June 2012
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notcuddles replied to your post: whatistigerbalm reblogged your link: Guest…
No, she got them from the previous Engineer, who was a dude. Or at least she got some of the technology for them.
Hmm, that’s what I thought. So she counts as a science-based hero, but not a science hero, alas.
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Make Mine Manga, an interview with Melinda Beasi →
womenwriteaboutcomics:
Melinda Beasi is founding editor of Manga Bookshelf and a great manga blogger in her own right. WWAC contributor, Claire Napier, interviewed her. It’s a long and awesome conversation. Go check it out.
I think an argument could be made that, in the simplest terms, this demonstrates the universal power of storytelling. That a middle-aged lady in western Massachusetts can...
whatistigerbalm reblogged your link: Guest post: Let’s zap some ladies!, by Ashley Clayson
THE ENGINEER, for crying out loud! She replaced her blood with her DIY nanobots and made herself
Are the nanobots her own creation?
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The Revolution Will Not Be Digital (Only), an... →
womenwriteaboutcomics:
Corrina Lawson is a journalist-turned-blogger who’s written extensively about comics and the comics industry. She’s a contributor to GeekDad and Sequential Tart, and a senior editor of GeekMom. Corrina is also a fiction writer, and has just had her first comic book story published by Greyhaven Comics.
We talked about her writing and blogging, women’s spaces in the...
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What is the source of that Zora Neale Hurston...
Dammit Tumblr.
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“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”
– Zora Neale Hurston (via sonofafieldnegro)
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“Explosive news out of Australia: in an interview with LGBT journalists Serena...”
– Truth Wins Out - BREAKING: LGBT People Should Be Put to Death, Says Aussie Salvation Army Major
Because I recently had someone reblog me defending the salvation army…
(via biyuti)
A reminder of why you shouldn’t support the Salvation Army.
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oftohgodwhat reblogged your link: Guest post: Let’s zap some ladies!, by Ashley Clayson
Greer Grant, currently Tigra, was originally a science-made hero when she first became The Cat.
And later she had a magical power up, right? It’s interesting that quite a few heroes have moved back and forth between science origins, and magical origins.
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Google group? Hashtag? Round four is coming! →
womenwriteaboutcomics:
We are two weeks out from round four. Let the countdown begin!
Harassment in the Geek Blogoshere
July 7-8
Have you started on your submission? Are you struggling with your approach to the topic? I know I am. (What a shock!) Tell me all about it in the comments, or on Twitter. (@womenoncomics, #wwcomics).
When I was proposing this topic on Twitter, a number of people...
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Guest post: Let’s zap some ladies!, by Ashley Clayson
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notcuddles:
But as I thought about it, I realized it was reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy hard to think of female superheroes who had received their superpowers from “science.” The only two I could thing of are Spider-Woman and She-Hulk, and I’m not even positive about them. I’m...
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“But the real reason for Maude’s suicide is that it leaves Harold not just richer...”
– Forever Your Girl: The Legacy of Helen Andelin’s Fascinating Womanhood.
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“Nowhere is this idea more abundant in current pop culture than in the Twilight...”
– Forever Your Girl: The Legacy of Helen Andelin’s Fascinating Womanhood.
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“Too many guys think I’m a concept, or I complete them, or I’m gonna...”
– Clementine Kruczynski, in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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Guest post: Let's zap some ladies!, by Ashley... →
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notcuddles:
But as I thought about it, I realized it was reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy hard to think of female superheroes who had received their superpowers from “science.” The only two I could thing of are Spider-Woman and She-Hulk, and I’m not even positive about them. I’m assuming they got their powers the same way as their male counterparts. Which is problematic in of...
Guest post: Let's zap some ladies!, by Ashley... →
notcuddles:
But as I thought about it, I realized it was reeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy hard to think of female superheroes who had received their superpowers from “science.” The only two I could thing of are Spider-Woman and She-Hulk, and I’m not even positive about them. I’m assuming they got their powers the same way as their male counterparts. Which is problematic in of itself—I can’t think of a...
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Round Four: Harassment and the Geek Blogosphere
womenwriteaboutcomics:
Round Four: Harassment and the Geek Blogosphere
Yup, it’s time for another round of the carnival! This time we’ll be tackling… Harassment in the Geek Blogoshere. From July 7-8, we’ll be writing blog posts, recording vblogs, compiling resource lists and making comics, about online harassment.
Anita Sarkeesian’s (Feminist Frequency) Tropes Vs....
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[A very much adult Peter Parker sitting in a crib, wearing Spidey-themed baby accoutrements with an Avengers mobile above his head. “Okay, can we go over when exactly this became a thing? … Anyone?”]
omg srsly
srsly you guys
For reals.
skalja replied to your photoset: Not By Manga Alone: Onion Theory This month I…
I will have to revisit this after I’ve read Are You My Mother?
I still have lots more to say about all of these books, so let me know when you have! I’m interested in seeing how all my friends react.
I’m kind of missing comics book club lately, btw.
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kohenari:
“Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots”
To his critics, as one memorably put it, he is the Borat of philosophy, churning out ever more outrageous statements for scandalous effect. “The problem with Hitler was that he was not violent enough,” for example, or “I am not human. I am a monster.” Some dismiss him as a silly...
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My Hubble Deep Field image post racked up 247 notes. In a day.
All kinds of astronomy feels, I suppose.
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