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  Welcome to our journey into the guts of The  Walking Dead . What kind of journey? A philosophical, psychoanalytical and political kind. What I would like to do over the next couple months is dig thought the  Walking Dead  episode by episode to see what it can teach us. Thank you for following me on this journey. I look forward to reading your comments. Be forewarned:  There are spoilers everywhere . Don’t forget to check out my previous article in the Philosophizing TW D series:  Philosophizing The Walking Dead S3E1 Seed, Keeping Up Appearances of Dignity and Bad Faith Early social workers were mostly church ladies who desired to help the poor and downtrodden. It's important to remember that these were not radically altruistic values that sought to alleviate the suffering of all poor. One had to be poor and deserving of help. What does this mean to be deserving of help? A poor person needed to also be a Christian or potential Christian who was not a moral outlaw. Early so

Welcome to our journey into the guts of The  Walking Dead . What kind of journey? A philosophical, psychoanalytical and political kind. What I would like to do over the next couple months is dig thought the  Walking Dead  episode by episode to see what it can teach us. Thank you for following me on this journey. I look forward to reading your comments. Be forewarned:  There are spoilers everywhere . Don’t forget to check out my previous article in the Philosophizing TW D series: Philosophizing The Walking Dead S2E13 Besides The Dying Fire or Why Are Daryl and Merle in the TV Show But Not The Comic? Season 3 of The Walking Dead reintroduces us to the group of survivors who have been weathered by around nine months of scavenging. They have learned new tricks of the trade and have become more disciplined survivalists. Upon reaching a home, they quietly move through the building like a swat team using hand signals and face gestures until the area is clear. Then move to rifle through t

The cheerleading/facechewing flick All Cheerleaders Die hit VOD on demand earlier this month, and it is an explosion of fun. The film was like sharing a teenager's head space as they shot along a roller coaster during puberty. Exciting stuff! I had the opportunity to interview the directing duo Lucky McKee and Chris S ivertson  about unloading this truck full of zombified pom-poms to our doors. Check out My Analysis of All Cheerleaders Die: HERE.

Welcome to our journey into the guts of The  Walking Dead . What kind of journey? A philosophical, psychoanalytical and political kind. What I would like to do over the next couple months is dig thought the  Walking Dead  episode by episode to see what it can teach us. Thank you for following me on this journey. I look forward to reading your comments. Be forewarned:  There are spoilers everywhere . Don’t forget to check out my previous article in the Philosophizing TW D series:   Philosophizing The Walking Dead S2E12 Better Angels, Neo-Liberalism, and Ding-Dong Dale Is Dead. The zombies are coming to eat your tasty face? Where are you going to hide? Rick and company have been victims of circumstance for the first two seasons of walking dead. Following whimsy and haphazardly vomited plans of fools. First, we are introduced to the campsite outside Atlanta, Georgia. Cities, of course, being the worst possible places to hang out when the zombies are eating faces! Second, the crew head