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Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:19:25 -0400

Jane, It’s worth viewing Russell Brand’s youtube channel today – – 18 April – – whose description is this:
“Klaus Schwab and the WEF tout their work in saving the world using environmental metrics called ESGs. But if companies that have good scores are actually the worst environmental violators, could it be that what the WEF are really working…[Read more]

In reply to - JF.com wrote a new post Dear Friends, Today I am launching my new effort to stem the tide of climate change and address the outsize influence the fossil fuel industry has on our political system. It’s c […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:54:35 -0500

Lovely. That insight that storytelling is the best way to convey something is what New Journalism was crafting in the Sixties – – the transparency about ALL news stories being narratives that are structured by reporters and editors. And now this blog too is a narrative overview of something ongoing. So one way and another JF didn’t just donate,…[Read more]

In reply to - JF.com wrote a new post Awhile ago I got a letter from a Boise Idaho high school student, @Shiva_rajbhandari, telling me that he and 9 other students were very concerned about the climate crisis and wanted to […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 21:54:20 -0500

I’m late on this blog, but I’m sorry to hear about your dog Tulea, and typical of you, I feel, to be right by her and when she died. That happened to me too back in 2012 and I too resolved, No more. It’s achingly hard to go through, even if it’s all part of life doing its thing, whatever the hell that’s all about. So these days I just feed the…[Read more]

In reply to - JF.com wrote a new post It’s been a while. For months, it’s felt like all I could do was make it from one day to the next. No time or energy to write about it. All my energy went into working, keeping my spi […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:03:53 -0500

Off Topic: I just saw OUR SOULS AT NIGHT. A bit late, but getting old myself I wasn’t ready watch a film about getting old even though there was never a doubt I;d watch it sooner or later because of 2 people in it who, at a distance, I go way back with. Turns out to be a heartwarming, encouraging film, perfect pace, perfect pitch, a joy to…[Read more]

In reply to - JF.com wrote a new post I got to know Larry because I was married to Ted. We spent many fun hours with Larry. I especially liked it when he’d visit us on one of Ted’s ranches and be a totally out of his com […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 21:24:13 -0500

All too true. Nice ref to FDR too. But why have people stopped factoring in Overpopulation as a serious problem in all this? Up to the 1970s, Overpopulation was regularly on the agenda. In the ’80s it was dismissed as if we had solved the problem, as if the answer was to double the population and forget about it.

In reply to - JF.com wrote a new post It’s Sunday. The Sunday before the Tuesday election. The election that may well determine the future of the planet and whether or not it will be hospitable for human life. The latter w […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:59:04 -0400

Smart, practical, grounded & fair points, all.
You must have a lot of patience, more than I, to take the time to spell out what should be self-evident to anyone with empathy and common sense. That’s what demoralises me, that these things have to be spelled out, implored, beseeched, against powerful forces that often don’t even deign to respond.…[Read more]

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post Well, one good thing about sheltering at home and everything being closed: I can do more social media, including blogs. I’m sitting at home trying to imagine what its like for gig economy […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:23:43 -0500

I’m glad to hear your writing’s on fire. I’m hoping when the Fire Drill book is done that you will carry right on through another memoir (maybe one trading chapters between films made in a particular decade and parallel political activities for the same period in the next chapter). You know, serve and volley.

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post It’s New Year’s eve and I’ve been writing almost without cease for 4 days and will continue until I have to stop for the Thursday Fire Drill teach-in. I’m writing a book about the Fire […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 19:42:12 -0500

“I have studied why women tend to get braver with age and men don’t, but that’s for another time.” Would be very interesting to hear more, Jane.
I remember some Indian guru saying that old men get more feminine because earlier in life that side of men was socially repressed, so those reserves well up in old age, when they are relieved of soc…[Read more]

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: (L_R) Sally Field and Jane Fonda demonstrate on Capitol Hill during “Fire Drill Friday” climate change protest on December 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:24:07 -0500

Gotta love JF. Make sure you keep warm!

