The excellent Graveyard Shift Sisters interview the amazing Cate and Erica of Dark Matters! “The women behind Dark Matters are Cate and Erica; ‘genre-lovers exploring issues of race and ‘other’ in various arts, media, and academic disciplines, in the context of science fiction, horror, fantasy, the supernatural, and all things geek-friendly.’ This digital […]
Teri Garr talks with The Onion about her roles in Tootsie, Oh, God, working with Elvis and more. “Teri Garr, who got her start as a go-go dancer in the background of swinging ’60s films like Pajama Party and a string of Elvis movies before breaking out as […]
“The film scholar Ben Singer estimates that between 1912 and 1920, about 60 action serials with female protagonists were released, totaling around 800 episodes.” More at The Atlantic.
Women Write About Comics start their series on colorists and their importance in comics with an essay on color and coloring by Marissa Louise. “I love black and white drawing. When it is well done it has exceptional life, keen reduction, and strong emotive qualities. But line isn’t […]
One night, dressed as a black panther for a costume party, socialite Marla Drake sees a fugitive from justice and leaps from her car and into action for the first time as Miss Fury, the first female superhero created by a woman. Marla Drake had inherited a magical, […]
Susan Braudy writes a very in-depth piece on her experience of writing on the Women’s Liberation movement and Feminism for Playboy in 1969. “Almost as soon as I arrived in Manhattan to seek my fortune, I backed into a knuckle-bruising battle with Playboy’s Hugh Hefner. My new city-slick […]
Find t-shirts, mugs, totes and more at our new Guttermart location at Teepublic!
The Cultural Gutter 