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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 )

From the Archives: (Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock

By Carol on November 20, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

More Killer Jellies!

By Guttersnipe on December 15, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

“When jellyfish populations run wild, they may jam thousands of square miles with their pulsating, gelatinous bodies…” Arm yourself with knowledge! Also, pictures!

Mainlining the Xmas Spirit

By Guttersnipe on December 13, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

CSI: North Pole? Christmas cards starring a disturbed Santa and Chad Vader? Blame Society Productions mainlines the Xmas spirit.

Bettie Page Is Dead

By Guttersnipe on December 12, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

Bettie Page is dead, but she won’t ever really be gone.  There’s an obituary and remembrances at her website. 

Nobody Dies: The Eternal Return of LEGO Batman

By Carol on December 11, 2008 • ( 4 Comments )

I’ve written before that I was put off superhero comics by all the dying and resurrected X-Men—the eternal return and the attempts to escape it. You might have noticed that DC and Marvel’s superhero titles have become a bloodbath. Sure, it started it with big crossovers and the […]

Crocheted Dalek Doom!

By Guttersnipe on December 10, 2008 • ( Leave a comment )

Crochet your own dalek with amdown’s pattern–or planetjune’s modifications–force humans to hollow out the earth so you can drive it around the universe. Daleks conquer and destroy!

The Atlas of True Names

By Guttersnipe on December 8, 2008 • ( 1 Comment )

They may say they are inspired by Tolkien, but it looks like a lark, of an etymological nature, to me! The Atlas of True Names converts place names into their original meanings. It’s like a whole different world.

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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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