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CT Liotta

CT Liotta

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Dec 21, 2025

On “A Christmas Story” And Diversity In Writing

The 1983 film is very white, a little racist, and true to my nostalgic brain.

On “A Christmas Story” And Diversity In Writing

CT Liotta

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Jan 3, 2024

Netflix cancelled the diverse show that represented you.

Debt Financing Doesn’t Last Forever

Netflix cancelled the diverse show that represented you.

CT Liotta

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Dec 30, 2023

A Gen-X Writer’s Foray into Young Adult Fiction

Know your audience. Or don’t, and have fun.

A Gen-X Writer’s Foray into Young Adult Fiction

CT Liotta

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Dec 26, 2023

No Justice, No Peace.

Dima Novak’s QUEENSIDE is more than a YA story about a chess club. It’s an urgent call for collective action in a divided society.

No Justice, No Peace.

CT Liotta

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Mar 22, 2022

Puzzling Through the Lauren Hough Lambda Literary Situation

The result isn’t necessarily greater justice. The result is more people paying lip service to progressive orthodoxy, and playing…

Puzzling Through the Lauren Hough Lambda Literary Situation

CT Liotta

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Jan 15, 2022

The Russian Defense

Dima Novak’s PUSHING PAWNS is a bold, smart YA tale about chess, friendship, and Soviet nostalgia.

The Russian Defense

CT Liotta

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Nov 26, 2021

20 Years On, “What’s Cooking?” is the Greatest Thanksgiving Movie Ever Made

How a 2000 movie about four diverse families celebrating Thanksgiving is at once dated, nostalgic… and timely

20 Years On, “What’s Cooking?” is the Greatest Thanksgiving Movie Ever Made

CT Liotta

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Nov 21, 2021

Our culture, not the Rittenhouse verdict, is the problem.

And, it isn’t going to change in my lifetime

Our culture, not the Rittenhouse verdict, is the problem.

CT Liotta

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Jun 20, 2021

Is Disney’s Luca a gay movie? Yes, and we need to say so.

Those saying it’s an innocent tale of childhood friendship are doing a disservice to gay boys, who need a story about what it’s like to…

Is Disney’s Luca a gay movie? Yes, and we need to say so.

CT Liotta

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Feb 19, 2021

Why I re-wrote a years-old short story nobody reads.

Keep editing, or shelve it? Whether a story is a success or forgotten, writers should enjoy storytelling.

Why I re-wrote a years-old short story nobody reads.

CT Liotta

CT Liotta

World traveler & foreign affairs enthusiast. GenX. Lawful neutral. I write gags and titles . Smoke if you got ’em. www.ctliotta.com

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