“Strong Women in Film: The 1930s, 40s, and 50s”
At Lioness, friend of the Gutter Kerry Gately Fristoe suggests Classic Hollywood films featuring great female characters!
“Decolonizing Your Library: Building an Inclusive Graphic Novel Collection and Beyond”
At Booklist, Alexandria brown has some suggestions and offers some resources for librarians to build inclusive graphic novel collections and decolonize their libraries. “Decolonization work and graphic novels may not seem like an obvious pairing, but in fact, the two can go hand in hand. In recent years, […]
“A List of Fictional Murderers Hiding In Plain Sight”
At CrimeReads, Claire Whitfield considers misleading characters and murderers hiding in plain sight. “we expect bad people to come with devil horns and a handy label. It’s still a surprise when we find out murderers can be charming and admired in the community. Cruel manipulators might always open […]
100 Sherlock Holmeses; Or, Sherlocks Holmes!
At Crime Reads, Olivia Rutiliagno presents her “100 Best, Worst and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All Time, Ranked.” “We’re ranking Sherlock Holmes performances. One hundred of them. Not Sherlock Holmes adaptations, but the representations within them of Sherlock Holmes himself. Now, you might think that you know […]
“The Female Gaze: 100 Overlooked Films by Women”
BFI has a list of 100 overlooked films by women. “In this list we aim to write women back into film history by championing 100 female-directed hidden gems that have been forgotten or unfairly overlooked – with contributions from Jane Campion, Greta Gerwig, Claire Denis, Isabelle Huppert, Agnès […]
“Best of Marvel What If…? Comics!”
At Comic Book Herald, friend of the Gutter Sara Century shares the best What If…? comics! These are objective facts! “The wild world of What If…? has truly earned the right to be considered a subgenre of superhero comics in and of itself, and the stories you find […]
The Cultural Gutter 