satire

Revenge of the Putin-Nazis!

And they’re back! It’s like one of those 1960s Hammer Film Productions horror-movie series with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee … Return of the Putin-Nazis! Revenge of the Putin-Nazis! Return of the Revenge of the Bride of the Putin-Nazis! And this time they are not horsing around with stealing elections from Hillary Clinton with anti-masturbation […]
The post Revenge of the Putin-Nazis! first appeared on Dissident Voice.

O Child, Where Art Thou?

I had to check. Was I still at an actual news site, or had I inadvertently clicked myself into a satirical outlet? Perhaps the article came from The Onion or some other humorous blog? Well, it hadn’t. I was still viewing news through The NYT, and with a quick search, I could see the same article posted at […]
The post O Child, Where Art Thou? first appeared on Dissident Voice.

The CIA Propaganda Verse:  Putin’s Ploy in “Context”

I don’t feel safe in this World no more, I don’t wanna die in a nuclear war, I wanna sail away to a distant shore and live like an Apeman — From the song “Apeman” by the Kinks, 1970 Considering the Chernobyl-like crisis bubbling over Ukraine in recent days, some questions arise like mushroom clouds […]
The post The CIA Propaganda Verse:  Putin’s Ploy in “Context” first appeared on Dissident Voice.

Leaning into Memoir Writing in Order to “Know”

Following here is an assignment: Find some object you hold near and dear. Something that can leap you into a backward narrative. Something to hold you as a memoir writer, going back, reflecting back. That thing, you can hold or touch. You find meaning in it. And, that object holds stories. Try and do this […]
The post Leaning into Memoir Writing in Order to “Know” first appeared on Dissident Voice.

Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers!

They rolled up on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill like one of the plagues in the Book of Revelations, honking their infernal air horns, the grills of their tractors grinning demonically, the sides of their dry vans painted with blasphemies like “FREEDOM TO CHOOSE,” “MANDATE FREEDOM,” “NO VACCINE MANDATES,” and “UNITED AGAINST TYRANNY.” Yes, that’s right, New […]
The post Attack of the Transphobic Putin-Nazi Truckers! first appeared on Dissident Voice.