November 2011
2 posts
Full of Whoa!: Steven Moffat Explains Why He's So... →
adventuresofcomicbookgirl:
erincognito:
oxbridge:
“There’s this issue you’re not allowed to discuss: that women are needy. Men can go for longer, more happily, without women. That’s the truth. We don’t, as little boys, play at being married - we try to avoid it for as long as…
Moffat… You’re an idiot. Why oh why did you say something so… stupid.
October 2011
14 posts
On not being OK | Geek Feminism Blog →
I get this idea that we, as geeks, are expected to rise above the common herd that are influenced by advertising and self-hate. We’re so much cleverer than that, so much more accepting! We were the fat kids in high school!
But we’re not. After all, geek boys lusts after the thin ones, every geek girl is bombarded with pictures of thin Leia, thin Xena, thin Sailor Scouts. Comics portray thin...
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It's been confirmed that Scott Olsen (Iraq War vet...
spastasmagoria:
kyssthis16:
boehnertroll:
Fuck. Everything.
I would LOOOVEEEEE to see how Oakland PD talks their way outta this one. THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!!! FUCK DA POLICE!!!!!!!
This is absolutely WRONG. Dude survived two tours in Iraq without a scratch and gets taken out by the local police department while he exercises the freedom of speech he served in the military to protect?...
Just Got a Great Organizational App: Springpad →
Maybe a better app will help me stay organized? What you don’t think so? Yeah me neither. But this one is cool enough I’m going to try!!!
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Geek Ladies in the House: Reflections on...
or Geeks in the House: We’re at the Party, Now What Do We Do?
I feel that GeekGirlCon overall was an astounding success! I mean a FIRST YEAR CON sold out every day?! As a part time con-runner myself I understand what a feat that is. Those ladies worked their butts off all year and they completely deserve the outpour of support the blogosphere has bestowed on them. Here is me knighting you...
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“Why is it accepted that some people who eat a ton of food can stay thin, but not...”
– Some Things I Don’t Understand « Dances With Fat (via jerseyjezebel)
"That's not our demographic.": If A Tree Falls in... →
extrawiggleroom:
I’ve owed everyone THE blog post about my trip to American Apparel for quite awhile now. Honestly, I haven’t been entirely sure what to say. The trip was incredible, with our without the tour. I got to see a ton of interesting people- models, designers, old friends- and do a lot of fun things….
Holy cow what a sad end to this tale. Yet more examples of idiots in these...
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TELL ME SOMETHING I HAVEN'T HEARD
fullofwhoa:
(This is to accompany this. Since apparently text-cuts don’t work in photo posts! Uhg, tumblr, why?!)
For a larger version of this image, go here.
About halfway through drawing this, I realized what I had created was effectively a Bingo Card, but perhaps a slightly more emotive one. So I’ll explain a bit of what’s behind it. I first got into comics through feminist criticism of...
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Geek Girl Profile: Phoebe Kitanidis, Young Adult...
or How I Became Instant BFF’s with a Greek Geek Goddess
Today I want to write about my awesome West Coast friend Phoebe Kitanidis. It’s odd but a few times in my life I’ve met people that I was instantly connected to (BTW: so awkward if they don’t feel the same, happens with a lot of boys back in the day) and she’s one of them. Would believe that until she picks me up from the airport in Seattle...
“Greys anatomy is still on?”
– Me while reading entertainment weekly on the plane to GeekGirlCon.
September 2011
14 posts
amanda palmer: nancy upton's "plus-sized"... →
amandapalmer:
you guys will love this one. nancy upton, a chick who’s got a dresden dolls’ heartplane logo and the lyrics JUST SING from “sing” tattooed onto her forearm, made national news this week, after winning an american apparel model-search contest for “plus-sized” girls. she found the wording of…
Eff yeah! Also a great article about this debacle on Curvy Nerd.
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What you have to understand, tumblr...
spastasmagoria:
iandsharman:
…is that Twilight is actually part of a very long literary tradition…
…of appallingly written books about abusive men and the annoying women who love them…
I effing hate this book.
