After I reviewed General Mills’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tie-in cereals, there was much crying and moaning from WWAC staff and Twitter passersby.
In Real Life: Online Friendships and Our True Selves
In Real Life Jessica Love St. Martin’s Griffin/Raincoast Books March 1st, 2016 A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. You know when you read a book and you don’t expect it to inject you with so much emotion that it catches you off guard? That moment of…
A Less Stressful Writing Challenge: Flash Fiction Wednesday, April 6
Many of us have tried to make a habit of writing fiction, with various degrees of success. Writing challenges can feel overwhelming, especially more time-intensive challenges like NaNoWriMo. On April 6 and recurring the first Wednesday of every month, you’re invited to participate in Flash Fiction Wednesday, a writing challenge aimed to require as little…
Diamonds in the Rough: Our Problematic Faves, Who Coincidentally, Are Women
WOMEN. We hate’em. Well, a lot of people hate’em. Us. Hate us. Okay, we don’t hate women. We are women. We love women! We love woman characters … whom other people hate. And we’ll defend them. Okay? Just listen.
The Thursday Book Beat: Angolan Rapper Arrested for Book Club Pick
Once again, I’ve taken over Angel’s book beat which means I have all of the power where book news is concerned! (cue cackle). Before we begin, I just wanted to say RIP to Ellen Seligman who died this past Friday. She was an editor and publisher of McClelland & Stewart for four decades. An Angolan rapper and activist, Luaty…
Review: Do You Miss Your Country?
Do You Miss Your Country? Monika Szydłowska Centrala A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I don’t often talk about my father’s immigration. If I do, it’s usually because I’ve been directly asked about the “when” and “why,” and while the former response is simple, the…
Pokémon GO Will Make Geocachers of Us All
The first time I heard about geocaching was when my middle school crush’s father went on what I thought was a treasure hunt. He explained to me, while I sweated over sitting so close to my beloved in the back of a Toyota, that it was so much more than treasure hunting. It was building…
Short Films At The 2016 Canadian Film Fest
The Canadian Film Fest is an event set in Toronto celebrating Canadian filmmakers where they can showcase their work and network with others in the industry. A non-profit organization, Canadian Film Fest hopes to inspire these filmmakers to continue making motion pictures and to expose Canadian audiences to independent works. We have created an annual film festival…
Science in a Gothic Fairy Tale: Porcelain by Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose
I read both Porcelain: A Gothic Fairytale and its sequel Porcelain: Bone China in a single sitting. And it’s a good thing I did because had I stopped after just A Gothic Fairytale, had I told myself I’d come back to Volume 2 later on, I probably wouldn’t have felt overly motivated to follow through…
Get Your Game On Wednesday: Is that Rocky Horror in your pocket?
Happy Wednesday, gaming lovelies! We’ve added the Fallout 4 Season Pass to our mix, but thankfully the beautiful New England spring weather calls me away. Who out there is enjoying the new robots? Send me a shout out in the comments. Now on to the news! Rocky Horror on the mobile screen From beloved movie cult…
COMICS GIVEAWAY: 3 Daredevil Prizes!
It’s that time again, when Netflix comes down on its beautiful streaming steed and leaves us a wonderful gift: new seasons of our favorite shows. Really enjoying the new season of Daredevil, huh? Wishing you knew more about all of the characters? Want to see them in even more action, love triangles, and risky situations?…
Vox Day: In the Hall of the Troll King
Content warning: this article contains discussion of sexual abuse, including paedophilia. The history of fantasy and science fiction has no shortage of colourful figures. In some cases, of course, “colourful” can be used only in a somewhat euphemistic sense. It is therefore with requisite air-quotes that I introduce one of the most colourful men working…
