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Feb 07 2014

Weekend Reading List: Cheeky monkeys and crying for moon rovers

The image above is “Why Not Go the Limit,” a 1908 Harry Grant Dart illustration, meant to show a dystopian future in which women smoked, drank, and neglected their husbands and children. Can I go? Please? [The Appendix]
These heart-shaped Star Trek TNG cookies are the cutest things I’ve ever seen. I’m not even sure how one could ever get icing to look that nice, but now I’m looking at my oven and yelling “ENGAGE.” [Semi Sweet Designs]
This pretty much sums up my feelings about Batman, Superman, and the upcoming DC movies. Except for Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, she seems cool. [Pajiba]
Wired lists all the source material, references, and easter eggs from the season three finale of Sherlock.
Golden Lion Tamarin livestream! They even have a nest cam for nighttime viewings of the fanciest monkey on the block. [Animal Planet Live]
“Tinderella: A Modern Day Fairy Tale.” [College Humor]
Most of you have probably heard that J.K. Rowling regrets pairing Ron with Hermione, but Think Progress defends the couple (and rightly so).
The Mary Sue reports that we’re getting a Studio Ghibli television show based on Astrid Lindgren’s Ronja Rövardotter!
Ice-T recorded a Dungeons & Dragons audiobook. Verdict? “Motherfuckers talk like Yoda.” I will probably buy this. [Paste Magazine]
Art News spotlights some of the amazing female artists who got their own Wikipedia pages during the recent Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon.
As part of The Daily Show, Sir Patrick Stewart did a dramatic reenactment of Jade Rabbit’s final message to Earth. Robot feels!

Tagged Animal Planet Live, Art News, Astrid Lindgren, audiobook, Batman, College Humor, DC, Dungeons & Dragons, easter eggs, Gal Gadot, Golden Lion Tamarin, Harry Grant Dart, Harry Potter, Hermione Grander, Ice-T, J.K. Rowling, Jade Rabbit, Pajiba, Paste Magazine, Ron Weasley, Semi Sweet Designs, Sherlock, Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Studio Ghibli, Superman, The Appendix, The Daily Show, The Mary Sue, Think Progress, Tinderella, Why Not Go the Limit?, Wikipedia, Wired, Wonder Woman

Jan 17 2014

Weekend Reading List: Racebending and the Red Viper

VELLAAA

So. Game of Thrones is coming back April 6th, and guys, GUYS, Dorne and the Red Viper and the Sand Snakes and I can’t even. It’s going to be amazing. Almost as amazing as this Vine of Oberyn Martell fighting with Capoeira. CAPOEIRA. I can’t. I just can’t.
Oh and here’s an actual trailer.
Katniss Everdeen is officially the first woman to top annual box office sales in forty years. No solo female lead has won since The Exorcist‘s Regan. [Jezebel]
Designer cat furniture with hammocks and rickety bridges. [Distractify]
I am so absurdly excited for Double Fine’s new game, Broken Age. One, because Vella is going to be amazing, and two, it’s Double Fine. Have you played The Cave? Go play The Cave.
The Airship has a wonderful interview with Megan Rose Gedris, the genius behind YU+ME: dream (and many other webcomics that will no doubt be featured in my hitchhiker’s guide). She talks about drawing comics, her house burning down, and finding inner peace through burlesque.
This discussion of race and superhero comics, which focuses primarily on the X-Men, deals with everything from race-bending in cosplay to appropriating marginalized struggles with an all-white cast of characters. It’s pretty great. [NPR Code Switch]
“A great many other critics would prefer that storytelling remained appropriately hierarchial – with writers and showrunners from the right backgrounds at the top, and everybody else watching along quietly and not making a fuss.” The New Statesman takes on Sherlock, fandoms, fan fiction, and subversive, queer-friendly audience participation.
In honour of houseplant appreciation day, I wrote about seven deadly science fictional plants that you wouldn’t want in your backyard. [Quirk Books]

Tagged Broken Age, burlesque, capeoira, Catching Fire, Code Switch, Distractify, Dorne, Double Fine, Game of Thrones, Houseplant Appreciation Day, Jezebel, Katniss Everdeen, Megan Rose Gedris, NPR, Oberyn Martell, Quirk Books, Red Viper, Regan, Sand Snakes, Sherlock, The Airship, The Cave, The Exorcist, The Hunger Games, The New Statesman, X-Men, YU+ME: dream

Jan 03 2014

Weekend Reading List: Safe sex and Susan the Gentle

Neil Gaiman talks about what Buffy and other Strong Female Characters are actually about. Hint: it isn’t physical strength. [Blastr]
Groupthink has a defence of house Greyjoy, and it is flawless. (All you people who only watch the show don’t even know what’s coming.)
Bitch is debuting a new series on the comics industry! I’m really excited!
2013 brought about the end of the 11th Doctor, and The Atlantic discusses how the show’s writing, by not allowing the Doctor any growth, did a disservice to Matt Smith. They call it the Captain Kirk Problem.
Always a sucker for beautiful design, I really enjoyed this infographic that clearly shows that movies passing the Bechdel Test earned more than those that fail. [Vocativ]
This is a defence of Susan Pevensie, and an imagining of what her post-Narnia life is like. It made me cry a little. I feel no shame. [Hark, the Empty Highways Calling]
Tumblr watched the Sherlock season three premiere, and the reactions are almost better than the actual episode. (Almost.) [Buzzfeed]
Why not approach familiarizing yourself with racism and sexism like you’re trying to learn a new coding language? [Epicodus]
Finally we know why superheroes wear their underwear on the outside.
Julie M. Rodriguez is crowdfunding some amazing-sounding, feminist, illustrated science fiction writing that focuses on queer and marginalized characters. There may or may not be zombie-killing soccer moms.
How could a safe sex PSA possibly incorporate Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Avengers, and Harry Potter, you ask? Here’s your answer.

Tagged A Song of Ice and Fire, Asha Greyjoy, Bechdel Test, Bitch magazine, Blastr, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buzzfeed, Captain Kirk, Chronicles of Narnia, Doctor Who, Epicodus, Game of Thrones, Greyjoy, Groupthink, Hark the Empty Hallways Calling, Harry Potter, Julie M. Rodriguez, Matt Smith, Neil Gaiman, Patreon, Sherlock, Star Wars, Strong Female Character, Susan Pevensie, The Atlantic, The Avengers, Tumblr, Vocativ

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Weekend Reading List: Cheeky monkeys and crying for moon rovers

Weekend Reading List: Racebending and the Red Viper

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