“Dungeons & Dragons & Philosophers”
At Existential Comics, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Immanuel Kant, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida play Dungeons & Dragons.
“The Public Voice of Women”
Mary Beard writes about gender, speech, and the depiction of the sound of women’s voices from Homer’s time until now. “I want to start very near the beginning of the tradition of Western literature, and its first recorded example of a man telling a woman to ‘shut up’; […]
RIP, Stuart Hall
Sociologist and Cultural Theorist Stuart Hall has died. The Guardian and Art Review have obituaries. At Flavorwire, Brie Hiramina writes, “Why Stuart Hall’s Groundbreaking Work On Culture And Identity Still Matters.” There is an interview with Hall at Radical Philosophy. You can watch a documentary about Stuart Hall, […]
“Herbert West, Re-Animator” Part 1 and 2
Miguel Rodriguez reads “Herbert West, Re-Animator” at the Monster Island Resort Podcast–with illustrations by the Gutter’s Comics Editor, Carol Borden. Part 1 and Part 2 are already up.
RIP, Joanna Russ
Science fiction author and feminist and queer critic, Joanna Russ has died. She was probably best know for her novel, The Female Man and her critical text, How To Suppress Women’s Writing. Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy & Utopia has more about Russ and her work.
The Cultural Gutter 