Earlier this year, when my boyfriend was booking his appearance at Otakon, he casually asked me if I wanted to go — free badge, free hotel — and I readily agreed, desperate for any sort of mini-vacation. I had been to Otakon before, as as tween. The last year I went, I was fourteen years…
Pouches: The Case For Respect
There I am on the side of a cliff, feeling pretty good. What possessed me to get up there? Pouches. See that belt around my waist? That’s got a pouch on. In fact it’s got two. Sometimes there are more, but that depends on where I’m going, and what for. Pouches are as versatile as your…
DC Retreats…But Not Before Announcing Nine Film Dates
I like to think of this whole superhero movie game as a boxing match because I swear that’s what most of us imagine whenever news comes out about a cape-clad property.
Guardians of The Galaxy: A Fun Colourful Space Adventure
Guardians of the Galaxy Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Batista, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel Directed by James Gunn PG-13 Warning! This review is filled with spoilery goodness. First, go watch the film and then come back for my thoughts. You’ve seen it? Yes? Good! Onward then.
The Thursday Book Beat: Gender and Books
Amazon Has Got Competition in the Form of a Google/Barnes & Noble Team Up Part of Amazon’s appeal is their fast and cheap delivery but it seems like they’re getting some competition in that area in a form of a team up between Google and Barnes & Noble. BN provides the books while Google offers…
Tip Your Hats to Picture This: Woman Authored Picture Books
Throwing Popcorn, our reviews of all ages movies and tv shows, has been “popping” all over the place. It could not be contained to a once-a-month format and is now a regular feature. Its replacement is Picture This — an in depth look at the work of woman authors and/or illustrators of children’s picture books. Prepare…
Inaugural Indie Comics Fest in LA
Announced this week, the inaugural Comic Arts Los Angeles festival is a go. Similar to events like the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) and Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE), Comic Arts LA aims to promote community and appreciation for comics, graphic novels, and the like by allowing readers to interact with creators.
PREVIEWSWorld Blogger’s Sexist Post Not Appreciated By Geek Girls
Last Monday afternoon, an article was posted on PREVIEWSworld.com by Vince Brusio called, “SDCC: A Last Look at the Ladies.” Unfortunately, the tone of the article was quite sexist and leering. It was illustrated with photos that appeared to consist primarily of models hired to wear costumes at booths rather than cosplaying attendees, and included this…
WWAC Roundtable: A Post-SDCC14 Rundown
If you were not at San Diego Comic Con this year, congratulations! You and countless others watched from afar, bitterly whispering to yourself “one day I’ll go”as you scrolled through the endless stream of announcements pinging your phone. You may also be saner for having stayed home, with more money in your pockets, too. It…
Nostalgia Nexus
A Light in the Attic/Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein (A & W) HarperCollins My elementary school really pounded Shel Silverstein’s poems into us. I have vivid memories of teachers reading bits from A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends to us (along with The Giving Tree, one of the saddest stories…
August Staff Picks: Books
The Magician’s Land Lev Grossman Viking Adult Release Date: August 5 The final book in The Magicians trilogy is coming! What will Quentin Coldwater do now that he’s been banished back to Earth? Will he find a cunning way to maneuver back into Fillory? Will he apply his magical know-how to his regular life? Will…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Flappy Birds is back Not exactly the same as the original, Flappy Birds Family is now available through the Amazon Android app store. Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen 2014 underway The weird hashtag in your Twitter feed, #GISHWHES2014, is a sign of this year’s week long event. Teams from all across…