October 23, 2014

Uncategorized

Kid Comics Go to Class: Physicists Teaching With Comic Books

October 23, 2014

The American Physical Society is a non-profit network of over 48,000 physicists working to educate the general public on physics. Their mission statement reads “In the firm belief that an understanding of the nature of the physical universe will be of benefit to all humanity, the Society ...

Roundtables

Finding Feminism in Horror: Part I

October 23, 2014

Finding feminist ideology in the horror film genre can feel like searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore film. It can seem a futile effort considering the most popular horror tropes are particularly unflattering toward the female characters: the final virginal survivor, “ugly duckling” killer, ...

Uncategorized

The Thursday Book Beat: Blogger Asks “Where Are All The Disabled Characters?”

October 23, 2014

Blogger Asks Where Are The Disabled Characters At? Megan Quibell AKA TheBookAddictedGirl writes in The Guardian on the importance of representation in books and the lack of disabled characters as the leads of their own story. Which is why I want to set you all a few challenges. I want you to ...

Comics

Butterfly #1: Who is Nightingale?

October 23, 2014

Butterfly #1 Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett (W) Antonio Fuso (A) BOOM! Studios I am loving the new wave of female-led spy thrillers lately. First Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting’s Velvet, then Black Widow’s solo series, and now Butterfly by Arash Amel, Marguerite Bennett, and Antonio Fuso.

Opinion

Felicia Day is Disappointed In You, #GamerGate, And You Proved Her Right

October 23, 2014

Last night, Felicia Day — creator of The Guild and all around awesome person — posted a gentle I’m Not Mad, I’m Just Disappointed to members of #GamerGate. Her post is thoughtful, sympathetic, and focused not on the hideous bile spewing from every orifice of the ...

October 23, 2014

Kid Comics Go to Class: Physicists Teaching With Comic Books

Finding Feminism in Horror: Part I

The Thursday Book Beat: Blogger Asks “Where Are All The Disabled Characters?”

Butterfly #1: Who is Nightingale?

Felicia Day is Disappointed In You, #GamerGate, And You Proved Her Right

Trending Posts

WWAC Skeets!