Notes
Twilight of the Geeks
Patton Oswalt wants to save geekery by destroying it: “In order to save pop culture future, we’ve got to make the present pop culture suck, at least for a little while.” It reminds me of Jim Munroe’s question at WisCon 2008: “Does it have to get boring before it gets good?” Meanwhile, John Crye suggests, “Fuckin Quit It Already.”
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Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
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