Our live webcast from the former Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from May 13, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith. Patrons at the $5 and above level get access to our show notes and research documents.
Georgia Man busted after drilling holes in a U-Haul truck gas tank
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Acting Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz dismisses OPA use of force findings on June 1
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Kentucky Derby Scandal deepens
Two Texas police officers shot and killed, one city worker wounded
Police hold press conference on the body of missing Indigenous found on Turtle Mountain
Black man beaten and robbed in Pennsylvania bar in racist incident
Government issues warning not to put gasoline in plastic bags
Florida woman arrested for pretending to be a high school student chasing Instagram clout
Levi’s is championing pronoun use
Evangelical Lutheran Church elects first openly transgender bishop
A mare and foal find comfort in shared grief
Two new mothers, one a gorilla, one human, bond at a Boston Zoo
Our live webcast from the former Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from May 6, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith. Patrons at the $5 and above level get access to our show notes and research documents.
Tik Tok creates a lead in the 18-year-old case of missing person Sofia Juarez
Man pulls a gun on protesters in Portland, Oregon
Insurrections Landon Copeland has multiple outbursts in federal court
A Kirkland coffee order turns racist
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First Nation Tribe buying the Palms Casino in Las Vegas
Vermont man arrested for hate crime after trying to run over a Black man
Amazon refuses to remove anti-transgender book from store
Caitlyn Jenner says do as I say not as I do
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Orphaned polar bear cub in Russia loves hugs and humans, and gets a new home
California bear relaxes in swimming pool while four cubs watch
National Park Services gets 45,000 applications for 12 slots to thin bison herd
U.S. government is using tech to warrantlessly grab personal information out of technology-laden cars
Seattle Transgender Film Festival returns for its 16th year, May 6-9, 2021, with a diverse lineup of films and programs that highlight the experience of trans individuals around the world. Like last year, the festival is online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Tickets and passes are on sale now. All-access passes (included every festival film and program) are $75 for an individual and $100 per household. Discount passes for students, artists, and seniors are also available for $50. Individual tickets range from $5 – $35. All films and programs (except for livestreams) are available on-demand throughout the festival. The full program is available throughout the United States, and shorts programs & live events are open worldwide. For detailed information, you can visit Three Dollar Bill Cinema.
You can also enter to win free tickets that Malcontent News is giving away on Wednesday. Complete the entry form and we will contact the winner on Wednesday night.
“Amid so much darkness, we invite you to spend some time in the (spot)light and celebrate trans and nonbinary lives with us,” said Translations co-lead programmer Mocha James Herrup, about the festival.
The opening night showing of “No Ordinary Man” on May 6th is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. The film chronicles the life of trans legend Billy Tipton, a jazz musician. Canadian filmmakers Chase Joynt and Aisling Chin-Yee bring this groundbreaking and collaborative documentary to life with appearances from trans influencers, including Marquise Vilsón, Zackary Drucker, Susan Stryker, Kate Bornstein, Ryan Cassata, and Jamison Green. A live question and answer period will follow at 8 p.m. (PST) with cast and crew, which will be viewable via Facebook, Youtube, and the festival portal.
While the festival will showcase over 50 films from countries such as Brazil, Russia, Iran, Japan, Italy, India, Sweden, and the United States; there is plenty of films with Seattle and Pacific Northwest connections, including “Four Fruitbites,” directed by Dave Quantic; “Aromatics of Longing,” directed by Jade Wong; “All Black Lives Matter,” directed by Gabrielle Grimm; Satan’s Tears, directed by Andrew Lush; and Rotten Fruit, directed by Lyr Casper.
The featured films this year include: “Always Amber,” a film from Sweden directed by Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen that offers an intimate look into the secret and public lives of teenagers; “Drama Queen,” a Vietnam film directed by Kay Nguyen that offers a lighthearted, action-packed, adventure; “Mom & M,” directed by Jena Burchick, that shares the journey of one family through adoption and overcoming adversity; “Genderation,” a German documentary by Monika Treaut that takes the audience back twenty years to revisit the subjects of “Gendernauts,” a first of its kind documentary about the transgender movement in San Francisco; and “My Name is Baghdad,” a Brazilian film about a gender-defying teenager in a working-class neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil.
Of course, don’t miss the short film programs, which feature compelling shorts made by and about transgender experiences with melodramatic, historical, humorous, and genre-bending approaches to life. The programs this year are: Oh! The Drama, Trans Joy, F*ck F*scism, QTBIPOC, Fam Jam, Global Arthouse, and Genre Bending.
Several exciting programs will also join the festival this year. A live panel featuring trans masc creatives will discuss this breakthrough year for the trans masc community and the challenges that lay ahead. Likewise, a panel will discuss documenting trans histories through film following the Genderation short films program. Following the short film program, ‘Fam Jam,’ a panel of trans families will speak. Furthermore, a filmmaker networking hour and a festival-goer virtual tea time are also planned.
