Astringent

Astrid Yaps About Media

Do you want to hear my opinion on nooks? Movies? TV shows? That magazine I read when waiting for my friend to shop up at the coffee shop? YouTube videos? Well read away. Everything here is subjective, and I won’t be giving number rating because I just want to talk about the art I interact with.

Books

𐂂 Stag Dance, Torrey Peters

Four Stories of Transition, each one just as eqaully gut wrenching as the other.

◬ Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain

A man who has skirted the edge of society, in the guts of a subculture that doesn’t exist anymore, tells his story.

Movies

◬ Smoke(1995)

Once long ago, there was a smoke shop in Brooklyn that one year, became a place were disparate stories interwove.

◬ How To Blow Up A Pipeline(2020)

A group of climate activists work together to blow up a pipeline whilst causing as little harm as possible.

TV

◬ Farscape

John Chrichton, astronaut for IASA finds himself flung across the galaxy, and must make his way home with a ragtag group of aliens (feat- puppets by the Jim Hensen Company)

◬ Kill La Kill

Fighting fascism and fashion in a standout debut, Studio Trigger talks about the struggle for individuality and bodily autonomy in a beautifully animated show.

Music

◬ King and Queen of the Losers

A small indie folk punk band from Boise Idaho that only released two albums.

Miscellaneous

◬ Hazel (Youtube)

If you find joy in listening to your friends talk about the things they love, then Hazel’s channel is a wonderful place to go for the digital parasocial equivalent.