booktok: an addendum, and book talk! alisha not alihsha 2024-04-10 | heyyyyy once again long time no see this video has plagued me so much my phone ran out of storage 4 times while filming then like 20% of my files got corrupted and my laptop crashed twice while rendering but anyway. we move! how are we all! it's the best time of the year aka national poetry month and national library week!ALA: ala.orgBDS for Palestine: bdsmovement.net/resourcesDonations for Palestinians: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1p5aSRCU4GdUXopD9d68qZTfsOuy0lJuNjvC4va-ovWY/htmlview#gid=0 Chanel Miller’s Victim Impact Statement: youtu.be/qK28Powy4ZQ?si=nSLrA2qGxQn3Yy1G💌: alishanotalihsha@gmail.comTimestamps:intro - 0:00letters to the editor - 1:01book recs - 12:11bright dead things - 12:45gone girl - 16:10little women - 20:17pride and prejudice - 23:52beloved - 26:16and then there were none - 30:15play it as it lays - 32:44the westing game - 36:05know my name - 38:18my year of rest and relaxation - 42:00six of crows - 45:30everyone in this room will someday be dead - 48:02life on mars - 51:39afterword - 54:52Books:Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon - goodreads.com/en/book/show/24945396 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - goodreads.com/book/show/44334843-gone-girl Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - goodreads.com/book/show/1934.Little_Women Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - goodreads.com/book/show/1885.Pride_and_Prejudice Beloved by Toni Morrison - goodreads.com/book/show/6149.Beloved And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - goodreads.com/book/show/16299.And_Then_There_Were_None Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion - goodreads.com/book/show/428.Play_It_As_It_Lays The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin - goodreads.com/en/book/show/902 Know My Name by Chanel Miller - goodreads.com/en/book/show/50196744 My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh - goodreads.com/en/book/show/44279110 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - goodreads.com/book/show/23437156-six-of-crows Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin - goodreads.com/en/book/show/59366182 Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith - goodreads.com/book/show/9639765-life-on-mars Honorable Mentions:The Book of Delights by Ross GayOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerPachinko by Min Jin LeeCrying in H-Mart by Michelle ZaunerIn the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoInterior Chinatown by Charles YuHouse of Hollow by Krystal SutherlandFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyAmerican Sonnets For My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance HayesVideosRoast Yourself Harder, Gabbie Hanna - youtube.com/watch?v=mfsDqLPmxuM Chanel Miller Time NEXT 100 2019 Interview - youtube.com/watch?v=biXdVodZPDc ArticlesA Letter from 18 Writers, The Nation - thenation.com/article/archive/letter-18-writers/tnamp Brock Turner Sentencing, NYT - nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/outrage-in-stanford-rape-case-over-dueling-statements-of-victim-and-attackers-father.htmlMovies/TVGone Girl, 2014, dir. David FincherLittle Women, 2019, dir. Greta GerwigPride & Prejudice, 2005, dir. Joe WrightClue, 1985, dir. Jonathan LynnFleabag, 2016, dir. Harry BradbeerGlass Onion, 2022, dir. Rian JohnsonThe Queen’s Gambit (1x06), 2020, dir. Scott FrankShadow and Bone (2x01), 2023, dir. Bola OgunBarbie, 2023, dir. Greta GerwigInterstellar, 2014, dir. Christopher Nolanp.s. what is your favorite airplane novel? beach read? train book? would love to know!
