Jess Peacock
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The Second Coming of Black Jesus
In the first season of Adult Swim’s Black Jesus, the titular hero discovers that the tomatoes he and his friends are growing in the community garden seem to mysteriously and magically have the same effect as marijuana. “God’s love will get you fucked up quick,” Jesus says. Embarking → Read More
Wrestling and Religion: We Know It's Fake and We Don't Care
Last week, filmmaker Max Landis posted a wildly popular digital short on YouTube entitled Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling. The premise of this "somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film," as he calls it, is that what people think professional wrestling is, it's not. Its rich s → Read More
Reclaiming Friday the 13th: Less Jason, More Justice
Despite its possible roots in Christian lore (the death of Jesus having occurred on a Friday) or the phenomenon of triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13), the happenstance of the thirteenth day of the month falling on a Friday will be forever associated with Jason Voorhees, an icon of cinematic h → Read More
Bill O'Reilly's Biblical Misremembering
The Bible is full of mistakes. → Read More
God is a Terrifying Monster, and Other Takeaways from the Study of Vampires in Pop Culture
A Q&A with Jess Peacock, author of Such a Dark Thing. → Read More