If looks could kill, the human race would have been extinct by 1995, because several Kathleen Turner movies had made it to television by then. We would have never stood a fucking chance. We talk about "giving great face," but Ms. Turner invented it and perfected it.
You might be wondering, if you are not currently, nor have ever been Mormon (sorry, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - we wouldn't want to perpetuate a slur, nor would we want to ... infringe on their official copyright?), "Why the hell should I care about a logo dispute?"
The short answer is, it's obviously not a logo dispute; it's a silencing tactic. The longer answer is that the LDS/Mormon/whatfuckingever Church has over $100 billion, a dedicated legal team, and is pushing itself into the mainstream more and more every day.
Join us... in checking out Volume 40 of The Cult Bar, where we talk about OneTaste, the culturally appropriating cult that uses the veil of women's sexual empowerment to hide deeply toxic, patriarchal, abusive beliefs.
May Day is a lot of things to a lot of people, but here at Dirge, we want to focus on the fact that the first May Day was a riot, and we fucking love that. When the people in power forget what people are willing to do when their livelihoods are at stake and their lives are miserable, we've had to keep reminding them. Some have chosen more ... iconic messaging to get the point across, and we decided to curate a playlist to motivate you to do what you can
What do you get when you cross an ex-Christian musician with queerness, Brujeria, a badass beat, and ... is that Peaches? The answers are: Cain Culto, and yes. I am fucking obsessed. I've been into his music (and killer videos) for a while now, but he is hitting it hard, and I am tired of only having a couple of friends to talk to about him with. Calling his unique sound "Kentucky Latin Art-Pop" and refusing to continue to perform the "inauthentic version of himself," Cain is taking over my life, and I'm here to help him take over yours.
Try telling your favorite leftist or liberal that you still eat at Chick-fil-A. Hell, in 2026, you're better off shopping at Walmart than Target if you want to appear socially conscious. When the left boycotts, we fucking BOYCOTT. No list of demands, no celebration when the policies change. You fuck around, you find out - forever. What does any of this have to do with Coachella, you ask? The same Coachella featuring a protest set by DEVO?
What do you do when a melting orange man with a bad hairpiece is feeding you a steady diet of terror, and it's increasingly hard to regulate? Well, here at Dirge, we get in the car, turn the stereo all the way up, and scream as loud as we can (sometimes to the lyrics and sometimes just... screaming). Here's our Armageddon playlist of the top songs to scream with when the world is ending.
Our editor-in-chief, RA Pickup, joined her right-hand livestreaming partner, Doug Ziegler, to dive Into The Manosphere with documentarian Louis Theroux. Watch as they share their themed drinks (and have a few more than usual to deal with the manfluencers featured in the documentary), and talk about the issues the documentary raises: One-sided monogamy, violence, scams, and more. Warning: these dudes suck.
In Eddie McNamara's book, Zodiactually, he asks (and answers) a question that turns true crime and serial killer knowledge on its head: what if The Zodiac Killer was just an urban legend that got wildly out of control?
Friday the 13th tattoo specials are as American as Sailor Jerry, and Friday the 13th tattoos have carved out a similarly reverent place in tattoo history. Tattoo historians credit artist Oliver Peck with "creating" this tattoo holiday, citing his 1996 24-hour tattoo party, where he tattooed as many "13" tattoos as possible. (If we hadn't been children at the time, we so would have attended that party.) Even Peck acknowledges he was not the first to celebrate Friday the 13th as a tattoo holiday, and the aforementioned legend of American Traditional tattooing, Sailor Jerry, is credited with popularizing tattoos that turned "13" from a sailor's fear to a sailor's defiant good luck charm, a la the evil eye, with his "Lucky 13" series of flash.
