If you’re like me, the Tower has been calling to you since the moment you shut the cover on the controversial epilogue to the seventh book. (And then again when the 2012 Wind Through the Keyhole Book 4.5 came out.) Maybe you fulfill your cravings with the comic books, but likely the announcement of The Dark Tower…
2016 Hugo Reviews: Novellas
With Best Short Story and Best Novelette covered, I now turn my attention to the last short fiction category at the Hugo Awards: Best Novella… Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Mankind has spread to the stars and encountered alien races, but not all of humanity is eager to explore space. The Himba of Southern Africa remain a…
Ad Astra Comix Interview: Sky’s the Limit in Political Comics
I first learned about Ad Astra Comix when I saw Nicole Marie Burton speak at “Drawing Resistance: Using Comics for Social Change,” hosted by Women & Children First in Chicago. Nicole is a co-founder with Hugh Goldring of the Canadian comics publisher. The talk was one of several on a tour to discuss the power of the political comic and…
The Thursday Book Beat: New Tolkien Poem May Offer Early Hints of Galadriel
Happy Thursday! How’s your summer TBR pile doing, dear readers? I’d love to hear about any recommendations you might have for fun beach reads to take on vacation. My own TBR list is slowly becoming more manageable, so of course, I need to gather some more recs to pick up!
Firewatch, Gone Home, and the Power of a Good Bad Ending
Spoiler Warning: This piece contains spoilers for Firewatch, Gone Home, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Two of my favorite games of the past few years are also two of the games I most frequently see criticized for having bad endings–Gone Home and Firewatch. These are quiet, simple stories told in only a few hours at most….
Feminism & Fat: Interview with Ragen Chastain
One of my biggest, long-time internet crushes on a person I have never, ever met goes to Ragen Chastain. I started reading her blog, Dances with Fat, several years ago as it not only affirmed some struggles and suspicions I had regarding the talk around bodies and health, but it also opened my eyes to the…
Not at All Rare: Why Mark Millar’s Relaunch of “Kick-Ass” Spells Doom for a New Female Character of Color
Trigger warning for discussions about rape.
Get Your Game on Wednesday: Diversity as a Pillar of Game Design
Howdy, gaming lovelies! I’m back from the road. Don’t you worry, though, I’ve been playing Pokemon Go throughout my travels and can’t help to think that Pickachu’s butt from Origins Game Fair was an omen of some sorts. In any case, on to the news! Diversity as a “pillar” of game design In a recent…
Gender Fluidity in Fiction: Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Symptoms of Being Human Jeff Garvin Balzer & Bray February 2016 Jeff Garvin’s debut novel Symptoms of Being Human is a contemporary young adult novel starring Riley Cavanaugh, the only child of a prominent California congressman. The story opens on the morning of Riley’s first day at a new school, detailing the process of eating…
Ghostbusters Opening Marred by Misogynoir
Ghostbusters released preview showings as early as Wednesday before its official opening on Friday July 15. By opening day, there were the handful of usual suspects we need not name who actually bought tickets to take photos of what they tell us are empty theaters where Ghostbusters is showing. Despite the dire imprecations of sexist fans stuck…
An Interview With ShortBox’s Zainab Akhtar
ShortBox is a quarterly box of independent comics and goodies that was founded and curated by Zainab Akhtar in collaboration with Thought Bubble’s Assistant Director Clark Burscough. If Zainab’s name looks familiar, it’s because she ran the fantastic comics site, Comics and Cola, for five years before she closed up shop this past April. WWAC’s…
A Voyage Home: Finding Our Star Trek
In part one of this roundtable WWAC contributors discussed queerness in Star Trek. In this part, they discuss which Star Trek was their first, which one(s) they have the most emotional connection, and their hopes of the upcoming film and TV series.
