Pinky & The Brain vs. Pulp Fiction
Voice actors Rob Paulsen and Maurice LeMarche read Pulp Fiction in the voices of Pinky and The Brain at SF Sketchfest. (Thanks, Jay!)
“Mother of Modern Witchcraft Revealed as a Bletchley Park Code-Breaker”
The Argus writes about the life of Doreen Valiente. “The woman known as the mother of modern witchcraft was also a Bletchley Park codebreaker and a friend of the Queen Mother, a new book claims.”
Trailer for Sale or Rent
Every April, the writers of the Cultural Gutter take time out from their assigned area of expertise to write about something else. So I’m going to ramble aimlessly for 2,000 words about road trips. Enjoy! We descended from Ruidoso atop a pine-covered mountain into a red hell of […]
You Must Remember This: The Hollywood Blacklist
Karina Longworth looks at the history of the Hollywood Blacklist in a new, multipart series of podcasts at You Must Remember This.
“The Feminists of Wakanda”
At The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about his current run on Black Panther, the prominence of female characters, feminism and the role of criticism. “The feminist critique is in the air now. If my rendition of Black Panther wasn’t created by that critique, it breathed the same air. […]
Interview with Jewelle Gomez
At The San Francisco Gate, Jewelle Gomez talks about her vampire novel, The Gilda Stories, on the book’s 25th anniversary. ‘The character is black. She’s a lesbian. And she’s a vampire,’ the publisher said. ‘That’s too complicated.’ Gomez laughs as she says this now, and it’s a deep […]
