This holiday season, we at WWAC are focusing on handmade/homemade gifts and gifts from indie companies, sellers, or even non-indies that support ethical labor practices. I asked some of our contributors to share their recommendations. Please share your own recommendations, charities, and other means to ethical gift-giving in the comments! – Ginnis
Geek Mystique: Lifestyle News for November
November has been quite the month, hasn’t it? While I hope this column provides a brief reprieve from the current state of our political world, I do want to start with some resources for fighting the good fight.
How Emily Gilmore Taught Me To Appreciate the Corporate Wife
The first thing I said to fellow WWAC writer, Kate Tanski, when I saw the trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life was: “Emily’s wearing jeans and a t-shirt!” Emily Gilmore is a corporate wife of high society, she does not wear jeans! Hippies wear jeans, at least according to Rush Limbaugh. But,…
The WWAC Guide to Street Protesting for Beginners
*Editor’s Note: Based on feedback, we adjusted the title to more accurately reflect the content of this piece which is specifically about street protesting, following the street protests after the 2016 election results. In the wake of the election results, we have been following, and in some cases participating, in the recent protests against the…
Review: The Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book [NSFW – I guess]
Are you bummed about the election results, or at least the electoral results? That was a rhetorical question. Of course, you are! While action is currently going and necessary, self-care is also a priority. If you are scoffing, think of it like this: if you have taken care of yourself, then you can better attend…
3 Takes On Josie & the Pussycats #2
Josie & the Pussycats #2 Marguerite Bennett & Cameron Deordio (script), Audrey Mok (art), Kelly Fitzpatrick (colors), Jack Morelli (letters) Archie Comics November 2016 Here we are at Issue #2 of Archie Comics’ latest reboot, Josie and the Pussycats! Although not all of us loved issue #1, we were all pretty interested to see what direction…
75 Years of Veronica Lodge: You’re Welcome, World
Archie 75 Series: Veronica Contributors: Dan Parent, Jim Amash, Hy Eisman, Mindy Eisman, Barry Grossman, Rich Koslowski, Jack Morelli, Kathleen Webb, Bill Yoshida, and Digikore Studies Archie Comics July 2016 The Archie 75 Series reprints a selection of comics that best represent the character in hand – in this case, Veronica Lodge. WWAC has had Team Betty…
WWAC Pagans: A Roundtable
Today is a magical day! It’s Samhain, All Hallow’s Eve, or you know, Halloween. For some pagans (not all though!), it’s a big deal, it’s like our New Year. I asked four WWAC pagans, which would include me, your lifestyle editor, to talk about their pagan identities, their favorite practices, and cultural appropriation in paganism….
The Calling of Witchcraft: Witch Movies and Teenage Girls
If you ever hang out with 30-something pagans, you will quickly learn that The Craft (1996) was a lightbulb moment for many of them. When The Craft came out, it had a significant impact on the witch community, because it based the practices in the movie in real life practices. Pat Devin, a Dianic High…
Geek Mystique: Lifestyle News for October
Y’all, there’s so much going on this month, this is going to be a packed one, what with the Geek High Holy Day, that would be Halloween, approaching! Sure, we geeks like any excuse to cosplay and indulge our geek fantasies all year, but there’s just something about the month of October that makes all…
Vampirella In Design
Vampirella is being rebooted and recostumed again! Dynamite has announced that they will be rebooting the comic for the second time in recent years, with a new creative team and another new direction. Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton (Knight and Squire, Saucer County) will be taking over the book and delivering a Vampirella for a…
Drink Your Comics: Season of the Witch
Between The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina from Archie, Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott’s Black Magick, Marvel’s Scarlet Witch, and a wealth of other witch comics, I couldn’t really choose just one inspiration for this month’s Drink Your Comics. Instead, I opted for a broad interpretation for October, the month of Halloween: the four elements.