And they teach this in school. Sads. This book sucked. I hated it. But I hate unrequited love almost as much as I hate the blatant patriarchy.
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Reblog with the title of the first episode of...
janetmajors:
panicponderland:
thefearisfallingaway:
phekowsky:
misterpond:
darvilly:
hipsterroranicus:
theseoldeyes:
lettherebedoctor:
The Impossible Planet
The impossible astronaut
Vincent and the Doctor
The Empty Child
Love & Monsters
School Reunion
Rose
Probably The Silver Nemesis.
The Shakespeare Code
Doomsday (Crazy right?)
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Can my Herione be more Heroic please?
Here is the LONG time coming review of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher! (I do promise an awful lot on this blog don’t I? You should stop believing them.) It was interesting…and yes there is a but coming. Being this far distanced from the book I can more easily assess what it was that bothered me. Was it thrilling? Sure, it had it’s moments. But, I had some problems with the...
Not a Fan, Just a Nerd
So after a very lengthy and as usual deep conversation on Friday night with my favorite self-proclaimed acafan Courtney Stoker I realized that I’m not a “FaaAaan” of anything. It was a kind of depressing thought. When we talked about it further it was still depressing… I guess it depends on what your definition of fan is. But according to Courtney’s definition of...
Design Hell - by The Oatmeal →
I’m going to buy this for my cubicle at work. It’s so true to my experience with customers so far it’s painful. >.< Not as hilarious when you’re the designer wanting to brain themselves.
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Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay... →
curvymaven:
nextian:
by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith We are published authors who co-wrote a post-apocalyptic young adult novel. When we set out to find an agent for it, we expected to get some rejections. But we never expected to be offered representation… on the condition that we make a gay character straight, or cut him out altogether. Our novel, Stranger, has five viewpoint...
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Speaking of Super Powers
One of my favorite super powers: Prehensile Hair. It’s very underrated. This blog post is dedicated to it!
Also known as:
Hair Manipulation
Trichokinesis
Chaetokinesis
Comakinesis
Animated Hair
Those prefixes for -kinesis were weird… Anyway. The basic definition, which I had to give to a group of people at work on Friday, is hair that moves independently like an extra...
DC Women Kicking Ass: DC pushes back on "whining"... →
Oh my geeze. DC quit waving your dicks around.
dcwomenkickingass:
It’s hasn’t been all sunshine and roses in rebooting the DC universe. And I don’t mean for the fans who were some what upset to realize that some of their favorite characters were going to be changed or disappear.
I’m talking about DC themselves. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and…
Book Clubs Coming Back?
Recently because of the encouragement of my friend Katy and my husband, Istarted a book club with some like minded ladies who all work with me. Not long after, I helped plan the programming ApolloCon in Houston for Katy.
We proposed a panel about book clubs (since we were both in one) and two of the Guests of Honor, Ann Vandermeer and Jean Gomell, were interested so it was put on the docket...
July 2011
2 posts
A Modern Fairy Tale, w/ Machine Guns
So last week my husband bought Sucker Punch on DVD and of course we watched it the very same night. Sucker Punch was highly anticipated for me. Someone in my weekly D&D game last year told us about it first and I had been eagerly been awaiting its release ever since. I read (probably on IMDB) that it was pitched to the studio as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”.
I’m...
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June 2011
3 posts
Theatrical Anime
Why this title? Well because of all the random asides the main character “The Major” would have. Much like an aside in theatre she would randomly look right at the audience or “camera” (since its animated) and pontificate on some aspect of life that the current scene related to. I didn’t quite find that it worked well in this case. It was kind of like, “Hey in...
Ramble, the First.
Let’s be straight with each other from the beginning. I’m a rambler. It’s inevitable that this blog will often get off topic. However, in this first post I’d like to try to give a somewhat coherent explanation of why that is and how I’ve come to terms with this particular quirk of my personality.
I have ADD. Not AD/HD, yes there are people who don’t have both....