media diary: july 2023

 

Media Diary:

July 2023


I changed the name of this series to "Media Diaries" because "Media Consumption Log" is a mouthful and, quite frankly, a complete & utter insult to aesthetics. 


Books

  • Ulysses by James Joyce
  • The Burning of Bridget Clare by Angela Bourke
  • In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu*
  • Fieldwork by Seamus Heaney
  • First Love and Other Novellas by Samuel Beckett
  • The Sandcastles by Iris Murdoch
  • Anxiously Attached by Jessica Baum 


Poems
  • "They Sit Together on the Porch" by Wendell Berry
  • "Marriage of Many Years" by Dana Gioia
  • "Hammond B3 Organ Cistern" by Gabrielle Calocoressi
  • "The Cure for Melancholy is to Take the Horn" by Natalie Diaz
  • "I Am Vertical" by Sylvia Plath
  • "In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive" by Clementine Von Radics
  • "We were that joke..." by Gregory Orr
  • "Having a Coke With You" by Frank O'Hara
  • "Downhearted" by Ada Limon
  • "The Way We Said Goodbye" by Mark Vinz
  • "Lunar Cafe" by Jose Hernandez Diaz
  • "Providing for Each Other" by Marie Howe
  • "Guide to Proper Mixtape Assembly" by Kayo Chinigonyi



Albums and Playlists:

Here are my July tunes, and here are my August tunes.
  • Eyedazzler by Alison's Halo
  • Speeding Away to Someday by Fleeting Joys
  • Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
  • Juju by Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • Live Through This by Hole
  • Tank Town by Many Voices Speak
  • Nearer My God and The Albatross by Foxing
  • In the End it Always Does by the Japanese House
  • kiss yr frenemies by illuminati hotties
  • Color Green by Sibylle Baier
  • Calico and Boy in Jeans by Ryan Beatty
  • Preacher's Daughter by Ethel Cain
  • Myself in the Way by Turnover
  • heat! by DEADLETTER
  • Leave the Light on and In Waiting by Pillow Queens
  • space heavy by King Krule
  • Careful of Your Keepers by This is the Kit
  • Where the Heart is by Sweet Pill
  • Built to Last by Arrows to Action
  • Among My Swans by Mazzy Star
  • Fiona Apple's entire discography

Rotting Girl Summer playlist by Spotify user arielle
fiona apple, mazzy star, etc. playlist by Spotify user bere
the complete Victorious soundtrack (don't ask) by Spotify user christian90072
can't escape the suburbs by Spotify user _shells
Spotify made me two playlists called "Vampire Mix" and "Midwest Emo Mix", which are pretty good
melancholia by me <3
Riot Grrrl by Spotify
just hanging out or whatever - alt. rap/indie r&b




Movies:
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
  • Gia (1998)
  • The Banshees of Inhershin (2022)
  • Michael Collins (1996)



Essays, Art, Obsessions & Digital Things:

Instagram accounts @primadonnasofthegutterpodcast, @hotliterati, @simoneweilfooddiary, @chicfeast.art, @violenttradwife, @theyellowbutton, @thebun91.3, @justtatem (whom I love both unironically and ironically), @spiritualcowboygirl, @tinyhabitsofficial, @chicfeast.art, @marg.mp3


This essay, entitled "Goodreads is degrading our literary culture", which was written by Megan Nolan and published in the New Statesman. One of my mutuals shared this to their account. I haven't fully parsed my feelings about this one: this argument has the danger of crossing into elitism in a way that challenges my crunchy education degree. Definitely still processing. 


The enshittification of TikTok, which is perhaps best explained by @professor_neil on Instagram in this reel. I hate TikTok. I had it for about a year (2019) and then deleted it because I felt worms-for-brains-y. Also, @professor_neil has a great account going and I like to scroll through his reels from time-to-time so I feel less guilty about being on the grid or whatever. His reel on the parents' rights movement is also very informative.


My St. Patrick rosary <3 I purchased it at the Dublin airport before my return flight from Ireland, which I think is really fucking funny. Regardless, I've been wanting a rosary for about three years now, and this felt like a cosmically correct financial decision (it was $11).


Collages and zine-making and bad art. I painted and crafted and glued and glittered a lot during the pandemic, but it fell by the wayside once things picked up in school. I've been getting back into it (shared a few of my collages on my book instagram if you're interested in checking them out) and not giving a shit if it's good. I'll usually Sharpie song lyrics or poems or snippets from my journals on top of the collages. I sometimes use prints from my film camera if it feels right! 


Erykah Badu. 








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