Satires

Political Satire

A Modest Proposal - To Convert Shopping Malls Into Prisons. Converting shopping malls into prisons could be a boon for the U.S. economy.

Are You a Conspiracy Theorist? Take the Test!

Psychedelic Re-education: A Policy Proposal for the Incarcerated Just give prisoners drugs to calm them down.

King Willie The Slick, Then Junior Bushleague. Once upon a time in the United States of Amnesia lived a king called King Willie The Slick. Now King Willie was a popular king, known throughout the land for his big smile and feathery head of hair. But one day King Willie the Slick was caught smoking a cigar that had been dipped in the sweet nectar of a harmonica flower... More

Psychology Satires

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Cult Leaders gives valuable advice to those seeking to start their own lucrative religious cults. Conceptualize your cult!

The Breyers-Devere Probe of Human Worth is an online personality test (Myers-Briggs Satire). Are you an AEIOÜ? The Breyers Probe measures five personality categories, as opposed to merely four used by Myers-Briggs. If you want to know who you are, then Take the Test!

Letter from Saint Nicholas to the Tax Inspector: A Poem

Cultural Satire

The New Dictionary of American Cultural Literacy. Key American cultural terms such as "Cool" and "Like" are defined for the culturally ignorant. Browse The Cultural Dictionary

Genesis Satire: The Story of Adam and Steve

Guidoism: A Historical, Gendered Study — The roots of Guidoism go back much further than you think.

Movie Satires

Disney's "Genesis" describes Disney's latest venture into the Bible.

Disney's King David. Disney bravely depicts Old Testament sex and violence.

Disney's "The Book of Revelations" is a beautiful animated rendition of the Biblical apocalypse.

Disney's "Animal Farm" and "1984" reviews Disney's attempt at two George Orwell masterpieces.

Quentin Tarantino's Harder repackages Tarantino's familiar cinematic tactics.

Jake Steiger: The Great Director reviews the career of the critically acclaimed movie director.

Reviews of Imaginary Novels

Thomas Pynchon's Dys - imaginary review of a modern Pynchon conspiracy work.

John Irving's The Third Leg sees Irving recycle his familiar themes.

William Faulkner's Sons of the South shows his unique command of deranged first-person narration.

Imaginary Biographies

America's media-saturated popular culture has neglected the contributions of serious artists and thinkers.

Imaginary Biographies chronicles the life and works of the most important overlooked creative geniuses of our time.

Sazonov: Russia's Greatest Poet? traces the hapless life of Maxim Sazonov, who may have been either a total idiot, or the greatest poet in Russian history.

Felix Spielenhammer: The Heavy Mahler reviews the long, weird, productive life of an avant-garde German composer and musicologist.

Claude Roget: Philosopher Or Fraud? discusses the life and works of Roget, a French philosopher who wrote philosophical works whose over-analysis of everthing eventually lead to his downfall from the heights of academe. More

The Anti-Artist reviews a recent Washington, DC exhibition of the great artist, Karl Kinski.

Hans Donkerzijde and His Amsterdam Portal. The story of the most illustrious failure of golden age Dutch architecture.

New Faulkner Novel Found heralds the discovery of a lost William Faulkner manuscript, Sons of the South.

Dr. Claire Hoyt: "Shrink to the Stars" laments the loss of Dr. Hoyt, who treated famous Hollywood stars, but failed to keep their secrets.

Alexandra: True Psychic tells the life story of an honest psychic