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Pat Johnson

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Pat Johnson is currently working on his master’s in Fiction Writing at San Francisco State University, and is the owner and editor of the satirical news website The New Porker. When Pat’s not reading or writing he’s likely squeezing a lime into a Tecate and headed to the dance floor. He also creates short films, documentaries, and sketch comedies. Pat is completing his first novel, The Virgin and Marilyn Monroe, and writing a book of Creative Non-Fiction short stories.
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Don’t Forget the “T”

  • Pat Johnson
  • April 5, 2013
Politicians have been coming out in droves recently in support of LGBT rights. But is the “T” in LGBT being fully represented? The New Yorker’s Emily Greenhouse doesn’t think so. In her…
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An Ode to Roger Ebert

  • Pat Johnson
  • April 5, 2013
The New Yorker pays tribute to Roger Ebert in “Postscript: Roger Ebert, 1942-2013.”  The article states: Ebert writes, in the introduction to his 2006 anthology of his work, “Awake in the…
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The Black Panther Party: American Revolutionaries

  • Pat Johnson
  • March 19, 2013
The Black Panther Party’s controversial and revolutionary politics have been a topic of intrigue and debate since the party’s inception. Historians Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr. attempt to…
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Neal Pollack’s Tumultuous Writing Career

  • Pat Johnson
  • March 15, 2013
In a recent AV Club interview, Neal Pollack discusses his tumultuous career as a writer and how he came to find a profitable niche in online self-publishing. Pollack states: Yeah.…
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Archer and a History of Underground Comix

  • Pat Johnson
  • March 8, 2013
In his “On Archer’s Underground Comix Roots,” Charles Bock discusses the history of adult Comix and how they laid the foundation for cartoons like The Simpsons and Archer. Bock claims: Comix. That…
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Let’s Get Real

  • Pat Johnson
  • March 8, 2013
Philosophers have been debating the merits of authenticity since Plato. Steve Poole’s essay “Why are we so obsessed with the pursuit of authenticity?” explores the obsession with authenticity in contemporary…
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Feminist Porn

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 27, 2013
There’s a great interview at Salon with Tristan Taormino, discussing her new book, The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. In the conversation, Taormino talks about everything from vulvas to “porn…
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A McSweeney’s Update

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 25, 2013
If any Rails Developers out there are looking for part-time (possibility for full-time) work, our friends at McSweeney’s seek help updating and expanding the McSweeney’s iOS App, the Internet Tendency, and their online…
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H.P. Lovecraft and the birth of “Blogging”

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 25, 2013
Just as H.P. Lovecraft valued the disposition of cats over dogs (see his essay “Cats and Dogs”), he championed the motives of “amateur” writers who wrote for the love of writing…
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Sex in the CIA

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 25, 2013
Reuel Gerecht’s article “Spooky Sex: Inside the Randy Culture of the CIA” explores the history of sex in the CIA and why American culture is quick to condemn and punish…
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Upcoming Events featuring Jerry Stahl

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 22, 2013
Hey, Bay Area! Next week, Rumpus contributor Jerry Stahl is performing at two events you won’t want to miss. February 27th, 7 pm at Moe’s Books in Berkeley, Jerry will be reading from his…
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Want a free ticket to a private Beck Show?

  • Pat Johnson
  • February 15, 2013
Our friends at The Believer are giving away ten free tickets to “Beck’s Song Reader” at Sonos Studios next Thursday evening in Los Angeles. Check it out: The event isn’t open…
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