Spike Trotman, publisher and editor of Iron Circus Comics’ Smut Peddler and creator and publisher of Templar Arizona and Poorcraft, is an important voice in comics. From advocating for indie comics as business to bringing diverse comics to a wider audience, Spike is putting her money and her efforts where her mouth is. She sat…
Who Greenlit This? An Open Letter To Fitbit: This is Not Super
Dear Fitbit: I really must ask: who greenlit this? I was enjoying a relaxed Monday evening in front of my DV-R watching the second episode of Supergirl, “Stronger Together,” when a Fitbit commercial aired. The Fitbit ad campaign commercials are usually lively and clever—I see them all the time during The Walking Dead. One airing during…
“Stronger Together” – 4 Takes on CBS’ Supergirl
Even though only two episodes of CBS’ Supergirl have aired so far, it’s quickly become a favorite new show for many of us. Too many for just one person to write and reflect on. But as we just learned this past week–the motto of the House of El, as represented by the iconic “S,” is…
Ciara’s Costume Party: Blaming Beyoncé
October birthdays that come late in the month often get the fun of also being costume parties. Especially if you’re a celebrity like Ciara, with a famous boyfriend like NFL quarterback Russell Wilson. The sports star threw his girlfriend a surprise masquerade party for her 30th birthday at the Warner Bros. studio, complete with renting the…
WWAC Reflections on the “King of Horror”
It’s spooky season, and that means rolling out our favorite scary stories. Stephen King, also known as the “King of Horror,” is an iconic author, impacting the horror genre with books such as The Shining, It, and Carrie. He has written over 50 novels and around 200 short stories, and his body of work continues…
Accessorize Your Way to Efangelism: Geek Accessories Start Geek Conversations
One of the many good things about being an unabashed geek-slash-fangirl is that people know what kind of person they’re dealing with and immediately are able to tell when they encounter a kindred spirit. I recently bought a fandom T-shirt from Teepublic that features a double sided inside joke for fans of both The Walking…
Cosplay: Turning Jamie into Rose Quartz
I’ve been easing my way, a little at a time, into cosplay. The reasons being that 1) Representation matters to me, so I prefer to primarily cosplay women of color; 2) cosplay is expensive, time consuming, and skill intensive; and 3) chronic illness and the struggles it brings to daily life can make cosplay challenging…
Razors vs. Lasers: My Adventure in Laser Hair Removal
As I said in our roundtable back in May, I’ve had a facial hair problem all of my adult life. It is a pretty significant source of anxiety for me, so once I found a laser removal solution I was willing to try, I decided to chronicle my experience for posterity and for other women…
DragonCon 2015: An Endurance Event
Labor Day Weekend is a big deal in Atlanta. Dragon Con is the biggest attraction among other things going on, so that’s where this geek girl spends her holiday weekend, for the eleventh year in a row now. The Con organizers have realized that people are so eager to get the festivities started that they’re…
Alphabear: Unbearably Cute
Name: Alphabear Studio: Spryfox http://www.spryfox.com Cost: Free to play with in-app purchases Platform: Android/IOS (this review covers the Android version) Genre: Word/Puzzle Release Date: July, 2015 Other games: Triple Town, Road Not Taken [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_XkvQCOGc&w=560&h=315] If you ever played Triple Town–the game where you had to build a town and keep the bears from blocking your…
Giving The Devil His Due: Diversity in Daredevil Season 1
SPOILER WARNING: If you have not seen all thirteen episodes of Daredevil Season 1, there will be plot points discussed. I intentionally waited out the first two weeks before I signed back up for Netflix to see Marvel’s Daredevil. Turns out this was a wise decision. The show had such extraordinary viewership that for those…
Literal Dehumanization: Erasure of the Black Face in Hollywood
Erasing the faces of black people, with a handful of notable exceptions, has been the way Hollywood works for years. If they weren’t villains or criminals, buffoons or drug addicts, Hollywood found other ways to bring black people onto the silver screen only to get them off again as quickly as possible. The term “dead…