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.”
I’ve never been a good fan. I am grumpy, contrary and deeply perverse. So Gail Simone kind of sneaked up on me and, before I knew it, became my new trusted brand. I don’t think I really noticed till I was excited because she was writing Wonder Woman
Watch out, the ladies are doing more than scream–Ax Wound‘s a new magazine about “gender in the horror genre.” (Thanks, Rachael!)
Tim Burton + Timur Bekmambetov + Shane Acker = 9. (thanks, boyo!)
“I’m not interested in perfection, and I don’t think the readers are, either.” Gail Simone talks Wonder Woman, Hollywood, feminism and LGBT characters with After Ellen.
Learn Kung Fu the Connie Chan way, covertly in a seemingly harmless rendition of the solfège classic “Do Re Mi” from The Sound of Music. Translation just below the player.
Old computer parts play a remarkably affecting “Bohemian Rhapsody.” You can even watch them do it. And why not click through to old computer parts playing Radiohead’s “Nude.”
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
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