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A Cultura Is My Passport
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The Cultural Gutter is dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. And shenanigans.
she / her. they / them. whatevs / whatevems.
No Fucking Kings.
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And now I revert to my most essential form--a 1930s cartoon Halloween cat who moves to the beat of hot jazz!
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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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kelleepratt.com/2020/04/11/d...

I connected to this plot of a middle aged mom finding love and battling mother’s guilt in ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS- an compared to a similar idea in a Stanwyck film:
#TCMParty
Do Moms Deserve a 2nd Chance For Love?
Motherhood is historically a symbol of nurturing love and sacrifice. If a mother is married, and her partner/spouse dies, as a widow her role as mother marches on. But does that mark an end to her …
kelleepratt.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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None of the films Rock Hudson made w/ director Douglas Sirk are streaming — not even as a VOD rental.

But 4 of them are on TCM tonight starting at 8pm ET.

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate his centenary.
#FilmSky #TCMParty
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Got my comps for BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION: ARCADIA #1. Very excited for this! I’ve been wanting to make this book for many years. Very proud of how it came together. Colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. Letters by @simonbowland.bsky.social. Get it in shops on 11/26!
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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What a great time for me to remind everyone about a favorite movie of mine: 1988's BLADES, which serves as a parody of JAWS, but rather than a shark in the water...it's a sentient lawnmower on a golf course. It's absurd and gets strangely cinematic at the end. I remain a loud champion of this film.
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Recommendations for small presses or university presses with an interest in Irish writing?
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I’m going to keep boosting this because it makes me giddy any time Disability Studies & Archaeology do a team-up!
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?

"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific

#academicsky 🏺♿
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Do episodes of classic PERRY MASON count as Noirvember?

Serious question.
#WatchPartyAlert 🚨1-week only! #TVMysteries goes old school with #ClassicPerryMason on Tue, 11/18/25 over at Mastodon

• 8:00p ET (s1e23) TCOT ONE-EYED WITNESS

• 9:00p ET (s2e19) TCOT CARETAKER'S CAT

All #RaymondBurr #PerryMason fans welcome!

US streaming info pinned to my profile over there🐘
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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If you're doing a best books of the year round up, just saying I think my book is pretty good. . . .
Marya E. Gates
Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors In Their Own Words A collection of profiles, interviews, and definitive cinematic images, Cinema Her Way shines a light on female filmmakers who have made…
maryaegates.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Happy birthday, Delroy Lindo
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Sticker of the Day!

This is my sticker based on my painting, "Squiggle"!

www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/...

#art #sticker #cat
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!

The production of TWELTH NIGHT with Lupita Nyong’o, Junior Nyong’o, Peter Dinklage, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Daphne Rubin-Vega is now on the PBS app!!!!

www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/t...
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Happy onsale day to @merriam-webster.com 12!
You could look it up!
[big book news]
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Me: a little bird told me xyz.
5yo: how do you talk to birds
Me: I'm a witch
5yo: how?
Me: all moms are witches
5yo: ...(friend from school)has two moms! Does that mean she has two witches?
Me: yep.
5yo: 😶
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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The NY Times will stay true to form though, critiquing the tone and civility of those on the correct side of history.
November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I hope men understand that it is very very rare for anyone who is not a woman’s lover, close friend, or relative to stand up for her when another man insults her in a room of other men. It is incredibly unusual. They may not join in the bullying, but they’re unwilling to step in to stop it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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you try to do football, you’re gonna make mistakes, commit penalties, turn the ball over. a lot of football guys fail to understand that football is the enemy. the game tries to tell you that itself by constantly injuring people. trying to do more of it? a fool’s errand.
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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i think what we’re seeing tonight is that dan campbell is a football guy who wants to do a lot of football, and that plays right into the hands of nick sirianni, who wants to do nothing and especially not football, which is frustrating to his football players but a proven way to win at football
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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quakers be like
would all of God’s children please calm the fuck down
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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And as Elon Musk has seen fit to demonstrate, you can absolutely be at the same time the world’s richest man, as well as the world’s trashiest embarrassment.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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From the Archives: CG Editor Emeritus Keith Allison wishes you all a Joyous Life Day! culturalgutter.com/2013/12/26/d...
Death to Life Day
A lot of people my age have vague memories of a Star Wars holiday special back from some time in the 1970s, but beyond that their memories go blurry. Maybe they recall it had something or other to …
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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FRED OTT'S SNEEZE (1894) in its entirety, the tight and suspenseful saga of Fred and his sneeze
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM