SOMEDAYS YOU JUST CAN’T GET RID OF A BOMB

My interest in Marxism was not just political but intellectual as well – those two were inseparable. It didn’t cause me problems on a day-to-day apart from when the university management tried to alter my conditions of employment! I think in some ways I was very fortunate but the liberal ideology you write about is very much a real thing that has to be constantly interrogated. As for organizations, my IRL comrades in the trade union were essential but I think it is vitally important to not place oneself in a position where you are at legal risk (if organizations are illegal I would be cautious as whatever organizations exist are almost certainly monitored or infiltrated) but the internet can be a great resource. I also think a certain degree of intellectual independence is not the worst thing in the world as all too often organizational fidelity can come at the cost of your own thinking.

As someone from the North of England who is also a Marxist, it’s gotta be Friedreich Engels

1. Don’t listen to gatekeepers who spout things like “you aren’t a real fan unless you’ve done xyz” and don’t feel like you have to watch a certain kind of horror if you don’t like it – there’s plenty of horror films I’ve never watched
2. Watch and read widely, follow whatever interest you might have, and don’t be afraid to like stuff because some people have said it’s not good
3. Horror history is fascinating and well worth getting into. In film, the early Universal and Hammer films often get neglected and that’s a real shame. ]
4. Recommendations are generally good and horror fans are pretty great at sharing films and books with people

Wisecrack got there first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9SZOQ7R4M4&ab_channel=Wisecrack :(

Okay okay, it’s on my list :)))

Any episode with laborkyle is a good one :))) and thank you so so much for listening

Oh too many good ones to choose from but I have a soft spot for a good lost episode creepypasta. For it’s hilarious anti-Soviet ideology, the Russian Sleep Experiment is fascinating too.

AS IT SHOULD BE

I think there’s a diversity of reasons why people might seek out spoilers – there might be things that would be traumatic for people to have dropped on them unexpectedly for example. I don’t think spoilers ruin something because the joy of art is not necessarily in what is done, but in how it is presented and communicated.