Welcome to the first Tuesday edition of News & Things! Yup. More news. More things. More comics.
Happy Labour Day!
Happy Canadian and American Labour Day! Don’t worry, we also recognize and appreciate International Worker’s Day/May Day.
It feels like a good day to talk about mansplaining
So I should say straight off, that this isn’t an essay for the guys who don’t know any better. It isn’t an essay for my converted sisters, so we can nod our heads in unison. Nor is it an essay meant to flash my ally credentials at feminists of colour. Mansplaining, for all the goofiness…
Call for essays: Race, gender, and comics
Next month Women Write About Comics will be talking a lot about intersections of race and gender in comics. We’re looking for some great guest essays to round out our coverage. We’re specifically interested in: Creator profiles. Critical essays (ex. black masculinity and heroism, the “dragon ladies” of comics, whiteness and geek feminism). Personal essays…
Avril Lavigne fights a lobster, mourns tie-wearing dog (mumble mumble, lesbian content)
In her new song Rock N Roll Avril Lavigne revisits Sk8er Boi by way of Def Leopard and Joan Jett, and it’s… a pretty limp track, to be honest. It’s a pre-fab hit in waiting, with too-pat girl power exultations, and it’s going to curl up in darkest region of your brain for a month…
I Was A Teenage Douchebag
I worked in a record store for awhile, until I got fired for being a dick. “Being a dick” wasn’t on my termination papers. The official reason was maybe as ridiculous, though. Officially, I didn’t fit in. In fact, I didn’t fit in so hard, that my presence could no longer be borne. Goodbye Megan,…
Storify: “Comics follow society. They don’t lead society, they reflect it.”
Reporters Alyssa Rosenberg and Linda Holmes were at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, when some depressing things were said during the panel for Superheroes: The Never-Ending Battle. They documented the bizarre experience on Twitter. Rosenberg later wrote a fantastic report on the panel for ThinkProgress.
(late) Summer Reading
Summer reading lists usually come out in late spring, early summer. Just as you’re starting to dream of a cold drink on a hot afternoon (or consuming your body weight in liquid, while being submerged in liquid, as one does). This ain’t no ordinary summer reading list though, it’s specifically, a late summer reading list,…
News & Things: New newsies!
Welcome back to News & Things. I’m happy to welcome aboard Leslie and Kayleigh, who’ll be packing our weekly news grabbag, and reporting on geek news. I hope you’ll enjoy their random link selection, as much as you have mine. –Megan Purdy
Oh hey, we’re back.
Welcome back to Women Write About Comics, your favourite (no, trust me) interview emporium, essayist collective, blog carnival host, and sharer of comics-adjacent news. There are still a few things left unfinished, but we’re a casual kind of comics blog, so I figured, why not? Since we last spoke, I’ve hired new writers, and convinced…
Hiatus
Women Write About Comics is currently on a short hiatus. We’ll be back soon with new writers, and lots of new content!
Looking for a few good writers!
EDIT: We’ve filled these positions. Watch out for our occasional calls for submissions, or get in touch to propose a guest post.