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‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

April 14, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

Everything Is Terrible, But at Least Mark Hamill Is Still the Joker

January 20, 2017December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off

Everything is terrible, and everyone’s favorite laughing Batman villain is here to, err, help?

It’s a Trump Presidency, Huey Freeman

November 9, 2016January 7, 2021 John MaherComments Off

The words I return to today in a world in which hate is winning.

Doug Dimmadome Looks Awfully Familiar

August 30, 2016May 9, 2019 Evan FonsecaComments Off

Make Dimmsdale great again?

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‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

Everything Is Terrible, But at Least Mark Hamill Is Still the Joker

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Doug Dimmadome Looks Awfully Familiar

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