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### Quibi Failed. Instagram Won’t. Here’s Why That Changes Everything For Your Career.

How do you tie together working class issues, the canyons of grief, Providence’s founding by an exile, Aspasia (the woman who taught Socrates), modern loneliness, aliens, and the Socratic Method?

You make a movie! Obviously!

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### Today is my fortieth birthday.

This Substack represents a type of writing I have wanted to do since I found Chuck Klosterman, The Agony Booth, and My Year of Flops in college. I always told myself no one cared what I had to say about movies or horror and it was silly to put my voice out there. This year I took the leap and now over fifty of you are signed up to get my horror essays every week. It means a lot to me. Thank you for making the transition to my forties feel like an exciting new chapter.

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### Liz Oyer's new podcast Is This Really Legal?

I hope you'll join me and come with your questions!