BackToTheFuture2

Back to the Future Part II

In the current Dark Age, it's almost a universal law that any successful IP from before Ground Zero will become fodder for a bastardized remake or insulting sequel. Yesterday's post showcased Back to the Future as the sole exception to that rule. But did it break the other ironclad Hollywood…
September 22, 202219 Comments
BackToTheFuture

Back to the Future

It's important to be thankful for small mercies. In the context of beloved 1980s film franchises, only one has escaped desecration by the Hollywood Death Cult ... for now. That as-yet unsullied franchise began with 1985's Back to the Future, a time travel adventure flick written by Robert Zemeckis and…
September 21, 202212 Comments
whiteness poison

Raise Your Own Kids Already

Reason to home school #4,635,980: A teacher at an elite private school in California’s Pacific Palisades called whiteness “poison” and pledged to expose white students to “racially stressful encounters,” in a letter obtained exclusively by Breitbart News. Victoria Rosenberg, who teaches middle school English at the NAIS-affiliated St. Matthew’s Parish…
September 20, 20223 Comments
marriage vow

Marriage Vow

In which superversive scribe Ben Zwycky shares his latest musical composition Watch the video now: And for a haunting tale of the vows - marriage and otherwise - that bind us in this life, read my high fantasy novella.
September 19, 20222 Comments
Self-Help

Self-Help

If you've read a self-help book, been to therapy, or attended a motivational seminar, you may be familiar with the locus of control concept. Someone with an internal locus of control is self-directed, whereas someone with an external locus of control sees himself as being at the mercy of outside…
September 16, 2022
Shoot the Devil

Shoot the Devil

The Superversive crew announce their latest anthology collaboration, whose central message I heartily endorse. My lovely and talented editor L. Jagi Lamplighter writes: Shoot the Devil-In the Face! Stories by myself, John C. Wright, and eight other excellent authors. Admit it. Haven’t you wanted to punch him, kick him, or…
September 15, 20226 Comments
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Twisty Twitter Saga

Billionaire Elon Musks's already Byzantine dealings with Twitter have taken another twist. Twitter's shareholders have officially voted to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion bid, allowing the board to take the company private if it can force the billionaire to uphold his deal in the upcoming trial. The shareholders met for…
September 14, 20223 Comments
Adirondacks

It Shook Him

Reader Luke West comments: I live in the Adirondacks, where The Last of the Mohicans story takes place* and we’re almost on the NY/Vermont border. There is a mountain nearby that has two marked hiking trail approaches, one on the lakeside of Lake George from the west, the other from…
September 13, 2022
Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

The 1980s teen comedy genre isn't a field known for producing great art or artists. Nostalgia blinds most contemporary viewers to the weed and fornication-fueled subversion beneath the presentable Reagan-era exterior. As film critics have pointed out, Hollywood got even more subversive in reaction to the conservative political turn. And…
September 12, 202219 Comments
Paranormal-Beliefs

Paranormal Beliefs

A while back, Chapman University did a study to determine the prevalence of paranormal beliefs among Americans. Majorities professed belief in Atlantis and ghosts. The unstated assumption behind the poll - and all polling - is that the majority's opinion matters. Indeed, we're often told that a majority supports democracy,…
September 9, 202214 Comments