Vita Werdegast Should Be Writing
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Hedge academic, Hårgan sysadmin, writes. Wrong perhaps, but not incorrect.
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Writing
My ridiculous doggos
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Horror
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This Game Kills Fascists
Spoilers for all Dragon Age, y’all. I have always believed the world would be a kinder place if more people played Dragon Age games. It’s true that BioWare’s high fantasy series h…
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Hey, everybody! I'm back at the Gutter this month with a piece about Dragon Age: The Veilguard!
#dragonage #veilguard #datv #didiforgetanyhashtags #culturalgutter
#dragonage #veilguard #datv #didiforgetanyhashtags #culturalgutter
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Art is like games. There’s a lot of “grinding” to build stats before you are ready for a boss fight.
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Art is like games. There’s a lot of “grinding” to build stats before you are ready for a boss fight.
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
If you didn’t do the work to beat the boss fight, was the game as much fun or as meaningful to you? Aren’t the games you spent the most time and energy on the ones that stay with you?
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NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PRODUCED TO ENTER THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE.
ESPECIALLY ANYTHING WAVING IN THE DIRECTION OF ART.
Art (including telling stories) is part of how we experience being human. The creative process changes us; we learn while we make the thing.
ESPECIALLY ANYTHING WAVING IN THE DIRECTION OF ART.
Art (including telling stories) is part of how we experience being human. The creative process changes us; we learn while we make the thing.
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PRODUCED TO ENTER THE CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE.
ESPECIALLY ANYTHING WAVING IN THE DIRECTION OF ART.
Art (including telling stories) is part of how we experience being human. The creative process changes us; we learn while we make the thing.
ESPECIALLY ANYTHING WAVING IN THE DIRECTION OF ART.
Art (including telling stories) is part of how we experience being human. The creative process changes us; we learn while we make the thing.
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Today is Sunday, Nov 15
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Today is Sunday, Nov 15
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
Good morning ❤️
eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back
We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.
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"When I heard from a few friends that saw it in various festivals this year that Oliver Laxe’s Sirât was a sonic and visual ordeal so punishing that it nearly caused them to walk out, my interest in the film was immediately piqued." culturalgutter.com/2025/11/13/p...
Pernicious Purgatory in Oliver Laxe’s ‘Sirât’
When I heard from a few friends that saw it in various festivals this year that Oliver Laxe’s Sirât was a sonic and visual ordeal so punishing that it nearly caused them to walk out, my interest in…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"When I heard from a few friends that saw it in various festivals this year that Oliver Laxe’s Sirât was a sonic and visual ordeal so punishing that it nearly caused them to walk out, my interest in the film was immediately piqued." culturalgutter.com/2025/11/13/p...
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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Today's RtG talk brought up lots of connections to earlier speakers who joined us so here is a little thread of some of the people mentioned and the talks they did for us!
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
The South African Gothic with Dr Rebecca Duncan
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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November 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's RtG talk brought up lots of connections to earlier speakers who joined us so here is a little thread of some of the people mentioned and the talks they did for us!
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
First up, Rebecca Duncan, a decolonial Gothic scholar, who spoke to us on the South African Gothic
youtu.be/lOCfD4mz5YM
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
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Maybe the next gay joke will be the one that saves democracy. Keep going.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Maybe the next gay joke will be the one that saves democracy. Keep going.
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I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce and as it turns out I don't know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Tomorrow's free talk is about decolonising the Gothic!
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
Select tickets – Writing back to the coloniser: re-imagining Jekyll and Hyde with Haleh Agar – Zoom
Writing back to the coloniser: re-imagining Jekyll and Hyde with Haleh Agar – Zoom, Sat 15 Nov 2025 - Our series of talks is funded exclusively by donations. The talks are free to access but if you ca...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tomorrow's free talk is about decolonising the Gothic!
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
We're joined by Haleh Agar for
'Talking back to the coloniser: Reimagining Jekyll and Hyde' (in an Iranian context)
10am and 7pm GMT online
10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
7 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...
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Stephen King: “I wrote Pet Sematary as a cautionary tale of what happens when a grief and despair overpower the order of a natural world”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stephen King: “I wrote Pet Sematary as a cautionary tale of what happens when a grief and despair overpower the order of a natural world”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
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"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
When It Happens
It’s been so long, you sometimes forget that eventually, IT will HAPPEN. It’s impossible to say when IT will HAPPEN. But it can’t be too long until...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Of course, it doesn’t feel right to want IT to HAPPEN. And it’s obviously not okay to try to make IT HAPPEN. That’s not what this is ABOUT, just to make things CLEAR LEGALLY as far as VARIOUS AGENCIES are concerned."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/whe...
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I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I'm going to have a nice peaceful day with no bad news if it kills us all.
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JESSE JAMES MEETS BLACULA (William Beaudine, 1973)
Jesse and Frank James (Giuliano Gemma & John Drew Barrymore) get more than they bargain for after mistaking the coffin of vampire Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) for a chest of confederate gold during a train robbery.
Jesse and Frank James (Giuliano Gemma & John Drew Barrymore) get more than they bargain for after mistaking the coffin of vampire Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) for a chest of confederate gold during a train robbery.
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
JESSE JAMES MEETS BLACULA (William Beaudine, 1973)
Jesse and Frank James (Giuliano Gemma & John Drew Barrymore) get more than they bargain for after mistaking the coffin of vampire Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) for a chest of confederate gold during a train robbery.
Jesse and Frank James (Giuliano Gemma & John Drew Barrymore) get more than they bargain for after mistaking the coffin of vampire Prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) for a chest of confederate gold during a train robbery.
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‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ funding AI-generated short form content in new tweet:
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI.”
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's kinda like if you were born intuitively feeling like the A button should be on the right, X should be up, B down, etc. but life hands you an Xbox controller and everyone gets super weird the moment you ask about button remapping.
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I really think that the best way to stop an intellectually anemic stylistically milquetoast bad-faith paycheck troll from winning is to stop turning every quarter-assed essay he publishes into the quote-tweet Super Bowl, but by all means, keep fighting your battle as you see fit
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Right now, Karoline Leavitt is being coached on how to say “ephebophilia” in the least creepy way possible.
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Right now, Karoline Leavitt is being coached on how to say “ephebophilia” in the least creepy way possible.
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OH MY HEARTS ❤️❤️
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
OH MY HEARTS ❤️❤️
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If you say things on TV like "Raping an 8yo is worse than raping a 15yo" you should be launched into a volcano
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you say things on TV like "Raping an 8yo is worse than raping a 15yo" you should be launched into a volcano
SCIENCE!
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
SCIENCE!