RIP John Hughes
Stepanie Zacharek looks over John Hughes’ complicated, heartfelt and well-targeted movie legacy.
Tentacles! Jane Austen!
Jane Austen, co-author of the popular, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has a new novel that details more than love or manners in the Regency Era. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters reveals shocking and tentacled attacks on respectable society. Click through to the book trailer.
We Need to Talk
I’ve put it off long enough. Thought, ‘We can get into that later’, and ‘I should wait till the fuss dies down a little’. But truth is, we’re overdue. It’s time we talked. About Twilight. (Don’t groan. At least, not till we’re done). The talk has two parts. […]
Happy International Zine Month!
July is International Zine Month–make a zine in 24 hours, attend events in Glastonbury, Portland and Minneapolis, get cut’n’pastey!
Twilight, Remixed
It was bound to happen: Buffy vs. Edward. (via Smart Bitches).
Lathed vs. Laved
The Smart Bitches beg us all, “FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS TURGID, STOP USING THE WORD LATHE” because it’s “NOT SOMETHING ANY MAN WANTS DONE TO HIS MANJUNK.” They have woodworking videos, too.
The Cultural Gutter 