Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. For my generation, it was a defining moment of our youth. I have no doubt that it was the gateway to geekdom for so many of us. I was already a fan of Space: 1999 and The Six Million Dollar Man, but the experience… Read More Star Wars: The 35th Anniversary
Ok, so someone forwarded me this link from Borderhouse Blog about Kickstarter booting the fundraiser for a tentacle rape card game called Tentacle Bento from Sodapop Miniatures* after complaints in the Kickstarter community about the game’s content, including write ups on InsertCredit.com and at Kotaku. It’s a hentai game where players are tentacle monsters trying to… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #216 – Kickstarter Kicks Out a Rape Game
Ok, I wrote the original version of this post over on Livejournal about eight years ago, at the request of someone, I believe, who asked me what my criteria for sexy were since I’m all over the board with my attractions. They’d said they couldn’t put a finger on what my “type” was. The answer… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #215 – Layers of Sexy and Where You Get Into Trouble.
This film is made of so much win that no winometer can even measure it. These iconic Marvel Comics characters finally come together as a team, and it lives up to all of the expectations and hype. SHIELD Director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) brings together Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor… Read More Review: The Avengers
Sunny all week. Day of the eclipse? The sky is a solid ceiling of gray, raining all damn day. This? This is my annoyed face. Stupid Seattle.
Ok, troops. Just a few words to let you know what’s shaking in Nerdhaven, as we have dubbed the house we moved into last summer. 1. Honey Badger, the band I’m in with the Geek Husband What Rules, our friend Lukas (of the polyhedral dice tattoo), and Kii, has two performances coming up immediately. May… Read More State of The Geek Girl What Rules
Over on G33kWatch, they posted the story of the five year old boy who got his pictures taken with cast members during the filming of the Avengers (my current obsession. Hello? Geek!) Anyway, they tracked down the father of the boy, who was a friend/colleague to tell them the story of how Edison got his… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #214 – When Actors are Awesome!
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
Ok, so I talked about this a little in the Avengers review. But I think I want to expand on it. One of the reasons that superheroes resonate with us is that we can relate to them on some level, like my infatuation with Hawkeye using a bow. But female superheroes seem to lack resonating… Read More Geek Girls Rule! #212 – Why We Love Superheroes.
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