Women, Armor, and Magic the Gathering

I did a lot of researching for this post. What I was looking for were opinions on Magic: The Gathering’s representation of women. Because there are so many cards, I was hoping to find a perspective from someone who has been playing the game for awhile and who knows almost all of them. I only… Read More

Agent Carter: Awesome, but Rushed

For the last eight Tuesday nights, my world has been rocked by Agent Carter and her impressive, strong, womanly ways. At first, having only heard it by name, I wrote the show off as yet another mysterious-handsome-detective-man story. I rolled my eyes and thought “Great. Another show about some guy with a team that has guns.”… Read More

March Podcast: Women’s History VS “Historically Accurate” Fiction

In honor of Women’s History Month we’ve dedicated an entire podcast to discussing the phenomenon of content creators using the excuse of “historical accuracy” for the inaccurate portrayal (or non-portrayal) of women in various forms of media. Tina, Lindsay Ann, Reesha, and Lindsey debated how women are failed by this excuse and deliberated on why… Read More

“Bitch Planet” & The Non-Compliant

“2014 Best Writer Eisner Award nominee KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and VALENTINE DE LANDRO (X-Factor) team up for the very third time to bring you the premiere issue of BITCH PLANET, their highly-anticipated women-in-prison sci-fi exploitation riff. Think Margaret Atwood meets Inglourious Basterds.” ~Image Comics “Bitch Planet” is without a doubt the… Read More

A ‘Fus Ro Dah’ for my Fellow Female Dovahkiins

“Hey you there! No lolligagging!” Now, my fellow Dovahkiins, we can get down to business.  I have probably spent an unhealthy number of hours on Skyrim since it first came out. I could share the amount with you, but I think I’ll just keep that to myself shall I? I get this weird on-off obsession… Read More