http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Vk1XbyFv51k The truly great documentary How to Start a Revolution screens again this weekend at SFIndie’s Docfest. This isn’t some abstract exploration of modern life; it’s an example of revolutions get made in places like Egypt. Give a damn about American politics, economic justice, Occupy Wall Street? I suggest you track this film down, or [...]
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Posted 20 October 2011
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Tagged: bosnia, burma, documentary, documentary film, egypt, from dictatorship to democracy, gene sharp, How to Start a Revolution, indonesia, insurgency, iran, kyrgyzstan, nobel prize, occupy wall street, revolution, ruaridh arrow, san francisco, thailand, venezuela, zimbabwe
http://youtu.be/zFELcWf47Bk Docfest: Patagonia Rising (Chile, 2010, dir: Brian Lilla) Reviewed by Thomas Roche for SFAppeal SFIndie’s 10th Annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival continues this week, unleashing a wave of provocative documentaries at the Roxie and the Shattuck Cinema. In keeping with its revolutionary mandate, Docfest never fails to seek out documentary work that showcases [...]
Author’s note: This repost of an October 19, 2008 post on my old WordPress.com site will commemorate the third anniversary of my having passed a critical milestone in my own blogging history. Some of you may recognize a few of the details — and no, neither of my grandfathers were vaudeville performers, or wore gorilla [...]
My article “Men Who ‘Buy Sex’ Commit More Crimes: Newsweek, Trafficking, and the Lie of Fabricated Sex Studies,” which first appeared at Tiny Nibbles, has been selected for inclusion in Best Sex Writing 2012 from Cleis Press. On-sale date January 12, 2012! It’s a huge honor to be included. Thanks to Rachel Kramer Bussel and [...]
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Posted 14 October 2011
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Tagged: article, best sex writing 2012, civil rights, essay, feminism, journalism, nonfiction, politics, prostitution, science, sex, sex work, social sciences
Hey! If you’re in the San Francisco area, come see me read with Richard Kadrey and Naamen Tilahun at Borderlands Books on Valencia Street tomorrow evening (Saturday 10/15/2011). It’s part of Litquake’s Litcrawl, the annual orgiastic celebration of the spoken word. You can find more details at my blog, or go to Borderlands-Books.com or Litquake.com. [...]
Borderlands Books at 866 Valencia Street in San Francisco was my neighborhood bookstore for bazillions of years. It’s one of the largest science fiction-fantasy bookstores in the world (possibly the largest at this point, I’m not 100% sure). The location is gorgeous, gorgeously-appointed, luxurious, low-key, and most importantly packed with great books. The staff is [...]
W00t! YA author and clinical laboratory scientist Kelly Swails gave my novel The Panama Laugh a very positive review over at her Live Journal. In it, she says, in part, “The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche grabs you by the throat and punches you in the face from beginning to end, and I mean [...]
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