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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 9h

Which is no big whoop, and as I say I adore VLC, but it's still weird.

Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 9h

I adore VLC and usually have at least three instances of it paused at any given time and I'd hate to live without it, but I can't be the only person to notice that the Zoom function doesn't do anything, right? It has never worked for me, not once, on several different computers over the decades.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 16h

but no you see i must forgive my born-again conservative christian relative who once described himself to me as "a seeker of the truth" and went on to vote three times for trump because he is a man of christ who could not have known he was voting for an evil charlatan, there were absolutely no warni

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Whitstable Times, October 10, 1969. There is a popular myth that David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was played all over the world during the Moon Landing on July 20, which seems like something this October 10 piece about the song "beginning to climb the charts after several weeks" would have mentioned.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 22h

Miami Herald, October 10, 1967. Carlo Ponti, the noted European movie producer, has this to say about Twiggy: "She has great personality, perhaps a little too much. But for me, it's not a human figure. Too thin. She only looks good on a magazine page."

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 23h

Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 10, 1967. Batman struggled in 71st and Star Trek, expected to do better, was 75th.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Upon further refection, I think I may well have stuck around for D.O.A., since I do have a memory of seeing Biafra with a band at some point, and he was fronting D.O.A. in the early-to-mid 1990s. Plus I was 21, so a midnight show wasn't as a horrifying a thought as it is now at 53.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Nobody can make me see that movie. There is nothing you can tell me that will make it happen. I will go to my grave never having seen it. I am at peace

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've never understood why this film wasn't more successful, since the poster *and* the newspaper ads mentioned that it featured the music of not only Honeymoon Suite, which is enough to put asses into seats right there, but also Tim Feehan! TIM FEEHAN, I SAY

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Assuming a five-day business week with an EOD of 5pm, it has now been six full business days since the Fowler interview, and I have not heard back. Which means the answer is not yet "no."

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Columbia Missourian, October 9, 1967. QUESTION: what do you think of Twiggy as an ideal for the American teenager? Miss Kathy Pecher: I think she is unfeminine and not what a woman should be. Miss Marcia Havermans: I think she's disgusting because she is so skinny.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

When one of his sycophants replied "That's an excellent point, my Brother in Christ!"--which was the reason he posted anything, to be told he was a good Christian man--he said that it was important to remember it when dealing with "liberals who play the race card" about the birth certificate issue.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

In 2010, my transphobic right-wing Hannity-listenin' Born-Again Christian male relative posted on Facebook that since the Hillary campaign was the first to raise the Obama birth certificate issue, it proved that Tr_mp could not POSSIBLY be racist.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just got the results from some bloodwork I had done yesterday morning at Kaiser, and if anyone's been noticing an estradiol shortage lately, that's because IT IS ALL IN MY BODY

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I would occasionally be in the same room as Biafra in the years to follow--I was friends with a lot of people in his circle in the 2000s--but we never spoke a word to each other. He was not one for making small talk with the rando that his girlfriend was talking to in Rainbow Grocery.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

San Francisco Examiner, October 9, 1994. One of the very first shows I attended in SF after having moved there in August was Jello Biafra doing spoken word at the Great American Music Hall on October 14, 1994. I did not stick around for D.O.A., which was probably for the best.

Alternative Tentacles 15 yr anniversary week!

JELLO BIAFRA
all ages • spoken word performance at 8:00
FRI 10/14
8PM $8
1 TICKET ALL NIGHT

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Memphis Commercial Appeal, October 9, 1967. Memphis' Twiggy—Mrs. James Robbins

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Boston Evening Globe, October 9, 1967. NBC has ordered 17 episodes of "The Saint" for possible mid-season replacement. Does that mean "Star Trek" is shaky? It certatnly can't go in for the two low 7:30 shows, "Maya" and "Tarzan"...

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Republican candidate: I think for myself. I don't have to do what the president says, I can disagree with him-- Trump (tweeting): Everyone has to call Congress "Toilet" now! Republican candidate: --and that's why I'm running to be your next Toiletman

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

but no you see i must forgive my transphobic born-again conservative christian relative who voted three times for this authoritarian who is now declaring anyone who does not use the exact words as him to be "the enemy" because as a man redeemed by the blood of christ he had no choice, it's what chri

