We need to talk about lucha libre
Before the witching hour strikes on this Halloween, we need to have a talk about lucha libre. Why? Because, well, it's Halloween. Lucha libre's most famed and recognizable attribute is masked...
Must reads: The GOP, botox, mothering, Trump’s America, and women
Good morning! October is drawing to a close, and we hope your costumes are in order and you've got some good horror queued up on Netflix or in your podcasts! Coming up in November: Some U.S....
Is Jared O’Mara being made an example of?
The UK General Election in June of this year turned around with some quite unexpected results. One of these, on the other side of my city, was the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg being beaten...
Ghost Gab with Louise: When Dead Relatives and Your Feng Shui Master Mom Are Against Your “Coffin” Apartment
“No. Absolutely not. You cannot move into that apartment. Do you know how much I’ll worry about you if you do? Absolutely not.” Standing on a street corner in Brooklyn, in front of a bank I was...
Tomie: A J-horror retrospective
As Spooky Season reaches its peak and we enter the transition into cider and “should I turn the heat on now?” season, allow me now to take you on a nostalgic journey through one of my favorite...
The Heaven’s Gate Podcast is a Must-Listen
The 1997 mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult in Rancho Santa Fe, California, remains the largest such action ever committed on American soil. Believing that their alien allies would arrive in...
Must reads: Pop culture, jurisprudence, Mike Pence, and sexual harassment
Good morning! In case you missed it, our most popular post last week was Louise Hung's exploration of the RAISE Act, a piece of anti-immigrant legislation with interesting similarities to the Chinese...
The disability paradox
Some years ago, I sat on a bench in the city centre and the man sitting next to me looked at me, looked at my walking stick, and said “Get off your arse and get a job”. I told him I had a job. He...
The Chinese Exclusion Act is Back, But Now It’s Called the RAISE Act
There’s no way around it: Donald Trump’s “Great America” is a “White America”. This is nothing new (for Trump or frankly, US history). But with Trump’s ban on immigrants from largely...
#WednesdayWisdom: Won’t somebody please think of the rapists?
Woody Allen is right, there’s a witch-hunt going on. A witch-hunt against rapists. We can call it a rapist-hunt for short. With Harvey Weinstein being outed as a serial harasser of women and an...