Orphan Black returns for season four by taking viewers to a place we did not expect: the past. The episode opened by throwing us right into the mystery that started it all, but from a whole new angle and through the eyes of a brand new clone, and the clone who started us down this rabbit…
Good Girls Like Gambit
First, Fox delayed the planned Channing Tatum Gambit movie; now it looks like it won’t be made at all. Fox seems so impressed by Deadpool‘s monster box office that its interests have shifted: a Deadpool franchise looks like a sure winner, a Channing Tatum-led Gambit solo film like more of risk. But there are enough…
WWAC Weekend Review: Kicking Off Sex Month
April is sex month and we’ve got lots of sexy talk going on, along with all sorts of other great topics. On Monday… Ginnis and Rebecca revisit the pornographic art (?) of Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s Lost Girls. Al Rosenberg talks about her sexual identity as a top. Claire Napier tries to untangle the ugly…
Porn vs. Erotica: What Gets Me Off
What is the difference between porn and erotica? If there is a distinction, is it generic or moral? Five WWAC staffers explore the question, their own preferences in sex and sexual media.
Sunday Art Gala: Meet the WWAC Powerpuff Girls Super Squad!
Learning about a new avatar creator is like a call to action for us at Women Write About Comics. With the April 4th premier of the new season of Cartoon Network’s Powerpuff Girls, how could we resist the opportunity to Powerpuff ourselves–especially when eeeeverybody’s doing it. One of our pet peeves when it comes to…
Weekend Review: Everyone’s Eating Cereal, Coloring, and Playing Avenger’s Academy
For the northern WWAC staff, March roared in like a lion, but we’re definitely looking forward to that lamb-like spring the Weather Network is sort of promising is maybe around the corner.
Weekend Review: More Than Just Batman v. Superman
This week saw the much-anticipated release of Batman v. Superman, but that’s not all we had to talk about! On Monday… Eve Golden Woods reviews Now Our Lives Are Stranger in Adventures in Small Games and Annie Bulloch cooks up some Super Girlfriend Guacamole in Cook Your Comics. Babies are so cute a-bubuuu! WWAC shares their favourite bundles…
Women Who Shaped Me: Lessons from My Mother
I’ve only just recently, in the last few years, come to call myself a feminist. I’ve only just recently, in the past few years, come to understand what feminism actually means. Prior to that, I was very much anti-feminist, because of my limited understanding of the term. Turns out, if I’d had a better definition…
Appropriate for Kids? A Genre Roundtable
Movies are too violent today! TV is full of too much sex! Even kids shows, once innocent and sweet, are full of violent imagery and bad language! Society is crumbling into the sea! Or is it? It’s hard to make decisions about what is and isn’t appropriate for kids. Protective instincts rear up, and even…
BABIES! They’re Cute. But Which Are the Cutest? Here’s a List
Hey now, it’s spring! That means things are hatching. Chicks, rabbits, tulips, etc. And babies! Babies are born all year round (and so are comics published), but lets celebrate the sweet fresh shoots of character while cherries begin to blossom and the air begins to warm. It’s BABIES! The cutest in comics. What age is a…
Weekend Review: Shang-Chi, Pregnancy Phone Games (whut?), Daredevil, Elektra, and More
Did you miss out on one of our great pieces this week? Never fear! I’ve got it all right here for you! Find out what’s kept us busy this week. On Monday… Melissa Brinks talks fashion, fantasy, and kicking butt in video games. Alenka Figa interviews the women who helped shaped her life: her mother, and…
Weekend Review: #VisibleWomen, Diversity, Black Canary, MAN PLUS
March 8th was International Women’s Day, where we celebrate the women who have helped shape our past, present, and future. I work with a lot of those women right here at Women Write About Comics and I love to read what they have to say on so many different things. If you missed what we’ve…