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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

An Unusual Merry Christmas from Bombay

By Beth Watkins on December 25, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

10 Things I liked in 2025

By Carol on December 18, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Reflections of a Reflection in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Gutterthon 2025: Grand Slam!

By Guttersnipe on December 8, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Disavowing the Story: On Kimi wa Koibito (You Are My Lover): Part Two

By Guttersnipe on December 4, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Hat on a Hat on a Dinosaur: Jurassic Overkill and Instant Aliens

By Critterlab on November 27, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

“The Fashion Guide to The Avengers and The New Avengers”

By Guttersnipe on April 29, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Enjoy this guide to the British television series The Avengers and The New Avengers. In Color! (Thanks, Ian!)

“Bad Sisters: A look at Nunsploitation in Genre”

By Guttersnipe on April 27, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century looks at Nunsploitation.  “Evil nuns exist in movies at least as far back as the silent film Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages. Now considered a masterpiece of the silent era, the film initially polarized audiences, in no small part due to scenes […]

“Catsuits, Boilersuits, and Racing Suits”

By Guttersnipe on April 26, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

At the Vintagent, Paul D’Orléans writes about the history of one-piece utility suits from boilersuits to Catwoman and Girl On A Motorcycle (1968). “The story of the ‘boilersuit’ and its (super)heroic descendants is a curious tale; a purely functional clothing item historically laden with a mix of Utopian […]

From the Archives: Friends Don’t Eat Friends’ Boyfriends

By Angela Englert on April 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Horror Editor Angela Englert is on assignment tampering in God’s Domain. She will be back with her Switcheroo Month article next week!  She will bring Switcheroo Month into April. Where is your God now?! ~~~ Understand this: I love Jennifer’s Body (2009) and I can’t honestly think of […]

Groove to Korea’s Disco Scene!

By Guttersnipe on April 24, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

Enjoy all these tracks from Korea’s 1970s and 1980s disco scene!

“La Llorona and the Myths of Filicide”

By Guttersnipe on April 23, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century on La Llorona and stories of filicide. “Fans of ghost stories are no stranger to the legend of La Llorona. Perhaps stretching so far back as to claim Aztec origins, the infamous ‘weeping woman’ has become a classic horror story for kids […]

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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, Angela Englert, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, and Beth Watkins 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 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, Mastodon, and Bluesky as @culturalgutter. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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