Neil Hultgren
@profneilh
Professor of English. _Melodramatic Imperial Writing from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes_ (2014). Current project on cosmic romance. Books, TV, running, biking, 🦖, 🏳️🌈
Also, what are we to make of William Holden’s characters being involved with these two women, twenty-six years apart? #MassCulture
Also, was Faye Dunawaye’s dress in this scene a call back to Ursula Andress as _She_ ten years earlier?
Is it me, or is there a little bit of Ned Beatty’s Arthur Jensen in his voicing of Lotso in Toy Story 3?
So cool to watch Network (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1976) for the first time and to discover that the @criterion.bsky.social essay was written by @jamellebouie.net! Amazing movie, and this scene, which Bouie connects to the neoliberal order, was mesmerizing.
She didn’t have much that was positive to say about her 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.
Who would have imagined that the famous priestess of Isis, Ayesha, returned in a new incarnation to open a salon on the Big Island? Truly she who has lived so long now doth do the hair. Can she do highlights by blasting?
Now that pride month has ended and we returned from Hawaii, this is who I am.
Farewell, Pride Month! This was me at the start of June, with a sunburnt nose.
In honor of pride month, I tried a new setting on my coffee grinder and made ultra-smooth cold brew. For about five minutes in the early afternoon, I felt infinite.
Widow’s Bay screening and Q&A with showrunner Katie Dippold, star Matthew Rhys, and director/producer Hiro Murai. Lots of fun.
Photo of me with a massive baked pancake thirteen days ago, shared for no reason. It was delicious, and I was excited about going to a play with friends.
François Arnaud also likes the new track from the Strokes. We’re basically best friends now.
A few photos from the hilarious production of _Gwyneth Goes Skiing_ that we saw at LA Elysian Theatre over the weekend. Loved the top of the theater marquee.
We went to see _Gwyneth Goes Skiing _ in LA, and François Arnaud was in the audience!!! Of course he was super nice and willing to be in a photo with Kavita and me. How is this my life? #scotthunter #heatedrivalry
Thank you, @rabihalameddine.bsky.social, for this book. Funny, angry, and beautiful.
A day of executive cosplay that started with some good hotel lighting.
San Gabriel River Trail with crane and power lines. January 11, 2026.
Mentally I am still drinking a mocktail and sporting my colorful scarf and “Parisian winter” hair.
Live, from my bookshelf, these two have decided to hard launch their relationship.
Alfred Dreyfus, transported and missing his family, on film at the Musée d’Orsay. Interesting that you see this film after the rooms of impressionist paintings.