Deconstructing Buffy

A call for papers for a forthcoming scholary study of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

“Buffy and Columbine
Buffy and queer theory
the Buffy film
Buffy from a content analysis
perspective
Buffy from a cultural studies
perspective
Buffy from a feminist
perspective
Buffy from a Lacanian
perspective”

I guess I’m going to have to start watching it one of these days. Is the the witch really a kik-rad [...]

The Magic Lamp

I like ‘divination toys,’ and this one is interesting. It’s a Shockwave animation based on a set of cards from the 1940’s. You cast a spread of cards and then look for cards you can rotate to match the edges which form complete pictures. Each picture is an arcana. However, it’s been very unstable for [...]

Goth Meme Registers with Mainstream Press

Now that the Goth movement’s shown up on the pop culture radar, it’s time to ditch all those copies of Sandman, add pastels to your wardrobe, and find another counterculture camp at which to pitch your tent.
But are the Cocteau Twins goth? I listen to them.
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Douglas R. Hofstadter on the Culture of Credulity

There is a dismissive attitude toward science as an explanatory framework for the world, and the welcoming of so-called “mysteries” such as after-death experiences, alien
abductions, crystal channeling, crop circles, telekinesis,
clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, or remote viewing.
Not to mention White House murder conspiracies, the “New World Order”, and whatever those jokers on Loveline say.
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