false names, cold flesh: the consequences of the dead girl (reupload) alisha not alihsha 2024-03-10 | (reupload from january because of a copyright issue with the music whoops!) i guess the youtube thing is sticking? maybe? the thought of being perceived on the internet petrifies me to a terrifying degree but i love making these but also people judging me based on a singular video on the internet. anyway. bad books and dead girls. what's new? tldr; i yap a lot. and get sincere to a point that is almost unbearable. but i think sincerity is the best thing a girl can have! so if you think the ending is cheesy sue me. all girls live a full and earnest life and it would be foolish to forget that. riley sager my #1 opp.💌: alishanotalihsha@gmail.comsections:0:00 intro2:47 survive the night? no. please rewrite.8:40 who died and made you king of female suffering?14:25 when will i stop writing about the dead girl?29:04 we are all dead girls, or we will be somedayspecial thank you to:chloe, margaux, maya, sofia, ruhee, susana, caelyn, sam, elyse, and declan! love you to pieces!!!Music:Ptolemaea - Ethel CainRomeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - TchaikovskyArticles:dailynews.com/2021/06/26/laid-off-and-ready-to-give-up-riley-sager-rebounded-and-returns-with-thriller-survive-the-nighttheguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2017/jul/18/riley-sager-and-other-male-authors-benefiting-from-a-gender-neutral-pen-nametheatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/men-are-pretending-to-be-women-to-write-books/535671wsj.com/articles/these-guys-dont-mind-if-you-think-theyre-women-1500303376jezebel.com/men-are-apparently-adopting-ambiguous-pen-names-to-sell-1796983376theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/03/the-mixed-results-of-male-authors-writing-female-characters/273641crimereads.com/writing-violence-against-women-in-the-age-of-metootheguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/18/from-line-of-duty-to-the-fall-why-cant-tv-shows-stop-killing-womenEssays:lithub.com/why-we-love-and-need-to-leave-behind-dead-girl-storiestheparisreview.org/blog/2018/06/26/how-to-write-a-feminist-dead-girl-storylithub.com/on-the-endless-parade-of-literary-dead-girlsvqronline.org/essays-articles/2014/04/grand-unified-theory-female-painpoetryfoundation.org/articles/69390/the-philosophy-of-composition Academic Articlesjstor.org/stable/1343162 jstor.org/stable/26299649jstor.org/stable/40003407https://www.uwlax.edu/globalassets/offices-services/urc/jur-online/pdf/2008/lange.pdfhttps://muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article/908967Books:Dead Girls - Alice BolinSurvive the Night - Riley SagerLife of the Party - Olivia GatwoodWHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE - Kim AddonizioMovies:RebeccaScreamThe OmenCarriePsychoHeathersRear WindowXTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With MeMean GirlsReady or NotDon’t Worry DarlingMidsommarHereditaryJurassic ParkPearlThe ShiningOpheliaMalignantGone GirlThe Invisible ManThe Girl on the TrainBlonde(500) Days of SummerMy Fair LadyShutter IslandThe Virgin SuicidesInceptionThe Dark KnightAutopsy of Jane DoeBelieve Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVeymother!WatcherSmileBefore I Go To SleepThe Woman in the WindowLast Night in SohoLuckiest Girl AliveDark PlacesBlack SwanNocturnal AnimalsPromising Young WomanMy GirlThe Central Park FiveEverything Everywhere All At OnceFencesUsTV:Criminal MindsThe Haunting of Hill HouseSharp ObjectsTwin PeaksYouEuphoriaFleabag ShamelessShining Girlsp.s. gone girl is one of the BEST thrillers and utilizes the idea of the 'dead girl' in such a unique way that acts as both a critique of the 'perfect' white female victim while also creating this meta-narrative to invest the reader in the story before completing turning the trope on its head, in this essay i will-
booktok, brainrot, and why it’s okay to be a hater alisha not alihsha 2024-03-04 | being a huge nerd means i care SO DEEPLY. about how people read books. but more importantly, i care about having access to those books. regardless of your stance on booktok books, you should be fighting against book bans. every day is an opportunity to think critically about literature, even now. especially now. analysis rocks! love u all!💌: alishanotalihsha@gmail.comtimestamps:0:00 intro3:00 we have lost the plot. literally.14:45 let people hate things!29:34 a book is a loaded gunregister to vote! research your candidates! fight fascist alt-right censorship!vote.orgvote411.org/ballotbook ban resources:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks ec.ala.org/donation/OIF-0600-BNBKWK pen.org/issue/free-the-booksnypl.org/spotlight/books-for-all/take-actionpen.org/how-to-fight-book-bans-a-tip-sheet-for-students uniteagainstbookbans.orgbook recs from social media: docs.google.com/document/d/1olQXjnlVrhiy0gkkKOiN6XZzqbn1CCSovNRqzpkwD5o/edit?usp=sharing articlesgq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/booktok-tiktok-books-communitypublishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/93647-how-tiktok-has-transformed-romance-publishing.htmlmadisonhuizinga.substack.com/p/booktok-is-turning-books-into-commoditiesnytimes.com/2022/07/01/books/tiktok-books-booktok.htmllithub.com/booktok-is-good-actually-on-the-undersung-joys-of-a-vast-and-multifarious-platformhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/why-romance-and-romantasy-novels-are-so-popular-on-tiktok/103198518nytimes.com/2023/08/09/sports/hockey/hockey-romance-booktok-explainer.htmlvox.com/culture/23644772/booktok-money-business-sponsored-videosbesthealthmag.ca/article/spicy-booktokrollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/booktok-seattle-kraken-alex-wennberg-explainer-1234797832bupipedream.com/opinions/booktoks-trope-ification-of-literature-is-problematic/133023pagesunbound.wordpress.com/2019/01/25/miscategorizing-adult-books-as-ya-discussionbookriot.com/sexist-problem-in-fantasypagesunbound.