“On Object Permanence in the WWE”
Calvin Kasulke explains the role of object permanence–or the lack thereof–among wrestlers in the WWE.
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
Gorgeous Handcut Paper Microbes and Pathogens
A gallery of Rogan Brown’s handcut paper microbes and pathogens. (Thanks, Ceil!)
Interview with Lexi Alexander
The Kernal interviews director Lexi Alexander about the film industry, the ACLU investigation of gender discrimination in Hollywood, the connection between file-sharing and gender equality, trying to get an Arab-led series on television and the problem with crowdfunding.
“Entourage And The Slow-Burning Death Of The American Dream”
At Bitter Empire, Kaleb Horton writes about Entourage: “This movie, with all the charm of a seasoned leisure class alcoholic, coldly and mechanically celebrates the degradation of humanity. It is a movie with no moral center. A movie with no worldview. A commercial for having a million dollars […]
“The Re-Masculinization of Cyborg”
Comics Alliance‘s Andrew Wheeler writes about David F. Walker’s impending run on Cyborg and “the re-masculinization” of a Black male superhero. “At Emerald City Comic-Con earlier this year I was lucky enough to be on a panel on diversity and representation with David F. Walker, two months after […]
Interview with John Boorman
At the Guardian, Xan Brooks interviews John Boorman, director of Point Blank (1967), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Excalibur (1981) and the upcoming, Queen & Country. “If he could rewind to 1952 and reprise the entire trip, he cannot imagine exactly what he would change. Boorman frowns. ‘Actually, I […]
The Cultural Gutter 