Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little bit late to the party. I haven’t read Veronica Roth’s Divergent series and I only just watched Divergent on Blu-ray last weekend. Did I mention I also haven’t seen Mockingjay yet? But I’m sure no Divergent fan will be surprised to hear me say this:… Read More
Warning: Spoilers Be sure to check out the Sailor Moon Crystal Page for reviews of Acts I through X in case you missed them! The episodes are getting to the point where I feel like I blinked once, and the episode was already over. I’m so intent on what is going on that time ceases to exist.… Read More
One of the best scenes in Mean Girls is when Tina Fey’s character guides the unruly teenage girls through a trust fall exercise. Throughout my life I’ve reminisced on that scene, and when I’m feeling unsupported and isolated I remind myself that there are plenty of people who would catch me, if they were around to… Read More
Cooperative gaming is all the rage these days, and if you’ve been wondering what it means to play “cooperatively,” Pandemic is a great introduction. The game takes 2-4 players around the world in order to fight the spread of four diseases (represented by plastic cubes): blue, black, yellow, and the pernicious RED! I don’t know… Read More
How many times have you scrolled through your Facebook feed, Twitter account, and news websites only to find yourself depressed afterwards? Once you’ve embraced feminist thought and theory it becomes difficult to stop thinking about all the issues, especially in the face of sexual assault statistics, domestic violence, public shaming of victims, and poor representation… Read More
Warning: Spoilers Be sure to check out the Sailor Moon Crystal Page for reviews of Acts I through IX in case you missed them! Sometimes I don’t know where to begin. Every Sailor Moon fan feared the new series might ruin a good thing. But I never imagined when I started watching Sailor Moon Crystal that I… Read More
Her Story Arc 