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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

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 )

The Burning Train

By Beth Watkins on April 16, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“I Would Save and I Would Be Saved”: Folk Horror, Masculinity, and a Sensible Heroine in Eye Of The Devil

By Carol on April 9, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

Fish Out of (Pasta) Water in Gabriele Mainetti’s ‘The Forbidden City’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on April 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

So many pulp magazines!

By Guttersnipe on October 17, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Do you dare lose yourself in the Pulp Magazine Archive at Archive.org?! Weird Tales! Fangoria! True Detective! Amazing Stories!

Spookoween 2018

By Guttersnipe on October 16, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Spookoween has begun with “Spookoween 2018: 31 Days of Horror, Part I” by the Gutter’s own Carol! (There will probably be two more posts covering the rest of Spookoween!)

“Vampirella’s Underrated History as a Sex-Positive, Pansexual Vampire”

By Guttersnipe on October 15, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

At SyFy Wire, friend of the Gutter Sara Century writes about Vampirella. “Vampirella is a queer icon, and the sooner we all allow her to be the truly epic character she is, the better off comics will be.”

Princess Iron Fan, Animated

By Guttersnipe on October 14, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

A 1941 animated version of Princess Iron Fan created by the Wan Brothers. (Thanks, Meredith!)

“PseudoPod 616: Flash On The Borderlands XLIV: Objectification”

By Guttersnipe on October 12, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter and swell author Chlöe Yates reads, “The House of Jack’s Girls” on Pseudpod, “the world’s premier horror fiction podcast!” And a friendly warning: “Pseudopod is for mature audiences only. Hardly any story on Pseudopod is suitable for children. We mean this very seriously.”

Eternal, Grandiose, and Gold: What Indian Cinema Makes of Ancient Egypt

By Beth Watkins on October 11, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Nothing says epic romance like a timeless wonder of the ancient world! via GIPHY The popular cinemas of India face a unique problem when it comes to the escapism that makes a significant component of their recipes. If your characters need to get away, to dream, where should […]

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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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