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So, I’ve been re-watching X-Men Evolution on Netflix, and it’s a pretty good show, opposed as I usually am to the “youthening” of characters. But there’s one thing that has been bugging me while watching it, and I just put my finger on it. While they’ve got a relatively good mix of ethnicities in the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #184 – Class in X-men Evolution
So, The Mary Sue has an awesome article on the brouhaha about the first female pro-Starcraft player. And honestly, between Becky Chambers, who wrote the article, and someone in the comments who appears to be a dude calling himself EclipseGc, I don’t really think I can add much to the discussion. I applaud Becky and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #183 – Get Over It.
The books, not the movie. Dorothy spends far too much time cringing in the movie. The books, however, are superb, with an adventurous Dorothy shedding few, if any tears (I think she does cry a bit in the first book, largely worrying that her aunt and uncle miss her) and facing adventure head on. Basically,… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #181 – The Wizard of Oz
Ok, I’m only about a month late, but here it is! My interview with Surly Amy! She is the creator of Surlyramics, and is a contributor to Skepchick.org and the mad overlord of Mad Art Lab. She’s also super awesome and nice. The conversation was a blast, and I hope to have her on again… Read More Geek Girls Rule! Podcast 23 – Surly Amy from Surlyramics, Skepchick and the Mad Art Lab
First off, I apologize, again, for the radio silence. Yeah, moving, sorting, unpacking, trying to figure out what to get rid of, acquiring things we didn’t have and needed, etc… It all takes so very much more out of you than you realize. Add to that work stress and various and other stresses, and yeah…… Read More Geek Girls Rule #179 – News of the Geek and a Review of Mu(t)an(t)s by Leroi
I have neither been eaten, lost in snowdrift, nor run off to be David Bowie’s love slave. As noted before, we moved two weeks ago, and let’s just say my delusions of keeping up with blogging were just that: delusional. We’re mostly unpacked, completely moved in to our new home, NerdHaven. We have a house-wide,… Read More Geek Girls Rule: A quick note.
Joel is an awesome guy and a terrific game designer, as well as being a terrific Dad. Check out his painful epiphany regarding children’s literature and media in his own blog. It’s well worth reading.
It would be way easier to enthuse about my subcultures if they weren’t so busy pissing me off. So, Wizards of the Coast (who in fairness pulled the article really quickly once the complaints started rolling in) allowed Uri Kurlianchik to write an article about girls and gaming and how girls game. Thanks to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #177 – Girls and Games. AGAIN.
Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant (alter ego of Seanan McGuire) has been nominated for a Hugo Award, and is well deserving of that honor. I downloaded it a couple of weeks ago, but hadn’t had time to really start reading it, until a few days ago, and I’ve been ripping through it, sneaking… Read More Geek Girls Rule #171 – Feed by Mira Grant
My good friend Jillian Venters, the Headmistress of Gothic Charm School, and I talk about gaming, the Camarilla, and horror movies, lots of horror movies. http://player.wizzard.tv/player/o/j/x/130540523848/config/k-789c63e80a92f152/uuid/root/height/360/width/640/episode/k-d002fe705d461295.m4v
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