Lovecraft Represents An American Mythos
Several articles I have written in the past have made it quite clear that I am a big fan of pulp fiction—not only is it often brilliantly written, not only […]
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Reflections on the Fitness Industry (ROK)
In my new Return of Kings article, I discuss why I have for the time being abandoned the personal training industry full time—because, frankly, it kind of sucks (to do […]
Bridging for the Total Novice
Ah, a video adaptation of my very first Return of Kings article: the bridge! An exercise new readers have likely never done before, but you really ought to start doing. […]
Dance and High Culture Are Gay?
Before we can answer this question, we have to discuss new year’s resolutions (it’ll make sense in a bit): As we are well into the New Year, I decided to […]
There Will Never Be A Great American Novel
For a nation to truly be a nation and not just an economic zone of atomized individualists hustling for gold, it needs a shared culture; culture of course being any […]
Cultural Appropriation Comes In All Colors
You, the humble reader, might have noticed that race relations in the United States (particularly between blacks and whites) are at something of a nadir-not THE nadir of race relations, […]
Film Review: Intolerance (1916)
I’m doing a film review today, and the film I have chosen is one of the great silent epics of American cinema: David Wark Griffith’s Intolerance (1916). Yes, you read […]