Geek Girls Rule! #558 – Non-Review – Love, Death, & Robots

I call this a non-review because I made it less than five minutes before the gratuitous and immediately poorly handled rape as backstory to make a female character badass in the episode “Sonny’s Edge” made me turn it the fuck off. Seriously. I’d heard some mediocre to good things, and also some bad reviews.  My… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #558 – Non-Review – Love, Death, & Robots

Geek Girls Rule! #550 – Again with a Terrible Dude, and My Petty Annoyance #453487534687

Ok, I don’t feel like explaining at length why the guy who wrote the BoundingIntoComics article about what Fonda Lee said is a shithead.  Go read his article, you can google it, I’m not linking that asshole.  Then go read Jim Hines’s takedown of it. Short version, she said about Barnes & Noble that part… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #550 – Again with a Terrible Dude, and My Petty Annoyance #453487534687

Geek Girls Rule! #542 – What Gatekeeping Is and Isn’t?

Or conversely, everyone has to do some gatekeeping, but when it’s because someone has demonstrated through their actions that they are a douchebag, it’s no longer gatekeeping. Instead it’s boundaries. Yeah, I’ve seen these jackasses with their “I took a philosophy course my freshman year of college,” arguments, and it’s bullshit. Look, wanting to deny… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #542 – What Gatekeeping Is and Isn’t?