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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

The Hang(ed) Man

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on February 5, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Emotional Suppression and the Machinery of Control in “Equilibrium” (USA, 2002)

By michelle8e45d54816 on January 29, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

A Slippery Slope from Cute to Evil in Cult of the Lamb

By Critterlab on January 22, 2026 • ( 5 Comments )

You Are Sleeping, You Do Not Want to Believe: ‘Dreamscape’ (1984)

By Guttersnipe on January 15, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Sachin’s Best of 2025 (and maybe 2026!)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 8, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

From The Archives: In György Pálfi’s ‘Hen’, the Real Lady Bird is (in) the Eggs We Laid Along The Way

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

From the Archives: Keep Watching the Skies

By Keith on May 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Always a man of mystery and adventure, Keith Allison is on a mission this week. He’ll return to us next month, but in the meantime, enjoy one of his earlier adventures… ~~~ Late Spring 1978, Clarksville Drive-In, Indiana — The car bounced to a halt on the uneven […]

“Alex Summers, Resident Himbo of the X-Men”

By Guttersnipe on May 6, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

At Fangrrls, Sara Century pens an ode to Alex Summers, aka, Havok, aka, the Goblin Prince. “Alex Summers may be best known for being the mostly incidental younger sibling of an important X-Man, but he is also a handsome disaster with a debilitating weakness for dominant women, and […]

The Pastry War, Lucha Libre and Cinco de Mayo

By Guttersnipe on May 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Keith shares from bonus content from his book Cocktails & Capers. It’s all about the Pastry War, Lucha Libre and Cinco de Mayo. “Alas, to keep the book to a reasonable length and not completely lose readers, I ended up cutting the pages about this […]

Tony Millionaire’s Star Wars!

By Guttersnipe on May 4, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Behold Tony Millionaire’s contribution to Star Wars tales, “George R. Binks; The Tragic Story of Jar-Jar’s Father!” (via Tom Speelman)

Zoë Bell’s Boss Bitch Fight Challenge!

By Guttersnipe on May 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Zoë Bell starts a fight with all her friends and you can watch!

She’s a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World

By Angela Englert on April 30, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Horror Editor Angela closes out our annual Switcheroo Month with some thoughts on Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse. ~~~ As regular readers may remember from my near-constant referencing of it, I am a mother. That’s right; I’m responsible for the care and feeding of a 4-year-old girl child. […]

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated every Thursday afternoon. Carol Borden, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, Beth Watkins, and Michelle Kisner probe science fiction, draw out the best in comics, stare deeply into the screen, sink their fangs into horror, dally with romance, speedrun their brains on videogames, grapple with wrestling, and explore so much more. Our Guest Stars shine here. Thanks to Gutter aesthetic director Brian Kirby for all his swank art. Thanks to EJ Lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the Cultural Gutter book. The Cultural Gutter's signature nail polishes, "Disreputable," and, "Disreputable 2: Hellcat," were created by Andrea Evans of MPZ Cosmetics. MPZ Cosmetics also teamed up with Dill McKinley to recreate the classic fragrance, Cornichon by Dill McKinley for Gutterthon 2021. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, and Mastodon. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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