Mark Maynard | identity politics

A communal response to a local conspiracy theorist

By Mark | August 2, 2020

As I don’t have very much time today, I thought that perhaps I could count you to help in drafting a response to the following comment, which was left on the site earlier this morning by one of our resident conspiracy theorists. If you want, we can take them sentence by sentence. As I’ve got […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Barack Obama, biostatistics, CDC, China, civil unrest, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, conspiracy theory, COVID-19, Donald Trump, ebola, EOS, fear mongering, flu, golfing, Jared Kushner, martial law, Michelle Obama, Monica Echeverri Casarez, power grid, Ron Fricker, TeleTracking Technologies | 179 Comments

The Untold History of Zines… Sean Tejaratchi on Crap Hound

By Mark | March 17, 2019

When I first started my “History of Zines” oral history project back in 2013, one of the first people I reached out to was Sean Tejaratchi, the man behind the incredibly ambitious clip art zine Crap Hound. [As someone with OCD, the obsessiveness of Crap Hound really resonated with me, and I wanted to find […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Special Projects, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1970, A is For, A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows, abortion, action figures, Adam Parfrey, Adidas, aggressive massage, Amok, amusement parks, animal erections, Answer Me, Anton LaVey, Apple Cabin, Bertrand Falstaff Heine, birds with human penises, book design, bubbles, calendars, Cane toad, Captain Matthew Webb, change, Charlie McCarthy, Chloe Eudaly, Chris Thile, clip art, coffee, consignment, consistency, Crap Hound, Dan Howland, Danzine, Death Scenes, Debbie Goad, Dishwasher Pete, DIY, Doc Johnson, dongs, ear trumpet, erections, Eugene, Evel Knievel, evolution, fake band posters, feral child, Feral House, Geek Love, Genie the feral child, graphic design, Gregg Turkington, He-Man, Heinous, Independent Publishers Resource Center, IPRC, Jim Goad, John Coffin, Journal of Ride Theory, Katherine Dunn, Kathy Molloy, Kinko's, Lake Wobegon, Larry Crane, LiarTown, Live from Here, living in the past, Los Angeles, maggots, Martha Plimpton, Masters of the Universe, Mattel, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Michael McKean, Mike King, Miranda July, navel gazing, Nick Bougas, Oregon, oversharing, PDXS, penises, pigeon, poop exchange, Portland, Portland City Council, Portland Mercury, Powell’s Books, Prairie Home Companion, privacy, Reading Frenzy, Rebecca Gilbert, romanticizing the past, Satan Takes a Holiday, sculpture, Sean Tejaratchi, Skeletor, Smurfs, Snake Mountain, Snipehunt, Social Justice Kittens, Stanton Greer, Stella Marrs, Steve Mandich, surf monkey, Tape Op, The Crap Hound Big Book of Unhappiness, The Devil’s Notebook, The Untold History of Zines, the Voight-Kampff test, Toad Licker, toad licking, toys, transitions, Watts Riots, Weekly World News, Westworld, Willamette Week, WOW Hall, zine library, zines | 24 Comments

Our word of the day is “leverage”

By Mark | August 28, 2017

A few days ago, I suggested on this site that Donald Trump, by pardoning Joe Arpaio, was signaling that he wouldn’t leave office willingly, like Nixon, but instead intended to fight, even if it meant fracturing the GOP, and perhaps the entire country, beyond repair. By rewarding Arpaio for his blatant contempt for civil rights […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Civil War, Dan Pfeiffer, Donald Trump, Illinois, Illinois Nazis, impeachment, Iowa, Joe Arpaio, Jon Favreau, leverage, Mitch McConnell, Nazis, Paul Ryan, Pod Save America, propaganda, racism, Richard Nixon, Russia, sanctions, tax cuts, trade, transgender, Wall Street, white nationalism, white supremacist, white victimization | 6 Comments

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