Adam Knave answers a question a lot of comics readers have been asking lately, “Why aren’t there more women in comics?” : “[T]he industry has a history of actively trying to throw out half the population’s worth of potential. And then asking why they aren’t there, punching them […]
Do you love crayon drawings and animation? Do you love ponies and unicorns? Do you love Ponycorns even more because they are ponies AND unicorns? Play Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, a game completed in 48 hours are part of, TOJam, a Toronto indie game jam.
ComicbookGRRRL writes about the history of Catwoman and the hypersexualization of a sexual woman: “At first glance, the cover of the upcoming Catwoman #1 may not be seen as terribly out of place for a character who is so openly sexual and enjoys revelling in the power she […]
As part of its massive “reboot,” DC Comics will make Barbara Gordon Batgirl again. This means, though that her 20 year history as Oracle, peerless hacker and information broker with an eidetic memory, leader of The Birds of Prey and one of the few examples of a differently-abled […]
In 1969, Joanna Russ spoke to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Convention about taboo words, their honest and dishonest uses and the unearned thrill: “I want to be able to use dirty wordies without shocking anybody. I want to write about the subjects they refer to without shocking anybody. […]
The Guardian wonders about the absence of female science fiction and fantasy authors in its recent readers poll of favorites. Is publishing sexist? Are fans? (Beware the comments thread).
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