No Fate Project report (cont'): Reading between the lines and boiling down the contemporary relevance of Dyer's diary. Like total nerds. 

Painting by Giovanni Paolo De Agostini.

No Fate Project report: we finally unearth the details of Dyer's doomed 1930s expedition to Antarctica. We interpet the diary's contemporary relevance at tinyurl.com/interpretation-anchor. 

Thumbnail image from François Baranger's illustration of HP Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness. 

More info and credits at tinyurl.com/scripture-blog

As the four remaining kaiju converge on Syria, and a separatist Silicon Valley cartel seizes control of California, our hero Derek Johnson receives worrying news from Antarctica. Violence ensues. 

Image by MasterChiefSnake

The idea of a middle class has popular currency, with everyone from factory workers to millionaires self-identifying as 'middle class.' Meanwhile, the concept of a 'Professional-Managerial Class' has recently gained currency on the left.  

But is there a middle class? Is this the same thing as the 'petite bourgeoisie', or the 'Professional-Managerial Class'? What might the answers to these questions mean for those of us who aim to challenge class society?  

More info at jetpack.zoob.net

An announcement to our regular listeners that due to personal circumstances, the Where's My Jetpack podcast is not releasing a July episode. 

We'll be back in August with the long-delayed final part of our Rocketeer Retrofuturistic Retrospective, an extended review of the overlooked superhero film The Rocketeer, which was released 20 years ago this year, in 1991. 

Stay safe, and be kind, unless you're dealing with fascists and exploiters. Have a lovely weekend. 

Music: Better Days, by Lakey Inspired

Samples from the last 50+ years, from a queer ultra-left perspective. 

Thumbnail image: Quote from The Raspberry Reich (2004 feature film). 

More info at jetpack.zoob.net or tinyurl.com/q-ultra-blog

Pride Month #2: a retrospective on the work of plus-size gay Latino actor Harvey Guillen, particularly reviewing vampire sitcom What We Do in the Shadows, and criminally overlooked teen drama Huge. 

Thumbnail image, of Harvey Guillen by Valentina Vee. 

More info at jetpack.zoob.net or tinyurl.com/harvey-blog

Second of a two-part retrospective on the queer-friendly family TV show Steven Universe, with guest superfan Ivy Decker.  Thumbnail: Derek as Greg Universe <3  More info at jetpack.zoob.net

First of a two-part retrospective on the queer-friendly family TV show Steven Universe, with guest superfan Ivy Decker. 

Thumbnail image: Ivy cosplays as Garnet, from Steven Universe. 

More info at jetpack.zoob.net