The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character named for her military position, we (the audience — although I don’t…
Ghost in the Shell: the Major’s Body (3)
The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character named for her military position, we (the audience — although I don’t…
PREVIEWSWorld Blogger’s Sexist Post Not Appreciated By Geek Girls
Last Monday afternoon, an article was posted on PREVIEWSworld.com by Vince Brusio called, “SDCC: A Last Look at the Ladies.” Unfortunately, the tone of the article was quite sexist and leering. It was illustrated with photos that appeared to consist primarily of models hired to wear costumes at booths rather than cosplaying attendees, and included this…
Kotex Heads to Comic Con – Because Geek Girls Bleed Too
For Christmas one year, my friends got me a Razer Naga gaming mouse. When I picked up my monthly requirements a short while later, my husband was confused. “Why did you buy another gaming mouse?” “This isn’t a gaming mouse, dear. These are gaming tampons.”
Throwing Popcorn: Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls Disney Alex Hirsch, Rob Renzetti The show is kind of a Twin Peaks meets Eerie, Indiana, only animated and with less, y’know, actual murder. The main character of the show is Dipper Pines, a tween-age boy who is sent to Gravity Falls. Oregon with his twin sister Mabel for summer vacation. Their Great…
(NSFW, TW) Zombie Tramp: I Hope She Bites Your Pleasure Node Off
Here’s the question: how safe do you feel when social oppression teams up with wank material?
Embl-O-Matic: Homegrown Cartoons on News that Bruises
Introducing… Our newest feature, a semi-regular, multi-author series of cartoons and short comics by WWAC staff, Embl-O-Matic. We’ll bring you sharp editorial cartoons on the state of geek culture, feminism, and other stuff we find interesting (like pie).This first cartoon, by Claire and Megan P, is in response to various recent news items — take…
Reel Geek Girl: How To Train Your Dragon 2
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Written by Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferreira, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett Directed by Dean DeBlois DreamWorks Animation PG – 102 Minutes
Ubisoft Says It’s Too Hard to Woman
Ubisoft‘s Assassin’s Creed sits on my Steam Wall of Shame and will likely be joined by many more games in the near future thanks to the pending Steam Summer Sale. Like the other games on my list, I swear I am going to play it one day. I love games with strong story and character development, and…
The Making of ‘She Makes Comics’
With several months to go until its estimated January 2015 delivery date, production for the documentary She Makes Comics is well underway, and director Marisa Stotter has spent the last little while staring at hours of raw footage. After rounds of interviews at the recent Emerald City Comic Con and with the San Diego Comic…
Holding You Accountable: Goyer, Mazin, and A Giant Green Porn Star
Earlier this week, during the taping of a live-audience podcast named Scriptnotes, screenwriter David S. Goyer (Man of Steel) sat and talked with a number of other screenwriters (Andrea Berloff, Stephen McFeely, and Christopher Markus, to be exact) and the podcast hosts, John August and Craig Mazin, about writing superhero movies. A major point of…
I Gazed Into The Abyss And Codebabes.com Gazed Back
“CSS gives it a makeover,” the model in a sexy schoolgirl outfit awkwardly mumbles, in a heavy eastern european accent, “So it is sexy like me.” This might be the point where I vomit my brain through my mouth. Or maybe a blood vessel in my eye bursts from blind rage. After sitting through some…