Inneresting #108 - Menacer of the Public's Conscience
Writing to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
“The writer’s role is to be a menacer of the public’s conscience.”
Jackie Mansky connects Rod Serling’s failed attempts to produce a dramatization of Emmitt Till’s murder to the creation of The Twilight Zone.
Lincoln Michel critiques the idea that literary novels are the only place to look for socially conscious writing.
Something Curated highlights a group of BIPOC filmmakers working to decolonize contemporary cinema.
Maria Popova examines the relationship between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and fight for reproductive rights.
Tracy Durnell shares notes on the illustrated edition of TImothy Snyder’s On Tyranny.
Tyler Moss looks at the evolution (and eventual extinction) of the Very Special Episode. Desi Jedeikin talks to people still feeling the impact of memorable Very Special Episodes.
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Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, in last issue’s most clicked link John shares his abortion story.
Other Inneresting Things
Andy Moliski created an 8-bit themed journal with live updates on his journey hiking the Appalaichian Trail.
Viola Zhou describes how e-commerce and livestreaming have changed buying fast food in China.
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