So, Jim C. Hines had a post about how he felt that Whedon’s depiction of Black Widow was problematic. Basically, he felt that the scene between her and Loki had spun out of her control and that the sexist attack by Loki was out of character. I, and a few others, disagreed, well, I disagreed… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #213 – Sexism in the Avengers?
So if it seems like it’s taking longer than usual for me to approve comments, it’s because the blog isn’t always sending notifications to my email like it’s supposed to, and I’m not sure how to fix that. It’s sending them sometimes, just not all the time for every comment. Which is a little vexing… Read More Quick Apology Post
Jen has emerged from her long post-grad school hiatus, to give us a column! Everybody wave and say “Hi!” When the first Neverwinter Nights game came out in 2002, I played the hell out of it. Shadowlords, Dreamcatcher, and Penultima—I devoured the custom content, and I even had a stint as a beta tester for… Read More Bad Game Writing – A rare Jen-spotting
So, apparently it’s time for the comics fanverse to lose its mind again. As you’ve seen from Danielle’s reviews, DC has rebooted the universe, and if you follow us on Tumblr, then you’ll know it’s not all sunshine and roses in Mudville, er, rather Gotham right now. The biggest bone of contention, apart from Zatanna’s… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #190 – Sexism in Comics… Again.
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
Welcome to anyone coming here as a result of listening to me blather on at Norwescon! All of my panels were great fun, particularly the Victorian Sex panel, where I’m sorry if I burst anyone’s bubble by bringing a lot of historical reality into the picture. But, you really should know about the bad, too.… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #166 – Norwescon and Putting the ‘R’ in RPG
Ok, so in keeping with my habit of not seeing movies until they’ve been out forever, I just recently watched the Guy Ritchie directed Sherlock Holmes, and I have to say, even he couldn’t save it. Yes, it was pretty. Yes, the costumes were great. Yes, the acting was great as far as the script… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #164 – Sherlock Holmes
I love the movie Real Genius. Made in the 80s, it has remained one of my top ten favorite movies ever since, and I think I figured out why. The Nerd Girl gets her Nerd Boy. As a matter of fact, he turns down a hot chick for her. Oh, and she doesn’t wear glasses… Read More Geek Girls Rule #163 – Nerd Girls and the Media
Ok, so you may have heard that Scott Adams of Dilbert fame opened up his big old mouth, and slipped a foot into it. Essentially he said that arguing with women was like arguing with children or the mentally handicapped, but he TOTALLY isn’t comparing those groups, he just thinks you should treat them the… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #160 – I Call Bullshit.
11 am to 2pm at the Wayward Coffeehouse in Seattle. See previous post for URL.
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