wundergeek - This is an awesome take on the hate for the “Fake” Geek Girls from oxboxer on Tumblr. Brie - David Gaider, lead writer for Bioware’s Dragon Age video game, comics, and novels wrote a Tumblr post about how valuable it is to have women on your development team. Sunita Williams is returning to Earth...
Read more →The third week of October is where the Challenge really starts to feel like a challenge for me. Even if I’ve done well and mostly avoided stinkers, at this point I’ve seen so many horror movies it’s hard to really judge any just on their own merits. Films I otherwise might like sometimes seem...
Read more →It’s been a heck of a week folks. Not only is your erstwhile horror movie hostess dutifully making good on the challenge, but I’m also in pre-production on my horror movie short for film class right now. I’m excited…but exhausted. And running close to past my deadline. So this week is going to be a...
Read more →Last week I talked about what the October Horror Movie Challenge is, and gave you a rundown of some of my favorite films from the last couple challenges. This week we’re into the challenge proper! I’m writing this on Friday, so what you’re getting are my views for October 1rst through the morning of...
Read more →You are cordially invited to play a game with me this October. What game? Well let me tell you…
Read more →Hey all, As you may or may not have noticed, Gaming As Women was down for the weekend. This was an unexpected technical difficulty complicated by the fact that our spiritual (and actual) leader is enjoying some much-deserved R&R right now. At any rate, relaxation has been interrupted, matters have been set aright, and...
Read more →Fantasy is one of the classic gaming genres – and more often than not, it features all kinds of fantasy races. Elves! Dwarves! Tieflings! Dragonborn! Kender, for the Margaret-Weis-inclined! Sometimes it feels like there’s an embarrassment of riches – so many options, so little time. Today we’ll share what fantasy races we prefer to...
Read more →Some years ago, Warren Ellis said something about Keanu Reeves that always stuck with me. “I’ve always said that Reeves is a better actor than anyone gives him credit for – watch him carefully, and you’ll see him deliberately creating a space for other actors to work in.” It’s a nice compliment, and an...
Read more →I’ve tried at times to talk about the weird place transgender identities occupy in the queer community, but a week ago, Jos over at Feministing took it on in no uncertain terms. And then this week she followed it up with even more pointed commentary aimed at her queer detractors. In the process, she...
Read more →Over here, Alex Dally McFarlane writes about the sexism that happens in collected anthologies of science fiction stories and how most anthologies that are published predominantly feature stories that are written by straight white men. It’s a pretty amusing rant about a pretty serious topic. – wundergeek Man Boobz is a pretty great blog...
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