Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Feminist Blog
Photo via Kimberly Vardeman under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. There’s a recipe at the end of this post. There is also homework in this post. If you’ve ever watched the food network, you know how often it is that someone will say “It’s my grandma’s recipe” or “my mother taught me how”. Or maybe… Read More
My favourite movie of all time, unequivocally, is Superbad. Do I love it because it’s a hilarious big-screen introduction to Michael Cera, Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as social outcasts who just want to get laid? Obviously. Do I love it because it features a then-mostly-unknown Emma Stone portraying a high school girl who is actually funny… Read More
When you love to read, and love to read widely, it’s easy to get caught in the whirlpool of all the things out there to read. It’s great to have so many things to pick from, but it also means that excellent books can fall through the cracks. Not to mention the sadness of a… Read More
Photo via Airman 1st Class Kyle Gese This is part II. To read part I, click here. I read this article not too long ago about why women need to go into the mountains with other women. It got me thinking not just about mountain trips, but what kinds of things could I do with other… Read More
On January 11th, 2015, the world witnessed a global protest to the violent attacks against a satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 staff members were killed. Millions gathered in Paris, France peacefully demonstrating the importance of freedom of expression. The protests in Paris are a wonderful example of how people across the world can… Read More
When I went to Germany this past summer to visit friends, I observed some differences in gender roles between the US and Germany. For example: men pushing strollers. I pretty much never see a man with a stroller in the US, so the German strollers caught my attention for sure. But there wasn’t enough time to really delve into… Read More
Her Story Arc 