Delise Fantome
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I write about Halloween, music, movies, and more! Boba tea and cheesecake are my fuel. Let's talk about our favorite haunts and movies on Twitter @ThrillandFear
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Esther Jones: The Inspiration Behind Betty Boop
We all know Betty Boop, she of the rocking curves and teeny tiny dress; she of the close cropped curls and high, babyish voice. Everyone can practically hear her coo her signature phrase: "Boop-oop-a-doop!" Where did she come from, besides the inventive mind of one of America's most well known cartoonists, Max Fleischer? Actually, her story has roots in black history, a fitting thing for this month of February. However, intermingled with this story is a bit of appropriation and eventually the fading knowledge of her true origins.
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in History
A TBR Pile As An Aesthetic Choice
This is not the same brain that read through Gone With the Wind in a week in middle school. It's definitely not the same brain that won Accelerated Reading awards at the end of every year in elementary school. I can barely read exit signs on the highway now.
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in BookClub
Web Zines To Revive Your Sense of Wonder in Literature
These online tales of tender hearts, cracked nails, wandering feet, and tensed jaws are almost obscene in their raw sentiment. And I think, rather than paying a subscription to a magazine that's lost touch with the common man, you should instead subscribe to these zines- your money goes farther, means more, and gives more opportunities to some of the best artists and storytellers the world has to offer. Click on the links in each description to get sent to their Twitter pages, where they have links to their respective websites!
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in BookClub
4 Story Tropes To Get Cozy With
Tropes. Call them what you want- clichés, gimmicks, but ultimately their formulas to create an entertaining piece of reading. A lot of these tropes I actually found through fanfiction, and was thus able to pinpoint them better in novels. So, fueled by the promise of returning reading fervor, I wanted to help foster that burgeoning flame of fantasy consumption with a reminder of some of the best things I've ever read!
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in BookClub
Slay: The Ancestors Blessed Me With This Read
I started Slay at 9:00 in the evening. I read the last page at 11:45. When I tell you . . . it has been years since I've read through a book that quickly, been so consumed by a story until I devoured it? I haven't read through a book in one complete sitting since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I can count on one hand the number of books, as well, that have evoked such a visceral and real reaction from me as this book had, the kind that makes my chest tighten and heart flare with something sharp and a little painful for the characters. Included in that list of books to spark such a rare reaction is the aforementioned Harry Potter book, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, and a book called The Sight by David Clement-Davies. A motley assembly, each with their own power to grab something within me in a strangling grip that compels me to push through the books just so I can know relief from the feeling.
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in BookClub
Planners Are Great, Actually
I was given my first planner in sixth grade. It was not a gift given by bumbling, confused parents unsure "what the kids were in to", but instead a tool of villainy presented by the homeroom teacher who mandated its use in our classes for the first few months. At least I think so? I definitely remember a couple of teachers pointedly asking for us to write down homework assignments in the book, while some others didn't bother. Eventually, nobody bothered halfway though the school year, so I chucked it in the trash with relish. Nobody was gonna tell me when and how to catalog homework.
By Delise Fantome9 months ago in Motivation
History Has Its Eyes On The SAG/WGA United Strike
I found out about the strike when someone tweeted that The Nanny was giving a speech that would go down in history. Right after that someone else tweeted that the cast of Oppenheimer just walked off the red carpet.
By Delise Fantome11 months ago in Geeks
My Top 10 John Williams Film Scores
John Williams is a Legend. Do you even know how many of the movies you've enjoyed over the years have been touched by his musical genius? From Jaws, to Star Wars, and (insert another lesser known movie), I firmly believe that these movies wouldn't even be half the successes they are if it weren't for the work that man and his team put in to ensure that every note served to elevate the scenes they played in.
By Delise Fantome12 months ago in Beat
"Kiff"' Made Me A Little Emotional
I am willing to admit that I got Disney+ solely to watch the Mandalorian, and have something to be excited about at work when I gushed with co-workers about it. But I quickly realized (a week after the season one finale) that I needed to find some other things to make Disney+ worth it if I was going to pay a subscription fee every month.
By Delise Fantome12 months ago in Geeks
The "Gifted Kid To Haunted Bitch Pipeline" Playlist
I'm one of those people that have thought about what kind of soundtrack they would have if there life were made into a movie. Even though, so far, the movie would be a box office bomb- I mean, it's a simple life so far if you don't count existential dread and mental upheaval as anything exciting.
By Delise Fantomeabout a year ago in Beat