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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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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.

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…

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

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…