“Vasquez Always Dies”
Ever wonder why the competent and kickass action ladies always die? TV Tropes examines why “Vasquez Always Dies.”
Two Nifty Pieces
Shattersnipe writes about “Sexism in Sherlock” (Moffat’s version, and so by extension, also Doctor Who), and Feminist SF reviews This Shared Dream and The Highest Frontier.
Terror of Monkeys vs. Robots
Manipulated by mad scientists, humiliated for humanity’s pleasure, will robots and apes tire of making our cars, vacuuming our floors, fighting our wars, washing our cats and smoking our cigarettes? Who will break first as humankind continually fails to distinguish androids from robots, apes from monkeys? We return […]
Know Your Meme: Creepy Chan
Know Your Meme scientist Yatta explains how Anonymous is a better Tyra Banks than Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model. (Thanks, Mike White!)
“Welcome Back, Bob”
Along with many more respectable writers, Gutter Editor Carol was asked to contribute to a tumblr blog welcoming Robert Osborne back on to the air at Turner Classic Movies. Check out all the entries here. (Carol’s is here). Osborne returns to TCM Thursday night at 8ET.
Nick Offerman Interview
It’s the LA Weekly Blog Food Interview with Parks and Recreation‘s Ron Swanson, oops… actor Nick Offerman.
The Cultural Gutter 