Kim Kelly

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online

    A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal Nazi Hunting Online

    A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review about the way that my lifelong interest in heavy metal and ongoing career as a metal journalist had equipped me with a very specific skill set — namely, spotting Nazis, especially when they would prefer not to be found. In this respect,…


  • Real-Life ‘Zombie’ Animals Walk The Earth Thanks To Thousands Of Parasites

    Real-Life ‘Zombie’ Animals Walk The Earth Thanks To Thousands Of Parasites

    Consider the ladybug. Our polka-dotted little friend spends its days munching aphids, climbing leaves, occasionally alighting upon a delighted child’s outstretched finger, and generally beetling around being adorable. It’s one of nature’s most inoffensive critters, which is perhaps why the Dinocampus coccinellae wasp is such a troubling one by comparison.