by Theo Dyssean August 5, 2019 17 Analysis Culture The rise of the Japanese Onna-bugeisha Anyone in the industrial world will tell you: the Japanese have some pretty weird gender issues. From dudes who can’tContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean May 27, 2019 20 Creative Military The Gauntlet We are the Gods and Devils of ourselves.Weaving, ad perpetuum, our own heavens,Our own hells. We are the Walkers onContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean April 17, 2019 5 Creative Waveworn This island where we standIs being stolen by the waves.We dig toes into sandBut know there’s nothing we can save.
by Theo Dyssean March 30, 2019 6 Creative Okeanos The dark waves descend,And crash on the rocky shore.As bright stars congealInto a belt of white suns,I am emptied, andContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean March 22, 2019 13 Analysis Culture Lori Loughlin and the queens of retro movie nerddom Author’s note: I said Mia Sara was next. But I bumped Loughlin up on the list just due to timeliness…Continue Reading
by Theo Dyssean March 20, 2019 3 Creative Stormshadow As the clouds gather,As the winds howl and rains fall,I laugh at the sky.How many days with no shade?How muchContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean March 16, 2019 5 Creative Tol My toil for triumph,A hymn to forgotten gods.Its primeval rootsStretch deep into timeless earthAs its boughs scrape the sky’s dome.
by Theo Dyssean March 15, 2019 5 Creative Firehymn Against the same odds,I build this same fire daily.Against wind and rain,Against faithlessness and doubt,The sparks become tongues of flameLickingContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean March 8, 2019 22 Culture Military Why I bleed oriental blue (it’s not what you think) Sure I live in East Asia. And have for the vast majority of the last decade and a half. SureContinue Reading
by Theo Dyssean March 5, 2019 17 Analysis Culture Catherine Mary Stewart and the queens of retro movie nerddom Being the Retrologist of the group (I was there, man!), I feel this is really not only my lane… butContinue Reading