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Ann Ridley

@itsreallyridley

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We're back baby. Issue 3, "Main Character Energy", is now available! Head to the link in our bio and get it delivered right to your door.🍸

Special shoutout as always to our contributors and to everyone who submitted, thank you for sharing a part of yourself with us and your fellow hot messes.💋

Tags: Hot Mess, Indie Lit, Bookish, Literary Magazine, Pop Culture, Open Call, Non Fiction Writing, Poetry, Main Character, New Issue, Release

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The homelessness crisis, brotherhood, faith, love, community, & humanity. Stills from Houston‘s very own independent feature film ‘The Promise’ (2026) 🎥🎬 @thepromise.film
A story by @danieldevous @natalydevous @sulmaooo
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#independentfilms #indie #independentfilmmaker #houstonactors

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Blake Mullins

Blake Mullins is the Documentary’s Director.

#independentfilm #documentaryfilm #skate #thepromisefilm #thepromisefilmdocumentary

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Zóe Aliaha Wyman

Zóe Aliaha Wyman is Rebecca

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Music, fashion, film, and of course, a review by Ann. Nothing can save you except for her words.

Link in bio to read. 💋

Tags: Hot Mess, Indie Lit, Bookish, Literary Magazine, Pop Culture, Open Call, Non Fiction Writing, Poetry, Music, Review, Charli XCX, Dancing, Album

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This one took a little bit longer to finish but it was so fun to work with amazing talent like @lavg and @_austinmcleod_ @itsreallyridley and @itsapotato.exe I loved the movie Disclosure Day. I wondered how the resistance recruited their people. This is my take on how they did it! Thank you cast for giving your whole effort to this project!
#filmmaker #fanfilm #fx3 #katytexas #houstonfilmmaker #31for31

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!and just like that it’s been a week since we all explored the void together!
.thank you all for sharing your energies with us.
.thank you for diving in heart first.
.thank you for trusting in the unknown.

.whether you were performing, sharing visual art, or simply basking in the warm glow of community and artistry, we thank you.
!it is because of you that we are able to create these openings of the void!

.and a big thank you to @mothpresents for hosting us.

?want to share at the next opening of the void?
.use our linktree to submit as a performing artist or as a featured visual artist/vendor.

.you can also view all the incredible photos from our wonderful photographers there.

TnT Photo Pop Up - @tashagorel & @thswrites
Event Photos - @the.ginger.snaps.photography

!the void will open again!
.more soon.

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Watching you always. The Promise Film, Daniel DeVous, Nataly DeVous, Suleman Khan, Zoe Aliaha Wyman, Gabriel Mullen, Film, Independent Feature, Feature Film.

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!transmissions of VoF 5: SUMMER SECRETS artist lineup continues!
!our next featured artist is a versifier and troubadour for our troubled times!
!!ANN RIDLEY!!
..(@itsreallyridley)..

.an aspiring multi hyphenate creative who lives in here in htx.
!she believes that writing should be delicious and enjoys creating work that is playful and artful!
.when she isn’t working on her latest scheme, you can find her reading novels and spending time with people she loves.

.a poet has the power to reveal secrets lost to our own minds.
.things that we’ve hidden from ourselves in plain sight.
??perhaps we’ll rediscover them together??

.only one way to find out.
.we’ll see you SATURDAY.

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Box of Mettle BTS day 3. Wrapped!
Big thank you to every single crew member and talent for being part of this.
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📸: @edward.in.time

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first feature film, first lead role, first time acting since graduating, 3 months, late nights, early mornings, and tonsssss of caffeine

🎬: @thepromise.film

I’m so incredibly grateful for this opportunity to play Rebecca. And be one of the LEAD ROLES IN A MOVIE?!?! WHAT!!!

The way that this happened was incredibly happenstance. Definitely God orchestrated. So huge thank you to @danieldevous & @natalydevous for taking a chance on a random girl’s submission 🤧

my entire acting career thus far has felt like I’ve had to prove myself as an artist, prove that I deserved to be in certain rooms, and prove that I was more than a ‘pretty face’. that there was untapped depth and potential lying dormant!!

2 years where everything was dry…I’d been submitting and gotten 1 audition. AUDITION MIND YOU — NOT ROLE. So I took the time to revamp my mind, appearance, and soul. This is my testimony to staying diligent on the path you know is yours.

And super grateful for all the wonderful connections I made with these talented creatives. The promise family. Love you all ☹️❤️❤️

Put yourself out there. Do the work. And put your foot on the MF GAS. Can’t wait to share more. That’s a wrap on Rebecca⭐️
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#indiefilmmaking #houstonactors #houstonfilm #houstontheatre
#standaretopost @stanforcreators

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