Kentucky Meat Shower #19 is reprinted here in its entirety. Two essays on 4chan culture. One on Ashby, the autistic girlfriend 4chan created. The other on the Chris Chan phenomena. But the entire “zine” is a single piece, with movements. I’m…
From Kentucky Meat Shower #18. I started seeing people about five years younger than me make fun of people my age overusing the word epic. Then I saw Will Menaker claim that people sold people on Parasite as an “epic guillotine” movie….
A new essay contextualizing an essay excerpted from Kentucky Meat Shower #16. I left the issue untitled in tribute to the George Floyd protests. I still think about those protests. Here’s some of my thoughts. BIRDWATCHING II: AN INTRODUCTION TO “BIRD WATCHING”…
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