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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

The Little Detective That Did: Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

By Beth Watkins on June 11, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Summer Fun Time Reading ’26

By Carol on June 4, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Don’t Sleep on Simon Glassman’s ‘Buffet Infinity’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on May 28, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Fatal Kisses, Leather Daddies, and Evil Tofu: Queer Coding in Video Games

By Critterlab on May 14, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Some Thoughts on a Film that Disappeared: Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer

By Carol on May 7, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth

By Guttersnipe on April 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Sweet German Pulp Horror Covers

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

Gaze in horror and wonder at this gallery of grisly cover art from German horror publishers, Hexenhammer and Gruselroman! (Thanks, Ed!)

“Jagged Little Pill Is Actually Very Good.”

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

Amanda Diebert writes about Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill. “See, when I heard Alanis at 12 I had to sneak it because I wasn’t allowed to listen to secular music, just like I wasn’t allowed to express anger or rage, just like I wasn’t able to speak about […]

Thinking about Us (2019)

By Guttersnipe on March 25, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

At Graveyard Shift Sisters, Ashlee Blackwell writes about Us (2019). And there is another fine piece about Us at Black Horror Movies.

Commentary for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse!

By Guttersnipe on March 24, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

“Time to put on your behind the scenes glasses and dive into the Spider-Verse one more time! The animation team behind the Academy Award winning, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, have re-assembled (after some well earned time off) to reminisce and share insight into the animation process.” Cue up […]

“Love is a Grift”

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

Victoria Squid sings the theme song for the new noir novel, Love Is A Grift, written by friend of the Gutter Graham Wynd.

The Projection Booth Special Report: The Fly (1986)

By Guttersnipe on March 22, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Mike White is joined by Bill Ackerman and Samm Deighan to discuss The Fly on The Projection Booth. “Released in 1986, David Cronenberg’s film stars Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, a man who meets a journalist, Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis). The film tells […]

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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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