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Ok, all I have to say about this one is “Wow.” Parable of the Sower, published by Octavia Butler in 1993 is startlingly prescient about the state of United States, and where those of us with a modicum of forward thinking can see it steadily sinking unless the brakes are put on really fucking quickly.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #392 – Review: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Recently I talked about books that kept me alive in my turbulent teen years. Books that let me know I wasn’t alone, that gave me the strength to go on. But what about books you had access to real young that helped to make you who you are at a very fundamental level? I want… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #391 – Formative Books
Ok, so I have spent a huge chunk of my life both writing and consuming stories just loaded with plucky heroines. You know, the girl (or POC/Queer/Trans person, or some intersection of all those things) who has to work her ass off and do amazing things to be considered the equal of men who got… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #390 – No More Plucky Heroines
I know, I know, I gripe about them constantly. So I thought I’d highlight somethings I think Marvel is doing right. Here are some comics I like, thought I may be behind on them, but it’s stuff I dig and plan on catching up when I have fifteen minutes. The Mighty Captain Marvel – Margaret… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #388 – Good Things with Marvel
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! A Wrinkle in Time was one of my favorite books growing up! It had a female protagonist, Meg Murray, who was smart but struggling in school and caught a lot of shit for it, who wasn’t particularly attractive, who wore glasses. And the premise of the book was great, too. But I won’t go… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #386 – A Wrinkle in Time
Ok. I was wrong. Utterly, completely and wonderfully wrong. Gal Gadot was absolutely wonderful as Wonder Woman. See, I can admit when I was wrong. I finally got to see Wonder Woman today, and it was everything I have been looking for in a female led superhero film since I was five. My tattooed, pierced,… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #378 – Review: Wonder Woman
Ok, so my exception to my refusal to see movies opening weekend is my birthday weekend, because Marvel nearly always releases on my birthday, and I have awesome friends. We saw Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 last night and it was AMAZING!!!! Seriously, I had read some mixed reviews of it, and… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #367 – Review: Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
Masterminds by Gordon Korman is a young adult book about children raised in an idyllic small town in the American Southwest, who discover that they are clones of some of the worst criminal masterminds in contemporary America. The book switches POV from chapter to chapter between the kids (Eli, Tori, Malik, Hector and Amber) as… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #355 – Review: Masterminds by Gordon Korman
Ok, seriously, guys. I am really torn on this one. I love ebooks. I can carry a library worth of books on my phone and or tablet, so if I get all weird and persnickety partway through a story, I can switch to another book without carrying eleventy-million pounds of them in my bag. Granted,… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #353 – Gaming Books: Ebooks versus Physical Copies
I wanted this movie to be great and it was! So, we went this past weekend. The theater was packed. Hidden Figures is the story of the African American “Computers” at NASA in the 60s who did the equations for the various missions, including John Glenn’s mission on the Atlas rocket. The movie focuses on… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #350 – Review: Hidden Figures
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