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post Last Friday was the 5th Fire Drill Friday at the Capitol in DC and it was swell in every way…wonderful speakers, especially Phyllis Bennis, longtime activist and policy expert on […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:39:21 -0400

Jane, you’re on your way to Bertrand Russell’s peaceful resistance record when he was 90-something.

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post Speaking today at the launch of Fire Drill Fridays. 17-year-old Jerome Foster 11, who has been striking for Climate every Friday in front of the White House. Left to right: […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:19:02 -0400

This goes to show you get clarity from honesty. Sincerity is what spells it out, not dumbing down, and there’s a clear-as-day contrast here between Fire Drill Friday’s message and the p-r coming out of the White House.

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post NOVEMBER 8 NOVEMBER 1 OCTOBER 25 OCTOBER 18 We are live for #FireDrillFriday calling for a Green New Deal!Posted by Fire Drill Fridays on Friday, October 18, 2019 OCTOBER […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:47:42 -0400

Those are lovely photos, especially The Book Club.
I also think there is good scope for a Grace crossover. I think you and Lili should kidnap Larry David for a 2-part episode and not set him free until he says something positive.
I hereby give away that idea for free with no need for recompense now or in the future, absolutely gratis. Go…[Read more]

In reply to - Jane wrote a new post 1. Blogging. I feel really badly that I haven’t blogged. Why haven’t I? Well, so many are suffering all over the world including here in this country; climate is wreaking havoc. My heart bre […]

Gary McMahon posted a new activity comment

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:47:15 -0400

(especially since I myself kidnapped the idea from ‘9 to 5’!)

Gary McMahon commented on the post, AN APPEAL FROM ME ASKING YOU TO HELP PROMOTE STABILITY, GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CONFLICT ZONES

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:25:48 -0500

Not sure this is the ideal thread for posting this link – – but it does span the range from glamor or beauty to political integrity and demonstrates you can have both – – in other words, having ideals and being […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, END OF YEAR BLOG

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:54:04 -0500

– – O and I hear Criterion is releasing KLUTE on blu-ray disc this year. I hope they approach you for input. Criterion is a longstanding iindependent label, active in film preservation, and goes the extra mile […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:51:05 -0500

This might give Jane a laugh.
‘Wait Till Your Father Gets Home’ was a 1972-73 cartoon series about the generation gap between a conservative middle class portly Dad and moderate Mom and their liberal teenage […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 16:27:03 -0500

Came across a cool clip while watching this uplifting Helen Reddy interview =

Gary McMahon commented on the post, Election 2018

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:26:08 -0500

“try to get outside whatever bubble you’re in.” I like that. A variation on Think outside the box. Expand your mind. Know the world beyond your world.
Bubbles are self-contained, a way of circling the […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, A QUICK CATCH UP

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:36:29 -0400

Jane, can you remember your voice-over sessions for narrating JULIA?
Did Fred Zinnermann give any directing for your narration? did he do many takes?
I’m guessing you read the narration after the shooting […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, THE NEW YEAR AND BEING 80

Wed, 16 May 2018 21:13:18 -0400

ROLLING STONE, 5 July 1973:
Paul Newman: “I think, say, Jane Fonda is probably a little more radical than I am, although not all that much. I suppose the main thing she and I have in common is that we are both […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, THE NEW YEAR AND BEING 80

Sun, 06 May 2018 11:24:22 -0400

Reader’s Letter, Correspondence page, ROLLING STONE, 6 July 1972:
“Thank you for the Jane Fonda interview. America should not have to wait until she is 50 to realize Jane is a great and courageous woman.” […]

Gary McMahon commented on the post, Blame Rosie O’Donell and Lily Tomlin

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 17:31:33 -0400

Hurrah – – keep ’em coming. You see? 9 years later your blog entry is still ‘in print’,in circulation and being read. The Internet isn’t as ephemeral as I thought.
Kurt Vonnegut showed he could be a Luddite […]

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