Tish Black is the author of the fairy tale-inspired short story collection Ebony, Blood, and Snow and a film programmer at IFFO where she hosts the screening series The Gaze.
Writing
I thought Unicorn Store would be a cute indie movie with one of my favourite actresses. I did not expect to be in tears for much of a movie about preparing to own a unicorn.
Read MoreI’m lying on my stomach on a floating dock on a river. It’s a cool October day but the sunshine and my fisherman’s sweater are keeping me warm.
Read MoreMom’s rules made it clear; girls were for friends, boys were for… something else.
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I attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time this year. Well, “attended” online. And actually, it wasn’t the Festival, it was the market- Marché du Film.
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I did something very adult this week. My biggest adult milestone and probably my last. (Only millionaires can afford mortgages.) I got my first car! Technically, I leased my first ‘compact crossover SUV’.
Read MoreI’m trying to make friends. What an interesting phrase we use for that. I’m not making them from scratch, they’re already there, people, so what I am trying to do is create, or change, my relationship with them into something we’d call a friend.
Read MoreI have a plan! Will I stick to it? Stay tuned!
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This pandemic, and weekends of Hallmark movies with my mom, has turned me to this; I have written myself some Hallmark movie worthy scenarios that could totally happen to me, if it were not for this meet-cute-blocking pandemic.
Read MoreYou don’t get to be jealous of someone getting a job that you didn’t even apply for.
Read MoreThe list of things I can do is much smaller these days, so I gotta pay attention to every small, seemingly inconsequential thing I can do by choice. Gotta focus on the haves, not the have-nots.
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Spice World is a science fiction story. It could very well take place in the Doctor Who universe (the Whoniverse), and I personally say that it does.
Read MoreNot sure how I feel about being back on YouTube again. Like, am I trying to be a “YouTuber”?
Read MoreThe lesson here is to not just say yes to everything that comes your way; make the choices that lead to where you want to go, even when there’s a risk involved.
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Fleabag just can’t help herself. She can’t keep herself from fucking her best friend’s boyfriend. She can’t keep quiet at a silent retreat. She can’t not punch a man who very much deserves to be punched. She can’t keep herself away from a priest.
Read MoreHow can I separate how I was doing from how I was doing “considering the circumstances”?
Read MoreWe’re on our way out of the dark!
Read MoreAnd hopefully next year there will be another local Nutcracker ballet to go see. But, we all say “hopefully next year” about a lot of things these days...
Read MoreDid I feel like a failure? Yes.
Read MoreSurvival of the fittest.
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Loyal readers, it’s time to revisit Aldovia (and “Brooklyn”) but not to mock the crown jewels from Claire’s, the ink-jet printed adoption certificate, or the terms of the ancient treaty. Now that their story is complete (we hope), we need to conduct a thorough character study.
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