Content Warning for miscarriage. NON PARTUM, a fictionalized memoir of the cartoonist’s journey with fertility is nicely complex–it spans decades of Rachel Masilamani’s life, and complicates narratives of middle class motherhood. In “Plan B-200,” Masilamani looked back at her high school years in order to juxtapose teen pregnancy and adult fertility difficulties. In “The Subject,” Masilamani looked…
“But will he die on the way back to his home planet?” Teen Dog #1-4
Teen Dog #1-4 Jake Lawrence BoomBox The continuing adventures of a teen who’s also a dog, a teen dog, if you will, his best pals Mariella (cool girl) and Sara (quarterback), and his nemeses Maya (the psychic queen of chess) and Thug Pug (a thug who’s a pug). We had big dreams for Teen Dog….
Show Your Love: Vote for Some Awesome Geek Women
Last year, reader, you voted for the fabulous Sam Maggs of The Mary Sue. Our Geek Feminist of 2013 has a book, The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, out this year! But now it’s time to cast a vote for the women who inspired, challenged, supported, and amazed us in 2014. These women lead publications, organize…
Show Your Love: Vote for Some Awesome Games
February: the month of love. Also, the second month of 2015. Now that we’ve got some distance from the wacky and wonderful (sometimes!) year that was 2014, it’s time to look back and show some love for comics creators and creations that stood out. Yup, it’s time for the Awesome Awards 2014: Games Edition! The…
Show Your Love: Vote for Some Awesome Books
February: the month of love. Also, the second month of 2015. Now that we’ve got some distance from the wacky and wonderful (sometimes!) year that was 2014, it’s time to look back and show some love for comics creators and creations that stood out. Yup, it’s time for the Awesome Awards 2014: Books Edition! The…
Con Season Survival Guide
Con season is already underway for many of us, and while surviving a con may not be as stressful as surviving a zombie apocalypse, they’re pretty damn close. So, I polled our amazing staff and contributors, who are seasoned con pros, mind you, to share their tips for surviving con season.
Show Your Love: Vote for Some Awesome Comics
February: the month of love. Also, the second month of 2015. Now that we’ve got some distance from the wacky and wonderful (sometimes!) year that was 2014, it’s time to look back and show some love for comics creators and creations that stood out. Yup, it’s time for the Awesome Awards 2014: Comics Edition! The…
[TW] Are You Fearful: The Subject by Rachel Masilamani
Trigger warning: Discussion of chronic and post-partum depression. The second part of Rachel Masilamani’s NON-PARTUM, a series of comics about her journey with fertility, “The Subject,” is about access to care. The first part, “Plan B-2o0,” which I reviewed here, is about choice, fertility, and above all, perspective. This one digs into equally thorny territory: physical…
Sex and the Modern Superhero
Last week’s Scriptnotes episode, which had sex columnist Dan Savage on as a guest, looked at sex and superheroes, or as they put it, the sexless superheroes of the big screen. Are they “sexless?” Should they be more explicitly sexual? Team WWAC reacts and opines. Most superhero movies, TV shows, and even radio plays have…
Cool Books of February!
Get in Trouble: Stories Author: Kelly Link Random House February 3, 2015 Until leafing through this month’s BookPage I had never heard of Kelly Link, but Becky Ohlsen’s glowing review of Get in Trouble changed that. Ohlsen wrote that “Nobody writes stories like hers. Link’s fantastical worlds feel utterly real, partly because they’re intensely matter-of-fact….
Cool Movies of February!
Jupiter Ascending The Wachowskis Warner Bros. Pictures/Roadshow Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) February 6, 2015 Ancient aliens being the precursors to our entire species, an outside challenger to a newly empty throne, royal intrigue and backstabbing politics being heirs, facing one’s destiny against all odds in a thrilling adventure throughout the galaxy. It all sounds…
[NSFW] Fucking Trans Women: “A sexual cookbook.”
Fucking Trans Women #0 Mira Bellwether Released: October 2010 80 pages, zine Fucking Trans Women is an 80-page zine by Mira Bellwether about sex, gender, and trans women representation. It includes personal and political essays, diagrams, 101 info, and sex tips. The zine is available in hardcopy or as a PDF. The following conversation between…
