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Meet Abygai

Filmmaker and writer who examines film through an intersectional feminist lens.

Current Projects:
Deputy Editor at Cinema Skyline
Managing Newsletter Editor at Bluestockings Bookstore
Freelance Writer at BUST Magazine
Contributing Writer at Sad Girls Club

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Cinema Skyline –
Volume V

Cinema Skyline Volume V is our most extensive to date. Volume V presents comprehensive coverage of the 57th New York Film Festival, where you can certainly anticipate a variety of Main Slate feature selections. However, with this issue we were passionate about dedicating a number of pages to the festival’s Encore screenings, Revivals and Projections sidebars. Additionally, Volume V contains a requisite cover piece on Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, rep reports on The Lighthouse, Joker, and Ad Astra, and a lengthy section dedicated to memorializing the everlasting legacy of Agnès Varda as seen through her NYFF appearances and through her final film, Varda by Agnès.

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Bylines
Sad Girl Lens: Love Spell Medley
Sad Girl Lens: Love Spell Medley

For Sad Girls Club
Witches and love spells teach us how to love men… to death

Sad Girl Tarotscopes - February
Sad Girl Tarotscopes - February

For Sad Girls Club

I’ve been thinking a lot about February as the love month and how that definition itself seems mismanaged especially given its origin.

Sad Girls Lens: Black Swan
Sad Girls Lens: Black Swan

For Sad Girls Club
In this column, Sad Girls Lens I aim to draw parallels between our blog themes and the intersections of mental health, femme identities, and film.

Your Sad Girl Tarotscopes - January
Your Sad Girl Tarotscopes - January

For Sad Girls Club
This month’s tarot reading focuses on giving us information about how to pace ourselves for the new year.

"Seberg" Doesn't Get Jean Seberg's Story Quite Right
"Seberg" Doesn't Get Jean Seberg's Story Quite Right

For BUST Magazine
This Seberg film review is featured in the Winter 2019 issue of BUST Magazine and has been aggregated to the digital site.

The Best Films From The Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Festival — And Where To Watch Them
The Best Films From The Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Festival — And Where To Watch Them

For BUST Magazine
This pieces covers the best of from The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival.

Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization Of Sex Work
Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization Of Sex Work

For BUST Magazine
I had the pleasure of interviewing professional cake sitter and cam girl Lindsay Dye about technology, sex, and of course cake.

Something Wicked This Way Comes! Take A Wonderfully Witchy Class At The BUST Craftacular In Brooklyn!
Something Wicked This Way Comes! Take A Wonderfully Witchy Class At The BUST Craftacular In Brooklyn!

For BUST Magazine
This piece aims to promote occult classes held at BUST’s annual craftacular.

Samara Weaving Plays Badass Bride Taking Down The Patriarchy In Slasher “Ready Or Not”
Samara Weaving Plays Badass Bride Taking Down The Patriarchy In Slasher “Ready Or Not”

For BUST Magazine
Discusses how Ready or Not uses humor and feminist values to criticize patriarchal institutions like marriage.

Pippa Bianco's "Share" Starts A Conversation About Redefining Redemption For Survivors Of Sexual Assault
Pippa Bianco's "Share" Starts A Conversation About Redefining Redemption For Survivors Of Sexual Assault

For BUST Magazine
Explores the evolution of the rape narrative portrayed on screen with Pippa Bianco’s “Share”