Anaïs Nin Returns? Part 1
When I was a student at University of California, Berkeley in the early 1950’s, my circle of friends included several graduate students in the music…
Venus, Mars, or Mercury Retrograde in Furs: Drag Performance, Crossdressing, and Trans Characters in Film
I fell in love with Julie Andrews when she punched a hustler while coming out a closet dressed in a suit. The symbolism couldn’t’ve been more…
Suburban Purgatory: A Review of Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn
Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn (Canongate Press, 2019) If you don't know who Everything But the Girl is, it was an English…
Masque of the Digital Death: A Review of My Mentor, Death by Leslie D. Soule
My Mentor, Death by Leslie D. Soule (Terror House Press, 2020) My Mentor, Death by Leslie D. Soule was not what I expected. The title of this book of…
Was it a Butterfly? False Transphobia and Real Abuse in The Silence of the Lambs
“Goodbye Horses” plays as Buffalo Bill poses in the mirror speaking to themselves. “Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me, I’d fuck me SO HARD.” The speech…
Feminist Horror: When Men Aren’t the Problem
Horror’s my genre. I write, read, watch, and rewatch it. It’s been an interest since my parents allowed me to watch movies alone. Why love horror? I…
I Need the Violent Revenge in Inglourious Basterds
I watch plenty of Nazi films. I don’t say that loudly at parties. As someone with Jewish heritage, I don’t say that in front of family. Or anyone.…
In Defense of (and an Accusation of) Shock
There’s a current online trend which challenges Internet personalities to descend through gauntlets of disturbing (at deepest levels, illegal)…
Across the River Styx: A Review of Welcome to Hell by “Bad” Billy Pratt
Welcome to Hell by "Bad" Billy Pratt (Terror House Press, 2021) Welcome to Hell, indeed. The almost-prosaic Welcome to Hell navigates you through the…
Hyperreality as Hell: A Review of Welcome to Hell by “Bad” Billy Pratt
Welcome to Hell by "Bad" Billy Pratt (Terror House Press, 2021) The title is absolutely apt. We discover in the notes that the author takes the title…
