When I first saw the trailer for Crimson Peak, my initial thought was: Not for me. Dammit. This is because the trailer SUCKS for someone like me. The film’s marketing presented to us this dark, creepy story in this dark, creepy house full of dark, creepy creatures that were constantly after a woman who was neither…
This Week in WWAC History: Halloween
So much Halloween… Top 10 Frightened Blonde Woman Horror Comics, October 30, 2013, The golden-haired young woman flees a dark, secluded castle on a foggy night. Her long white gown would make a Hammer Horror starlet proud, but no matter how far she runs, there’s a vampire, a werewolf, or a man-monster called–TABOO! right behind…
Dead But Not Forgotten: Our Favourite Moments of Death in Video Games
What does death mean when it’s not permanent? Can it still make you cry if your character regenerates? Can it be meaningful? Or is it necessarily just an annoyance, a product of “failing” at gaming? In games “The End” is hardly ever true. It’s just “The End” of that attempt, but your character will resurrect…
Shinbun Saturday: Osamu Tezuka Biography Comes to North American Shores
Stone Bridge Press to publish Osamu Tezuka biography Earlier this week, Stone Bridge Press announced that they would be releasing The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime, a manga-style biography next summer. At over 900 pages long, the book covers the entirety of Tezuka’s career–including his early successes. It’s a nice way…
The Problem with Dangan Ronpa: Another Episode
“Hey, are you the type that’s okay with spoilers? The 3rd game of ‘Dangan Ronpa’ is so good, I gotta talk about it! But are you okay with spoilers?” CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of child abuse and sexual abuse. Graphic sexual descriptions and images. SPOILER WARNING.
TGIFeminism: Bad Feminism, Good Feminism
Welcome back to our weekly installment of feminist news, updates, and resources! Did you know that the reason why Jennifer Lawrence is paid less than her male co-stars is not because of sexism or the social construct that women need to seem “nice” and avoid creating conflict? According to this article by Elisaveta Dolghih, the wage…
Knit Your Comics: DC Bombshells Inspired Batwoman Hat
It’s October, and when I think October I think bats and baseball. I know that for most people, baseball is a summer thing, but for me, baseball is most made “real” in October, because it’s the playoffs. And October is also the month for Halloween, and when I think Halloween, I also think of bats,…
5 Things From the Manga Prison School That Made It into the Anime
When I first heard that Prison School was getting an anime adaptation, my reaction was one of skepticism. It’s a raunchy sex comedy, after all. One of the regular characters is a buxom young woman who wears stiletto boots and a school uniform that leaves little to the imagination. Subway advertisements promoting the anime placed…
Girl Gangs and NASA Conspiracies: WWAC on Paper Girls #1
Paper Girls #1 Brian K. Vaughan (script), Cliff Chiang (art), Matt Wilson (colours) Image Comics October 7, 2015 Review copy provided by Image Comics Paper Girls is the latest comic from Brian K Vaughn (Saga, Y the Last Man) and Cliff Chiang (Wonder Woman). Taking us back to 1988 it tells the story of four…
Do The Necronomicon! Creepy, Sexy, Cool Musical Cast Recordings for the Spooky Season
I love musical theater. I grew up on Rodgers and Hammerstein, West Side Story, and Purlie, all of which I watched so often before the age of ten that the VHS tapes are now unsalvageable. As I got older, I began to discover more old movie musicals; while my mother preferred R&H, my grandmother was…
The Thursday Book Beat: Toronto Star Increases Its Book Section
A Diverse Set of Winners for The 2015 Kirkus Prize Three people of colour and three women (two on Echo). A diverse crew of winners for this year’s Kirkus Prize and all stellar books or so I’ve heard (I’m currently reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between The World And Me and it’s fantastic). If you get the chance, pick…
Stop Telling Women How to Feel
This is not a piece of hard-hitting journalism. I didn’t bury myself under a mountain of research before sitting in front of my computer to write, and that is on purpose. I’m here to talk feelings, because I am sick of women being policed for expressing their real and legitimate emotions.
