Welcome to another installment of WWAC History. Did you know there was Spider-manga? I didn’t, but I’m glad Claire took the time to share a top 10 with us called, Top 10 WTF, Spider-Manga, September 25, 2013,
Top Five Taylor Swift Covers Not By Ryan Adams
I LOVE COVERS, which is why I was disappointed to have been underwhelmed by Ryan Adams’ cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989. It was fine, I guess, and good for him for working out his feelings through art, or whatever. But it didn’t do a lot for me. There’s just something eminently coverable about her music, though, so much…
Shinbun Saturday: Japanese Company To Debut Popular Ebook Store in English
Kadokawa to launch English-language version of their online bookstore Japanese company Kadokawa will be launching an English-language version of BookWalker, their online ebook store, this fall. One of Japan’s largest publishing and entertainment companies, Kadokawa will be adding 700+ manga and light novel titles to the etailer in October. Fans will likely recognize some of…
Kickstarter of the Week: Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction
Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction is about positive representations of queer people in history — dating! Miserable Queers of History is a trope that too often dominates queer art and media — especially Miserable Racialized Queers — so it’s nice to see an anthology dedicated to feel-good stories about queer people in love,…
TGIFeminism: The First!
Welcome to the first edition of TGIFeminism, a new weekly link blog by Laura Harcourt and Megan Purdy. Every Friday we’ll be highlighting feminist issues in culture and politics from all over the world — hard stories, uplifting stories, and food for feminist thought. Thank Goodness It’s Friday, Thank Goodness It’s Feminism Last Sunday, a…
Cosplay: Turning Jamie into Rose Quartz
I’ve been easing my way, a little at a time, into cosplay. The reasons being that 1) Representation matters to me, so I prefer to primarily cosplay women of color; 2) cosplay is expensive, time consuming, and skill intensive; and 3) chronic illness and the struggles it brings to daily life can make cosplay challenging…
It’s Different In The Comics: Black Widow
Characters are strange things. They exist in multiple forms, in various versions of “the same” story. They are many different things at the same time as being one unified identity. It can be tricky to navigate the differences without help, so here’s a friendly hand. First? Black Widow. Between Marvel Comics’ primary “Earth-616” timeline and…
They Went Into The Field: Thunderpaw Review
Thunderpaw Jen Lee Update 5 times a month SFW, but full of GIFs What is it to fall in love? Perhaps it is to want more for the object of your affection than you do for yourself. To want to put the loved one on stable footing and look them in the eye and recognize…
My First Game: Oregon Trail
The list of computer games I played as a kid is downright hilarious. My earliest, fuzziest memories are of something my sister and I called “The Miss Piggy Game” in which Miss Piggy rode a spaceship and shot some kind of weaponry. (I’m assuming this was Pigs in Space, but we never owned a video…
The Thursday Book Beat: Game of Thrones Star Goes Up Against Zombies in New Film
E-book subscription service Oyster to close The Netflix-esque service for books announced it would be shutting down over the next few months, with much of its staff moving to Google Play Books. Oyster had previously offered a million titles to users for $9.95 a month. The departure of Oyster from the subscription field leaves Scribd…
The Lawndale Lowdown: An Introduction to Daria
Hello again! In this month’s series of cartoon columns, I’ll be diving into one of the most beloved characters from the 90s. She is one of the best inventions that MTV could ever create, and her name is Daria. The show started in March 1997 on MTV (when it was a hub for amazing and ridiculous things)…
Audiobooks: For Your Listening Pleasure
I’ve set myself a a goal of reading 100 books this year and am doing pretty well. I include audiobooks in that list, though I used to sheepishly believe that letting someone else read to me was cheating when it came to reading challenges. But I love to read and when life gets too busy…
