Ok, so I was fortunate enough to meet the lovely and talented Ms. Rambo at Norwescon this spring, and pick up a copy of this book to review. Needless to say, I am late. But… I loved the book! Once things settled down enough that I could actually sit and read the book, boy did… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #258 – Near + Far: Stories of the Near Future and the Far by Cat Rambo
Ok, I love all of the Animal Crossing games I’ve played to date. I have Animal Crossing: Wild World for the original DS, Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii. So, when my family told me that they (my parents) wanted us (my sister and I), to spend a week driving around the state of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #257 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Yeah, sorry about being incommunicado for so long. April and May kind of sucked, June was a little better, and I’m hoping for a stellar July. I swear every year, it’s like April is competing with itself in a “Worst Month of the Freaking Year” competition. We lost my maternal grandmother in the last week… Read More Geek Girls Rule #256 – It Lives
Best. Superman. Movie. Ever. Superman has been rebooted for the 21st century, but he’s still recognizably Superman. Sent to Earth from a doomed Krypton by his birth parents Jor-El and Lara (Russell Crowe, Ayelet Zurer), Kal-El is adopted by the Kents (Kevin Costner, Diane Lane). As an adult, Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) engages in anonymous,… Read More Review: Man of Steel
Iron Man 3 has a ’60s pulp spy novel vibe wed to irreverent black humor, giving it a different flavor than its predecessors. But it works. Oh, does it work. In the wake of his near-death experience in The Avengers, Tony Stark aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) is obsessively struggling with PTSD and a… Read More Review: Iron Man 3
So, in post 253, I linked to the ShortPacked comic, where the female artist character demonstrates what Batman would look like if he were a female sexual fantasy instead of a male power fantasy. The reason that comic is so important, and so often cited, is that when we start talking about the sexualization of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #255 – False Equivalency
Ok, so I bought this book the day after it came out, and then did not have time to read it until last week. Wherein, I devoured it in two days of bus commute, finishing it up over dinner while ignoring my husband and room-mates. I’m sure most of you already know what I’m… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #254 – Review: Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire
So, this article, “Own Up or Change Up – 14 Misguided Defenses for Misogyny in Games,” has been making the rounds, and it’s a pretty good if cursory article. And I posted it to the GGR Facebook page, which resulted in more bannings in one day than in the entire rest of the history of… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #253 – Seriously, Again With the Misogyny
Ok, so I did Norwescon this last weekend. And this podcast talks about how it went, how much fun I had, and one or two little road bumps that were all me. So, I hope you enjoy it. http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2273901/height/360/width/640/theme/legacy/direction/no/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/
Kel McDonald draws and writes the Sorcery 101 webcomic, of which I am a huge fan. She has several other projects going on, but this time I want to talk about Fame and Misfortune. Fame and Misfortune takes place in the same world as her Sorcery 101 webcomic, but focuses on completely different characters. Rebecca… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #252 – Fame and Misfortune by Kel McDonald
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