“Diamonds In The Rough: Our Problematic Faves, Who Coincidentally, Are Women”
The writers of Women Write About Comics share their problematic favorite characters from comics, manga, anime and tv.
Wonder Women! Being the Hero of Your Own Story
Comics Editor Carol did a quick review of Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines for the ActionFest Blog. “[I]t’s not just about letting little girls know that they can be heroes, that they can be anything they want. It’s about knowing that as adults we have […]
“Why Spider-Man is the Best Character Ever”
Comics Alliance‘s Senior Batmanologist Chris Sims makes a moving argument for why Spider-Man is the best comic book character ever: “Those first 200 issues of Amazing Spider-Man — a run that’s downright shocking in how good it is — are essentially teenager problems on a super-heroic scale, both […]
Ladies Kissing and Fanservice
At The Mary Sue, Becky Chambers, writes about watching a moment of wonder when ladies kiss on Deep Space Nine, the devolution of something that felt special into television’s “barrage of meaningless lady kisses” and finding the love again in roleplaying games like Dragon Age, World of Warcraft, […]
Fandom is Magic
In the year 2001 I discovered a magical world. Not Harry Potter (that was a few years later) and not the Internet (although it was responsible), but a world that captured my attention and hasn’t let go ten years later. It has to do with fanfiction; unpaid fiction […]
Twilight, Remixed
It was bound to happen: Buffy vs. Edward. (via Smart Bitches).
The Cultural Gutter 