“Best Sex Toys, 2022!”
At Oh Joy Sex Toy, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan team up with Chicago’s Early To Bed to share their favorite sex toys of 2022–and all in comic form! Read it here.
Now in the Public Domain!
The Public Domain Review features new books and films that have come into the public domain in the US on Jan. 1, 2023. Read more here. Meanwhile, Duke University has a resource listing sound recordings as well and discussions of copyright and the public domain here.
Ray Bradbury’s “The Emissary”
The Library of America features Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Emissary.” “Bradbury originally wrote “The Emissary” for his first book, Dark Carnival (1947) and then revised it in 1951 for publication in the short-lived literary journal New-Story. He then rewrote it extensively for inclusion in The October Country […]
Unabsolved Transgressions, Surrealism, and a Chorus of Furies: A Wounded Fawn (2022)
Travis Stevens’A Wounded Fawn (USA, 2022) is entirely my thing. It’s a nice mix of art house and genre, which is one of my favorite things. It blends fine art—in this case the art of Surrealists (and friends) Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna—1970s horror/giallo, Classical Greek […]
The Gutter’s Own Carol + The Feminine Critique’s Emily watch a Christmas movie!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins Emily Intravia to discuss A Christmas Village (2018) on a Stocking Stuffer episode of the Feminine Critique. “Is it love, or just a head injury? Such are the questions asked on this special visit to A Christmas Village, a 2018 film made […]
The Surreal Wonder of A Wounded Fawn (USA, 2022)
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has a lot to say about Travis Stevens movie blending horror, Surrealism and Greek tragedy, A Wounded Fawn (USA, 2022). “Travis Stevens’A Wounded Fawn is entirely my thing. It’s a nice mix of art house and genre, which is one of my favorite […]
The Cultural Gutter 