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We Have a New Live Variety Show!

Celebrating Our Two Year Anniversary With a Bang —

Satire

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We Have a New Live Variety Show!
We Have a New Live Variety Show!
Illustration by Cassie Soliday, edit by Amy Currul

We Have a New Live Variety Show!

Celebrating Our Two Year Anniversary With a Bang

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Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·2 days ago

Summer Lovin’ These Funny Treats

Magic Monday: Celebrating Our Favorite Pieces of Satire (Week of July 31st) — Frustrating Things That Happen After You Moisturize Your Hands by Luke Burns (Daily Shouts) An eccentric billionaire offers you a hundred million dollars if you can swing across some monkey bars. Mom, Dad, I Think I Might Be Disney’s First Gay Character by Audrey Clark (Points in Case) Dad, I know it’s a shock, but it’s really not as strange as it sounds. Ironically, there are tons of people who…

Comedy

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Summer Lovin’ These Funny Treats
Summer Lovin’ These Funny Treats

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·6 days ago

Eshu-Elegba (Nigeria’s Loki) Discovers That Friendship Can Lead to… Love?

Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (№81) — Origin Story: In Nigeria, the Yoruba people believe in Eshu-Elegba, a trickster god who has many duties, but mainly enjoys pranks — think Loki on steroids. In one famous story, he heard two men swear eternal friendship for one another, so to test them, he rode his horse in front…

Greener Pastures

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Eshu-Elegba (Nigeria’s Loki) Discovers That Friendship Can Lead to… Love?
Eshu-Elegba (Nigeria’s Loki) Discovers That Friendship Can Lead to… Love?

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Aug 1

So Many Friends Livin’ Their Best Belly-Laughin’ Life!

Magic Monday — Celebrating Our Favorite Pieces of Satire (Week of July 24th, 2022) — I’m Stacy’s Mom, And Here Are All The Things I’ve Got Goin’ On By McSweeney’s Queen Leslie Ylinen (McSweeney’s) [Side Note: Make sure to buy McSweeney’s Latest Quartely — Leslie’s got a good piece in there as well] What do I, Stacy’s mom, “got goin’ on”? A contentious divorce, for one. The Life Cycle Of Your New Brita Filter And You

Satire

2 min read

So Many Friends Livin’ Their Best Belly-Laughin’ Life!
So Many Friends Livin’ Their Best Belly-Laughin’ Life!

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 25

Live, Laugh & Love in the Summer

Magic Monday: Celebrating Our Favorite Satire Pieces (Week of July 18th, 2022) — Excerpts From Our Toasts at Ben and Jen’s Wedding by Heidi Lux (Belladonna) May your now-combined finances quickly rebound from buying crypto from Matt Damon. — Brooke Preston If You Don’t Subscribe To The New York Times I Am Fucked by Jack Power (Slackjaw) Last month, I traveled to Hawaii to document the geopolitical ramifications of me staying at a really nice hotel and drinking strawberry daiquiris on a beach for…

Humor

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Live, Laugh & Love in the Summer
Live, Laugh & Love in the Summer

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 21

Tikbalang Feels Insecure About His Average-Sized Show Pony

Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (№80) — Origin Story: In Filipino folklore, Tikbalang is a creature with the upper torso and groin of a man, and the legs and head of a horse — sometimes the legs are so long its knees go over its head when it sits down. They are very sexual, and will likely…

Greener Pastures

3 min read

Tikbalang Feels Insecure About His Average-Sized Show Pony
Tikbalang Feels Insecure About His Average-Sized Show Pony

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 18

Tears of Laughter (Thankfully)

Magic Monday: Celebrating Our Favorite Pieces of Online Satire (Week of July 11th, 2022) — I Will Keep This Baby In Exchange For A Netflix Stand-Up Special by Emma Kantor (Slackjaw) Before you tell me comedy isn’t an appropriate platform for mothers-to-be, let me remind you that even Lucille Ball got to show off her baby bump on national television in the 1950s — which evidently is your favorite decade.

Satire

2 min read

Tears of Laughter (Thankfully)
Tears of Laughter (Thankfully)

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 14

Shirime, the Yōkai Who Needs Strangers To Notice Their Butt Eye

Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (Number 79) — Origin Story: This faceless, harmless, and possibly shapeshifting yōkai (or Japanese spirit) literally translates to “butt eye.” It first appeared in a picture scroll by Yosa no Buson, an Edo period poet, who wrote, “In Kyoto, at the Katabira crossroads, there is a monster called nuppori-bōzu. It has no eyes…

Greener Pastures

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Shirime, the Yōkai Who Needs Strangers To Notice Their Butt Eye
Shirime, the Yōkai Who Needs Strangers To Notice Their Butt Eye

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 11

Laughing Past 4th of July Pains

Magic Monday — Celebrating Our Favorite Online Satire Pieces (Week of July 4th, 2022) — What Your Favorite Fourth of July Movie Says About You BY OUR VERY OWN Amy Currul (Slackjaw) “The Sandlot” You were once or are currently a 12-year-old boy. You are sad about Stav leaving the “Cum Town” podcast. You have a Barstool sports sticker on your laptop and/or Nalgene. I Am the Genie of This Lamp, and Due to Inflation, I Can Now Only Offer You 2 Wishes and 1 Piece of Advice

Satire

2 min read

Laughing Past 4th of July Pains
Laughing Past 4th of July Pains

Published in Greener Pastures Magazine

·Jul 7

Boston’s Lavender Rhino Feels Too Old To Get Back in the Game

Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (Number 78) — Origin Story: Symbols are often based on specific episodes that are recounted in myths, signifying a specific certain worldview. In the 1970s, Daniel Thaxton and Bernie Toale created a lavender rhinoceros symbol for a public ad campaign to increase visibility for gay people in Boston. They chose a rhinoceros because…

Greener Pastures

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Boston’s Lavender Rhinoceros Feels Too Old To Get Back in the Game
Boston’s Lavender Rhinoceros Feels Too Old To Get Back in the Game
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Actor. Writer. Creator. Assistant to Dr. Folklore. https://linktr.ee/keganwitzki

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