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Sequential Sartorial + Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai: Nakahara Aya’s Please Love Useless Me

February 6, 2015

If you loved Bitch Planet for reasons that seem obvious but also, more deeply, for reasons you’re not quite sure of, I have a mission for you. I want you to go to a manga scanlation site (Mangahere, Mangafox, MangaReader…) and type “josei” in the search box. Then, follow your ...

Essays, Opinion

What Does “Diva” Mean To You? Wrestler, There’s a Girl in My Chokeslam [GIFs]

February 5, 2015

Hey readers! This is Claire, your Features and Opinions Ed, introducing Karina Cooper’s piece on women in the WWE. We don’t talk Pro Wrestling much at WWAC, but when we do, we do it with spirit. Do you have a wrestlepinion to share? Get in touch!

Opinion

Boston Comic Con Missteps in Marketing to Women

February 3, 2015

This weekend I was thrilled to see an email sitting in my inbox, Boston Comic Con 2015–Tickets Now On Sale! I had so much fun at last year’s show, my mind was already imagining the con floor and jumping ahead to potential cosplay options. I clicked to read more and my excitement ...

Opinion

WANTED: Your Opinions. Write For Us!

February 2, 2015

Right. Listen up. You got an opinion or six? You like to write? I need you. As a Comics Feature or Opinion Writer at WWAC, you’ll write down your strongly-held convictions — or the questions that are bugging you, or the things you noticed when you were reading that one manga, or the ...

Opinion

We Can and We Will: What Gina Rodriguez’s Win Means for the Latinx Community

January 30, 2015

Gina Rodriguez took home the award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical at the Golden Globes this year. She gave a moving speech about the importance of Latinx people seeing themselves as heroes in our media. With tears in her eyes, she ended her speech by thanking her father and repeating ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

Firm Feelings on the Batfamily: Jason Todd is the Key to Everything

January 30, 2015

Over the last few years, I’ve been thinking a lot about A Death in the Family, Jason Todd, and their role in Batcanon. It’s generally agreed that Jason was a so-so Robin and that he’s much improved as Red Hood. However, I’m going to take that general agreement a step further and state that not ...

Opinion

#RemakeWithWomen: Listen up, Hollywood!

January 30, 2015

How did the #remakewithwomen hashtag come about? I was, like all the other nerds and geeks on the internet, paying attention to the announcement that a remake of Ghostbusters with an all women cast was a go. I was, like many other nerds and geeks on the internet, by turns amused and dismayed at ...

After Dark, Opinion, Roundtables, Zines

[NSFW] Fucking Trans Women: “A sexual cookbook.”

January 29, 2015

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 ...

Opinion

Hollywood’s Hypocrisy: The Award Season Debacle

January 28, 2015

One of the biggest debates that’s been circling the media circuit recently has been centered on the near all white Oscar nominations that were released soon after the airing of the Golden Globes. There’s a startling gap between the Oscars and the Golden Globes that opens up a deeper debate on ...

Comics, Opinion

Character Appreciation: Squirrel Girl

January 27, 2015

Squirrel Girl was originally created in 1991 by writer Will Murray and artist Steve Ditko, based on Murray’s ex-girlfriend who read comics, loved wild animals, and was a big fan of Ditko. Explains Murray in an interview: “I think I got the idea because I had a bunch of squirrels running around ...

Opinion

Sequential Sartorial + Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai: Nakahara Aya’s Please Love Useless Me

What Does “Diva” Mean To You? Wrestler, There’s a Girl in My Chokeslam [GIFs]

Boston Comic Con Missteps in Marketing to Women

WANTED: Your Opinions. Write For Us!

We Can and We Will: What Gina Rodriguez’s Win Means for the Latinx Community

Firm Feelings on the Batfamily: Jason Todd is the Key to Everything

#RemakeWithWomen: Listen up, Hollywood!

[NSFW] Fucking Trans Women: “A sexual cookbook.”

Hollywood’s Hypocrisy: The Award Season Debacle

Character Appreciation: Squirrel Girl

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