After a controversial season that saw the deaths of major lesbian and black male characters, season three of the CW’s apocateen drama, The 100, ended with torture, sacrifice, and the start of another nuclear apocalypse. Surprisingly low on mass murder, though! The 100 is a regular subject of complaints—and sometimes compliments!—in WWAC’s Slack, so I thought…
Presence, Power, and Patriarchy: A Review of The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
The Geek Feminist Revolution Kameron Hurley Tor Paperback May 31, 2016 There’s a seductive quality to belonging to a group, identifying as a member of a particular set of people, calling them home. We see it in how quickly people identify as a geek or a nerd, a gamer or bookworm, and how intensely we…
The Thursday Book Beat: Yale Students Ask for Decolonization of English Lit Curriculum
Hello readers! Summer is here, if the ridiculous humidity is any indication, and I’m starting to dive into some fun light reading to usher in the season. If you’re doing the same, let me know what you’re reading! I also want to extend congratulations to everyone who’s graduating, and wish you lots of lovely books…
The Thursday Book Beat: Bookish Nerds Are Ready to Be Disney’s Guests in Beauty and the Beast
Happy sunny week, dear readers! I’m fresh off a holiday long weekend here in Canada, and with Memorial Day coming up for the Americans, it’s bound to be a quiet week for book news. That said, Disney did set the internet ablaze this weekend with the teaser trailer for the live-action Beauty and the Beast…
Short & Sweet: TCAF 2016 Edition
Angel and I had a blast at this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF); a free festival for the public where they can check out cool indie comics, creators and panels. I wrote about my experience of the festival which you can read here. We grabbed a ton of comics but couldn’t review our entire haul due to…
The Thursday Book Beat: Nancy Drew Series Deemed “Too Female” for CBS’s Fall Lineup
Welcome back to another week of book news, dear readers! We’re headed towards a long weekend here in Canada, and I’m looking forward to catching up on my reading. Happily, I’ll be bumping up Han Kang’s book The Vegetarian on my TBR to celebrate her winning the Man Booker International Prize! She is the first…
The Music of Hamilton: WWAC Shares the Songs That Blew Us All Away
It’s safe to say that if you haven’t heard about the hit musical Hamilton by now, you will soon. Grammy performance aside, the show has been capturing attention outside of theatre circles since it premiered on Broadway last summer. The core of Hamilton’s story is told through forty-six evocative and creative tracks, all written by Lin-Manuel…
The Thursday Book Beat: Ta-Nehisi Coates to Publish Two New Books
Hello readers! Welcome back to Book Beat, on this busiest week for the industry: Book Expo America. While I am sadly not checking out fall books at McCormick Place today, I fully expect lots of great news coming from the expo. But while we wait for those exciting announcements, we’ve got some pretty interesting tidbits…
Dogears: An Unscripted History of Dragons
My Unscripted Life Lauren Morrill Delacorte (Random House) October 11, 2016 Lauren Morrill is a comforting voice in YA fiction, with contemporary romances that aren’t surprising but still engaging. But My Unscripted Life is the least captivating of her books thus far—it’s a novel that elevates romance at the expense of character development and story growth….
The Thursday Book Beat: Hugo Award Nominations Are Causing a Hullabaloo
Spring’s finally arrived in Toronto, and with it, some great new book news for everyone! Potterheads might not be getting an eighth novel in the Harry Potter series, but J.K. Rowling seems committed to giving her fans new material to devour. She announced that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them wouldn’t just be available…
4 Takes On VIKI’s New Series: Dramaworld
Women Write About Comics was given the opportunity to watch the first two episodes of VIKI’s new series, Dramaworld, ahead of its release on Sunday, April 17th. Angel gives an overview of the show and its context while Aimee, Angel, Claire (who will go by “Real Claire” for this review, because the show stole her name), and I…
The Thursday Book Beat: All the World’s a Birthday Card for the Bard
We’re taking a step back into history today on the Beat, which is appropriate as it’s also the week of William Shakespeare’s 452nd birthday! Celebrations are ongoing in Britain and elsewhere to honour his life and work. I suppose this gives me an excuse to rewatch my favourite production of a Shakespeare play, Much Ado…