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An Important Announcement from the POMEs

June 27, 2025

With a heavy heart, we here at POME HQ have a big announcement to share: after over 10 years of POME, we will be shutting

Announcing: A New Era of POMEpress (and Two New Books)!

February 7, 2025

A raven wearing a tattered Comrade Himbo muscle tee has just landed on your windowsill to let you know that there is News from the

Crones of the Year 2024

January 30, 2025

So much has changed in the ten years since we first began collecting and cataloging the great crones of our time, but much yet remains the same. Namely: our continued commitment to evil hag representation in media.

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