The closing night film this year hails from Brazil, “Valentina.”It promises to be a feel-good film about a high school trans girl and her wonderful group of friends. The film stars trans YouTube influencer Thiessa Woinbackk, winner of Outstanding Performance Award at Outfest, and includes a pre-recorded interview with former Three Dollar Bill executive director Kathleen Mullen and director Cássio Pereira dos Santos.
Alanna Francis, Development Manager for Three Dollar Bill Cinema is excited to host the event. “We believe in utilizing film to explode representation to not only include people within binaries but to evolve the societal normalization of the full spectrum of identities that create our LGBTQIA+ communities.”
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
WARNING: This episode includes videos of police violence, child abuse, protest, and discusses domestic violence in detail – viewer discretion is advised.
The show from February 1, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Rochester, New York Police pepper-spray a handcuffed 9-year-old child – community outrage explodes as body camera video becomes available
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The state of Texas has things go very wrong when they issue an Amber Alert for Chucky – yes the murderous horror movie doll Chucky
Redditors go after silver commodity trading as a new tactic in their fight against hedge funds
Missouri Museum of history launches an online exhibit of LGBTQIA history in the state of Missouri
Jason Raantz (Seattle) goes on a racist rant about how BLM education during Black History Month in Seattle schools is instilling the fear of police into a new generation of children
David Bell, a Black man, dies in a hospital parking lot in Missouri after emergency room physicians refuse to treat him on his third trip for breathing problems
President Biden replaces Andrew Jackson’s portrait with a Native American sculpture
The National Zoo in Washington D.C. releases a video of a panda playing in the snow
LGBTQ activist Carmen Vasquez, 72-years old, dies of COVID-19
Data breach exposes the private personal identification (PII) of 1.6 million Washingtonians who have applied for or received unemployment for almost all of 2020, including bank account numbers and ID information
Birth certificate controversy over Archie, the child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle explodes in tabloid press
Chad Wheeler domestic violence assault update as his victim faces him in court for the first time
COVID-19 Five Fast Facts
Reading recommendations for Black History Month
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
WARNIING: This episode includes videos of violence, protest, and discusses domestic violence in detail – viewer discretion is advised.
Editor’s comment: At the start of the show we had a software issue that resulted in about 15 to 30 seconds of no audio. We thank you for your understanding.
The show from January 28, 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Update on the Tacoma Police Department officer who drove through a group of people on Saturday with a new day-of video
Malcontented Minutes – our new speed round of news
The Echo Project is turning a former Klu Klux Klan museum into a place for BIPOC to meet and a history exhibit
Colleen Echohawk becomes the first prominent candidate to announce she is running for mayor of Seattle
Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, a key figure in the identification of AIDS, passed away
14 states are looking to pass anti-LGBTQIA bills targeting the transgender community
Phil Collins (yes that Phil Collins) has turned into “Florida man” with a bizarre story about his ongoing divorce woes
Pam Anderson announces she is quitting the Internet (if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it…)
Jason Collier, a former police chief is in hot water for falsifying multiple documents to keep multiple wives and girlfriends from knowing about his bizarre world
A man from Afghanistan is attacked by a racist at a Portland convenience store, forcing the terrified man to lock himself in the cooler as he waits for the police
The Chinook Nation is going to receive monetary compensation and could be taking the first steps to be recognized as sovereignty again by the federal government
In Portland, Oregon the lumber baron and the cattle baron make up after a spicy incident over the weekend
COVID-19 Five Fast Facts
Chad Wheeler a now-former player of the Seattle Seahawks was arrested after a violent domestic violence attack – the NFL and Seahawks reaction leaves a lot to be desired
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Despite his campaign promises to defend LGBTQIA rights in 2016, Trump made a series of decisions that gutted protections
The policy change reverses a decision from 2017 when then President Trump tweeted his decision to block transgender people from serving in the military without consulting with the Pentagon. The Pentagon did not keep records on how many service people were discharged due to the decision, upheld by the Supreme Court in 2019. President Biden, with the support of the Secretary of Defense, reversed the Decision on January 25, 2021.
Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction
The show from January 25 2021, featured David Obelcz and our co-host Jennifer Smith.
Update on the Tacoma Police Department officer who drove through a group of people on Saturday
Elise Barrett talks to us about COVID-19 myths and where is the seasonal flu
Nicki Blake Chafetz talks about her upcoming book My Travels In Trump Land, available at bookbaby.com
The Biden Administration reverses the Trump Administration ban on transgender troops in the military
Behind the Pole features previous unseen video from the Tacoma Police protest on Sunday, January 24, 2021, and an interview with Azreal Graves of Black and Done (B.A.D.) as the Black and Tacoma community reacts to the protest fallout
David and Jennifer provide their insurrection update
Journalists, activists, and researchers defending the First Amendment
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