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I am the Fake Geek Girl.
I’ve been to one convention. Yes, for two of my three days there, I cosplayed. No, you can’t see the photos. I’ve entertained crushes on Legolas, Mal Reynolds and Angel. I don’t look like a geek,...
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For the Lord of the Rings’ lady-dwarves, every mountain is lonely.
From Weta’s book, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Chronicles: Art & Design.” Don’t let the work of Peter Jackson fool you. You may have seen the bearded lovelies peddling toys in Dale in The...
View ArticleGeek Girl – What Happens To 3 Out Of 4 Girls After Leafing Through A Fashion...
What Happens To 3 Out Of 4 Girls After Leafing Through A Fashion Mag For 3 Minutes?. I found this short video about teens girls to be interesting and informative. For starters, 8 years old seems to be...
View ArticleFemales in Fanart: When fan art crosses the line, sexual violence on deviantArt
There’s no art with this post. There are no links to art. And that’s because, although I’m writing about art, I don’t want to distract you with any images. Because the sort of images I’m writing about...
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Females in Fanart: The Hawkeye Initiative fights back
I’m back with another installment of Females in Fanart. Last week I talked about fan art that reveals the dark side of our fandoms, by depicting abuse for the sake of abuse. This week I’m highlighting...
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Snow White is the worst fairy tale ever. So why are we obsessed with it lately?
Almost everyone is familiar with this scene: mild Snow White, highborn but chirping about the joy of applying oneself to household tasks, while miles away her nearest female relative stands before a...
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The fact that we’re talking about Power Girl’s boob window? Probably not a...
Man, you couldn’t go anywhere comic booky on the Internet last week without running into a The Boob Window is Back! post about Power Girl and her return to her classic costume after a redesign that...
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“I can’t even respond to this”: When men feel left out by feminism
From 1940’s “Amazona, The Mighty Woman.”photo credit: Terry McCombs via photopin cc I write a lot about feminism and fandom on this site. There’s a lot for me to write about, both in geek culture and...
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Geek Eccentric Podcast 13: The Feminism Free-for-All
Podcast #13 features John Hattaway, Mike Fischetti, Gabriella Tutino, A.J. O’Connell and… a very special guest. This podcast features both The Atom and Adam. The Atom goes for a ride in Wonder Woman’s...
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Red Sonja #6: Queen of Plagues
Cover by Jenny Frison It’s a bad day to be a guy in Patra. Red Sonja #5, the penultimate book in Gail Simone’s Queen of Plagues storyline, ended with Sonja and Dark Annisia, her former BFF from the...
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