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/why-i-believe-its-important-to-clearly-indicate-the-age-category-of-booksbustle.com/entertainment/sweetbitter-author-stephanie-danler-booktok-instagramtheguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/23/reading-is-precious-but-the-cult-of-book-ownership-can-be-smug-and-middle-class thebaffler.com/latest/dont-let-people-enjoy-things-wagnerteenvogue.com/story/lie-of-let-people-like-things-stitch-fan-servicevox.com/culture/2018/12/31/18152275/criticism-explained-cultural-writingvox.com/culture/2019/5/16/18618425/let-people-enjoy-things-criticismhttps://www.evilfemale.blog/p/in-defence-of-critique-let-peopleswim-press.co.uk/2023/01/15/anti-intellectualism-and-booktokmelaniestibbard.substack.com/p/its-not-that-deep-and-anti-intellectualism?r=1h4mb7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webthelance.ca/2022/11/17/the-tiktok-ification-of-literature-exploring-online-anti-intellectualism-discoursefridaythings.com/recent-posts/tiktok-nikita-dumptruck-israel-palestine-2023-girlypopdissentmagazine.org/article/is-anti-intellectualism-ever-good-for-democracygandbmagazine.com/article/2023/03/leaving-it-to-the-experts-fatimahypercultureblog.com/f/the-powerful-but-anti-intellectual-revolution-of-booktok publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/92735-book-sales-continue-to-slow-down-in-first-half-of-2023.htmlpublishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/financial-reporting/article/94037-print-book-sales-fell-2-6-in-2023.htmlcircana.com/intelligence/press-releases/2024/adult-fiction-outperforms-the-u-s-book-market-in-2023-circana-reportspen.org/report/book-bans-pressure-to-censor boingboing.net/2021/10/30/texas-lawmakers-considering-a-ban-on-850-books-heres-the-full-list.html buzzfeednews.com/article/franhoepfner/colleen-hoover-it-starts-with-us books:Anti-intellectualism in American Life - Richard HofstadterAnti-Intellectualism in American Media - Dane ClaussenManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media - Edward S. Herman and Noam ChomskyFahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradburyonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1475-682X.1991.tb00172.x speaker clips:youtube.com/watch?v=w2fGBwlOHFwyoutube.com/watch?v=HzAtOyw6ACwyoutube.com/watch?v=U5rLPbjYCY0youtube.com/watch?v=UCKfvxnljYYyoutube.com/watch?v=6ibCtsHgz3Yyoutube.com/watch?v=MrS-46e59V4 youtube.com/watch?v=h73EMGgHink&t=5sp.s. please ask me for book recs i have so many
the mythos of the female gaze alisha not alihsha 2023-12-08 | sooooooo. hey! hey. long time no seethis is actually my lmc 2000 final - it could've been a paper! but one thing about me is that i will do the absolute MOST for any academic assignment. so now i'm back here. place your bets on how long this actually lasts(apologies for any audio issues i edited this in a four day fever dream)💌: alishanotalihsha@gmail.comsources!books:Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema - Mulvey 1975, published in ScreenVisual and Other Pleasures - Mulvey 1989The Cultural Studies Reader (3rd Edition) - 2007Being and Nothingness - Sartre, 1943articles:The Invention of “the Male Gaze” | The New Yorker - newyorker.com/books/second-read/the-invention-of-the-male-gazeGeorge Orwell was ‘sadistic, misogynistic, homophobic and sometimes violent’ - telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/15/george-orwell-anna-funder-biography-of-eileen-o-shaugnessyStrange Kevin: has this man really mastered the female gaze? | Dazed - dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/57644/1/strange-kevin-concept-creep-and-the-female-gaze-tiktok-alpha-malesOk so who is Kevin the female gaze guy on TikTok and what's the science behind his trick? - thetab.com/uk/2022/11/22/strange-kevin-the-female-gaze-tiktok-282661videos:2010s: directed by women - youtu.be/fVX7dnU-Rs4?si=RL7CBPu0BiwbYKgYWhat was Bentham's panopticon? A computer model - youtu.be/Myal-NSlIGA?si=fdi_tPljDFq6HALXThe Tragedy of Fleabag (Season One) - youtu.be/KpMAxRyVS4o?si=SOtjG2ix5K-TQLsFEyes Of Cinema - youtu.be/K3RC3BIsNjw?si=VMcqavFLfmzPxyZPJoey Soloway on The Female Gaze - youtube.com/live/pnBvppooD9I?si=QyvvPXE2vM5bm4Q2films:The Truman Show (1998)Transformers (2007)Suicide Squad (2016)Fast 5 (2011)Catwoman (2004)Die Another Day (2002)Shrek (2001)time stamps:0:00 intro0:40 the gaze3:00 judith butler5:20 the male gaze8:55 the female gaze12:43 kevin.19:12 the panopticon24:07 the female gaze (again) and real life29:47 sources30:13 p.s.p.s. fleabag on TOP!p.p.s. this project won an award within my program???? CRAZY STUFF!!!!