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New York Daily News, October 8, 1967. In a sexy, barefoot pose, Shelly compares herself with corseted female caricature.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New York Daily News, October 8, 1967. More hefty than her limey counterpart, Shelly has 5 pounds, 1 inch on Twiggy.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New York Daily News, October 8, 1967. A very cute "little boy," the American Twiggy poses in a miniskirt and a maxi-tie.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New York Daily News, October 8, 1967. The pretty little, thin little, blonde little girl staring blankly out at you is NOT Twiggy. Rather, she's the American version of the lanky model who has made women all over the world cut their hair, paint their eyes, and most important, stop eating regularly.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New York Daily News, October 8, 1967. American Twiggy, Shelly Wood, 17, looks blankly at public through painted eyes.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Quad-City Times, October 8, 1967. We are bombarded every day, via the news media, with problems and accusations but when do we ever hear any solutions? I think that for the one magic hour of "Star Trek" we could really believe that maybe there is a glimmer of hope for this tiny muddled planet.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Idaho Statesman, October 8, 1967. In regards to your taking "Star Trek" off the air I am very dissatisfied! It was one of my favorite shows, though you still leave those idiotic serials on. Don't you think that's kind of dumb? Why don't you put two and two together and make the people happy.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Worcester Telegram, October 8, 1967. CELESTE YARNALL and WILLIAM SHATNER "Star Trek," Saturday, 6 p.m. [10]

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Los Angeles Herald Examiner, October 8, 1967. Voters Put 'Star Trek' on Top Four new shows broke into the top 20 listings of TV Weekly readers who voted in our first TV Poll of the season. Results of this week's balloting will appear Nov. 5. The Top 20 1. Star Trek 2. Flying Nun 3. Bonanza

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"But what about all the times that I could have hit you but I decided not to? Why don't I get credit for that?

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fresno Bee, October 7, 1984. The much-heralded new repertory company of "Saturday Night Live": (bottom row, left-right) Gary Kroeger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Harry Shearer, Pamela Stephenson, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, (top row, left-right) Jim Belushi, Christopher Guest, Mary Gross and Rich Hall.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Scranton Tribune, October 7, 1967. Sam's Barber Shop 4 BARBERS 4 MEN!! We Style Hair To Fit The Image a Man Wants to CREATE **** The Latest in "TWIGGY STYLES" For the LITTLE GIRL It's a Pleasure to Serve You

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Argus-Leader, October 7, 1967. Use for Twiggy We rather expected it. Somebody has come forward with the thought that if somebody gave Twiggy a fur coat, she'd make a wonderful pipe cleaner. —Ollie James in Cincinnati Enquirer.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Atlantic City Press, October 7, 1967 Pal Joey's SCOOP! It's Daring, Bold, Wild. (Exclusive This Week Only) Now on Stage in Person SHOWER A-GO-GO 0010 1/2 See the Girl in the Golden Shower Also Featuring Ellis Dee—Monique Helen Bedd—Twiggy of Burlesk Continuous Entertainment 9 P.M. Till ?

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Columbus Ledger, October 7, 1967. Sitars, the complicated Indian guitar, are cool. Tambourines are cool. Rolling Stone leader Mick Jagger jingles one on stage. Seventeen-year-old Twiggy is the in model because she has the in look: chalk white make-up, big eyes and the unowned look of a waif.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tampa Times, October 7, 1967. Clash Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) engages in combat with Akatu (Keith Andes) who rules a planet of humanoids on "Star Trek" Friday at 8:30 p.m., in color on WFLA-TV.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Daily Pantagraph, October 7, 1967. Bribes His Kids NBC-TV's "Star Trek" star Bill Shatner, father of three: "Any kid will do a job for you if you ask him at bed time."

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Cis people should never fucking be in charge of resources for trans people, I can't fucking say it enough.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The reverse shot of Sally Hawkins pointed south down 48th toward Santiago rather than north toward Quintara, but it's still the only time I know of that my old Outer Sunset neighborhood was in a movie. I wish it was a better movie by a different director, but at least it's before Sunset Dunes.

sally hawkins at the corner of 48th and rivera in san francisco

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fun fact: in the 2013 film BLUE JASMINE (directed by some sex pest whose name I forget), Andrew Dice Clay's character lived on my block in SF! His house was at the corner of 48th and Rivera, and I lived at the corner of 48th and Quintara. (The non-numeric street names are in alphabetical order.)

sally hawins standing at the corner of 48th and rivera in san francisco

andrew dice clay standing at the corner of 48th and rivera in san francisco

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Now and forever, the Transformers films are a "cult franchise for fanboys of vehicles," while any My Little Pony media is referred to as "designed to sell toys to little girls."

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

At that moment, I knew that I'd proved I had the skills and experience required, even tho the job would not involve supervisory duties per se. It's entirely possible that there other people who have equal or even more experience--bonus points if they're cis, of course!--but I am not underqualified.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

During the Fowler interview I mentioned that sometimes at my old job in SF I was in charge of finding coverage for absences at other branches and one of the panel members was all "Wait, you mean they did the absence coverage centrally?" and she was truly flabbergasted by that.

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Sherilyn Connelly @sherilyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It is now Tuesday and I have not yet heard back about the Fowler interview from last Thursday, which I am taking to be a positive sign both for general "no news is good news" reasons and also because the Lemoore interview in August was on a Thursday and I got the rejection the following Monday.

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