back to focusing on your breath.

If you find you have become distracted, bring back your focus by counting to 10: each odd number is an inhale, while evens are exhales.

Do not be discouraged if you become distracted often; meditation is not something that comes naturally: it has to be practiced. The present moment is hard to hang on to, because it requires not hanging on to anything. The present moment is always slipping by, and it will take practice to teach your mind to acknowledge and dismiss each moment rather than trying to linger. Try aiming for one minute of focused meditation, and increase the time little by little as your concentration improves.

Eventually, you’ll be able to meditate in noisy places, with your eyes open, using focus tools like candles or crystals, you can start employing visualization or mantras if you want; the sky is the limit. But before you can do any of that, you have to be able to concentrate. Simple quiet, eyes-closed meditation that focuses on the breath is a good way to get you there.