Myriam Gurba

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Best eyebrows class of 95
Finding magic at a Los Angeles strip mall

‘She could count on the strip mall for highly effective magic. She parked in the lot’s only vacant spot, and before walking into the mall’s most brightly lit business, Silly’s Smoke Shop, she got a funny feeling and stopped’

Los Angeles Times
Beautifully Ruined: A Case for Re-visiting Kate Braverman's Lithium for Medea - Tasteful Rude

Methamphetamine, real-estate, Venice Beach: Myriam Gurba re-introduces readers to Kate Braverman’s cult classic Lithium for Medea.

Tasteful Rude
Coming from Avid Reader Press this September.

A supermarket worker turns to her ancestors for help stopping sexual harassment.

"If you know anything about older Southern men, they can walk the delicate line between friendly and predatory with skillful precision."

https://tastefulrude.com/black-candles-for-bad-men/

Black Candles for Bad Men - Tasteful Rude

A supermarket worker turns to her ancestors for help stopping sexual harassment.

Tasteful Rude

Since its January 6th, I'm re-upping the personal essay I wrote about the driest, most pregnant Catholic pastry in the world, rosca de reyes.

https://www.lataco.com/myriam-gurba-rosca/

Why Catholics Almost Choke On Baby Jesus Each Year on Día de Los Reyes

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO
This rain is out of control. I may have to build an ark.
As writing goes, this was a heavy yr. But my fave piece this yr that
Tasteful Rude &
@lesbrains picked up in October was abt Black & Brown representation, apocalyptic predictions in cinema/tv, & whitewashing. Loved working w/them. (Still love #StarTrek, and do not dislike SNW, tho.) "Wonder Bread" (s/o
to author Raquel Cepeda
for her Pgh description - thanks!) was my only fun piece this yr.
https://tastefulrude.com/wonder-bread-visions-and-the-future-of-western-civilization/
Wonder Bread Visions and the Future of Western Civilization - Tasteful Rude

Donald Earl Collins critiques Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, calling on producers and writers to deepen their apocalyptic imaginations by thinking racially.

Tasteful Rude
I find it oddly soothing to watch movies set in places where I've lived.
“Much of the moral panic over “cancel culture” – which animated Musk to buy Twitter in the first place – is a reaction to the fact that traditionally marginalized groups gained technological means to affect the political debate.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/21/elon-musk-liberal-twitter-plans-benevolent
Elon Musk was never a liberal, and his plans for Twitter were never benevolent

Tech barons’ lip-service to democracy and pluralism was always conditional on preserving their own positions at the top

The Guardian
My dad could only wish me Christmas quickly. He was in a hurry to get off the phone because he's in the midst of fixing prime rib and "it involves a lot of math."