“Misconceptions in the Diversity Discussion”
Joking over lunch at the Game Developers Conference leads to Gamasutra‘s Leigh Alexander delineating “a few worrying misconceptions out there when it comes to what people want when we ask for equality.”
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
“Visibility is Indivisible from Visibility”
Bound, Matrix and Cloud Atlas co-director, Lana Wachowski talks about growing up trans, suicide, and becoming a role model in her speech accepting the Visibility Award at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual gala dinner. The transcript is here.
Things That Go Bump In The Night
(No, I don’t mean that kind of bump. Sheesh. You people.) Given the timing of this column, and its proximity to Halloween, it seemed logical to write about the spooky side of Romance. But it was a little harder than I thought to put together a reading list. […]
Remembering Bob Clampett
Cartoon Brew remembers animator and puppeteer, Bob Clampett.
Reading Proto-Elamite
“[T]he Reflectance Transformation Imaging System, which uses a combination of 76 separate photographic lights and computer processing to capture every groove and notch on the surface of the clay tablets.” Dr. Jacob Dahl, director of the Ancient World Research Cluster, and a team of researchers capture images of […]
Imagining Murder
A fascinating discussion on fantasy, violence and catharsis between Michael Kosakowski, director of Zero Killed, a documentary in which people re-enact their fantasies of murder, and Miguel Rodriguez is on Monster Island Resort Podcast.
The Cultural Gutter 