In Maia Kobabe’s powerful memoir, Gender Queer, Kobabe shares eir journey to discovering eir gender queer identity and how e helped family and friends come to accept eir new pronouns. At times painfully raw, this personal story is relatable and necessary — which is why I’m incensed that Gender Queer is being banned across the…
Cover Guy: X-Men – Hellfire Gala 2022
Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Kate Tanski, Louis Skye, Kat Overland, Anna Peppard, Wendy Browne, and Kayleigh Hearn shake it up a little and share their thoughts on a Cover Guy:…
REVIEW: I Didn’t Know Fantasy Like The Bruising of Qilwa Could Exist and I’m Glad it Does!
Firuz’s family has escaped the slaughter of their people, the Sassanians, arriving at Qilwa as refugees seeking a new way of life. While Firuz dedicates themself to saving people at a free clinic, a new disease emerges with powerful political ramifications for Firuz’s people and their new home.
REVIEW: Doctor Who: FCBD 2022 Reintroduces the Fugitive Doctor
A group of children unwittingly engage tiny hostile aliens, and it’s up to the Fugitive Doctor and the shadowy group she works for, Division, to stop them and save the Earth. Along the way, the Doctor may make some new friends.
REVIEW: Doctor Strange 2 is a Return to Camp, But it’s Not the ’80s Anymore
When Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) encounters a monstrous demon, and the teenager its chasing, he and Sorcerer Supreme Wong (Benedict Wong) realise there’s more at stake than just their world.
REVIEW: The Delightfully Queer Love Triangle in Crush Will Make You Fall in Love with Love
Talented artist Paige (Rowan Blanchard) has been in love with Gabriella (Isabella Ferreira), the most popular girl in school, for most of her life. When Paige is added to the track team, she finally has a chance to win over Gabriella. Until Paige realises true love may lie with someone unexpected.
REVIEW: The Moon Knight Premiere is a Barrel of Laughs (and Scares)
In the Moon Knight premiere, Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) has an ordinary life — except when people start alluding to things he doesn’t remember. And there’s all the trouble he has sleeping. He has so many vivid dreams; or are they nightmares? What if those dreams aren’t in his imagination at all? What if Steven…
Roundtable Review: The Bat and the Cat in The Batman
A new Dark Knight rises. The Batman brings a whole new Bat-hero to our screens, along with a new Catwoman, and different takes on familiar Bat-villains and allies. Louis, Doris, and Madeleine discuss the characters and the style of the film, and whether they think this film has the potential to be a series.
Oscars Roundtable: Villains, Faves, and The Ceremony
It’s been a strange time for film-making — working around COVID protocols, virtual festivals, and audiences reluctant to head out to the theatres have all been obstacles no one has figured out how to circumvent. Even the Oscars got rescheduled, and while this year everyone was in the theatre and unmasked, the ceremony still felt…
REVIEW: Let’s Get Burgers is a Cute Perspective on the Harshness of Reality
Best friends Knife and Cheddar just want to enjoy the simple life, eat some burgers, and get a good night’s rest. But capitalism, nightmare bosses, and transphobia conspire against them. Can the friends prevail against all odds?
REVIEW: Picard Season 2 Is Already More Cohesive than its Debut Outing
Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Sir Patrick Stewart) hopes to settle down for a simple life on Earth, and maybe even find love again. But a disruptive cosmic force changes the course of Picard’s life, along with the entire universe. Can Picard and the motley crew of La Sirena save time itself?
REVIEW: Eternals: The 500 Year War – Not Long Enough
In Eternals: The 500 Year War, the Earth’s oldest protectors recount the events of their war against a group of Deviants, spanning five centuries. What lessons did they learn? And has the war come to an end?