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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

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 )

Pow! Kids with Guns and the SOV Surrealism of Hawk Jones (1986)

By Michelle on March 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Relax and Enjoy the Mystery: Deadloch and How to Get to Heaven From Belfast

By Critterlab on March 19, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“Remember Quick that Life is Death”: Mother of Flies (2025)

By Carol on March 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s ‘Honey Bunch’ Tries and Tries Again

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

Blood Pact: Exploring SOV Director Glenn Andreiev’s Infatuation with the Vampire Mythos

By Michelle on February 26, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

DC’s Sexually-Liberated Superheroines

By Guttersnipe on September 23, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Laura Hudson writes an excellent essay about “The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and the ‘Sexual Liberation.’”

A Pie in the Face is Still Funny

By Critterlab on September 22, 2011 • ( 3 Comments )

Wipeout makes me laugh. It’s absurd and an appalling waste of water, but I’ve been watching it with a friend ever since we stumbled onto the “blind date” episode in season three and were still tuned in two hours later. It reminds me of how much I enjoyed […]

George Lucas Strikes Back

By Guttersnipe on September 22, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Imprisoned in one room for 20 years, George Lucas wants revenge. (Thanks, John!)

Gamers For the Cellullar Molecular Win!

By Guttersnipe on September 22, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Gamers decode a protein structure in an amazing display of speedrunning. If you want to play games and help humanity, go to Fold It.

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival, 2011

By Guttersnipe on September 21, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

The 2nd Annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival could use some help horrifying San Diego. Check out the HIFF project page at the Indiegogo. Also, HIFF’ s line-up has been announced including many amazing indie shorts and the Classic Eyes Without A Face. Gutter-Approved!

The Ocean’s Secret Paths

By Guttersnipe on September 21, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

An interactive map of fiber-optic cables running beneath the world’s oceans (and seas). (via etsy)

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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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