Matthew Goldin
Articles by Matthew Goldin:
Cults, Schmaltz, and Gestalts: The Canon of Everyday Life
in Issue 31 | Strategies of Togetherness (Aug 2013)highly unlikely that R. Kelly’s « Remix to Ignition » will become the next book in the New Testament - too much stress and Kierkegaard - Frank Herbert was a better writer than most 13-year-old fanfiction writers - if I decide to save Bambi’s mother’s life - a creative writing club I’d made on my Neopets account - this is gospel
Tender Violations
in Issue 28 | Trauma and Laughter (May 2013)or, if the porno has a storyline - the tickler and the tickled - the « money shot » - a comeuppance to her impotent husband - Straw Dogs - « cheers from feminists » - a fragment of consent - hand-to-hand combat - magic circle - How can one be deflated without being full of hot air? - skipping to the punchline
Telling It Like It Is: Laughter, Idiocy, and Art
in Issue 25 | Conservatism and Reaction (Feb 2013)« That was uncalled for! » - the rape joke - Truth in Comedy - the cult of sincerity - rendering the mainstream obsolete - « something mechanical encrusted on the living » - unwitting dukes - a form meant only for sleepy appreciation