“The History of SPAM”
On Tasting History, Max Miller makes a spam ribbon loaf from a 1950s recipe and discusses the history of spam. Watch here.
Thomas the Tank Engine Superfans!
At the Guardian, Stuart Jeffries writes about Brannon Carty’s documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine (USA, 2025) and the fans who love the show. “It celebrates the men (and the fans Carty interviews are overwhelmingly male) who have found friendship, community and creativity […]
“The Colorful History of Tarot”
Smithsonian Magazine has a piece on the history of Tarot cards and you can read it here. (Thanks, Kate!)
Filmi Ladies: Snake Movies!
At Filmi Ladies podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch snake lady/nagin movies! “Dear friend Vikas Raheja from the Let’s Talk, Melbourne podcast is back to discuss SNAKE FILMS! We describe what we think makes snake films so great, including how […]
Filmi Ladies: Watching the Rainbow: Orange!
“Dazzling, devotional, dangerous orange guides our choices today! Beth was bamboozled by the marigolds in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, and Pitu saw spiritually-inspired sacrifice in Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Love—or loves plural, really—are at the center of these films, which is not unusual on this […]
Queer Histories and the Secret Language of Queer Art
The National Galleries has a pair of videos on Queer art. The first is “The Secret Languages of Queer Art,” which talks about identification and coding in Queer art and can be watched here. And “The Hidden Histories of Queer Art,” which discusses Queer art and the suppression […]
The Cultural Gutter 