Ursula K. LeGuin Swears
Ursula K. Le Guin swears like a motherfucker in a piece about swearing : “So God is dead, at least as a swearword; but hate and feces keep going strong. Le roi est mort, vive le fucking roi.”
Carol
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.”
Bioware Says, “Get Over It.”
A straight male gamer accuses Bioware of ignoring straight male gamers by having queer romance options in Dragon Age II. Bioware responds by talking about having options for everyone and straight male privilege. Seriously.
Die Hipster!
Be the hipster in the excellent and free platform game, Die Hipster! (Thanks, Todd!)
Cthulhu Saves the World–Now Pretty!
Cthulhu Saves the World and he’s pretty! (thanks, Darryl!)
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
Pornokitsch traces Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Person from his first appearance in 1906, through a radio and tv series to a comic book adaptation from Moonstone.
Peter Watts’ The Thing
Peter Watts retells The Thing from the Thing’s point of view. Read it yourself or listen to an audio version of his version.
The Cultural Gutter 