Category: News
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Digging into Gender and Comics at San Diego Comic Con
The stars of Grace Randolph’s superhero comic Supurbia, on its first issue cover. Originally posted at BitchMedia. I came to Comic-Con International this weekend with an eye on gender—how would female fans and comics creators be represented in the convention that draws 150,000 proud nerds to San Diego? Day one alone of the epic convention included three…
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Ellen Page and Toni Collette Are Feminists, But Susan Sarandon Is Not?
Originally posted at Ms. This month has been a mixed one for the F word in Hollywood. Just as Ellen Page and Toni Collette showed us what feminists look like, Susan Sarandon baffled many of her women fans by refusing to claim the term. In an interview with The Guardian, Page put it succinctly: How…
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10 Questions for Anti-Choice Legislators
In honor of the great state of Texas moving one step closer to ending access to abortion by passing a law that will close all but 5 women’s health clinics in the state and unconstitutionally prohibit abortions after 20 weeks, I thought I’d bring back a list of questions (originally posted at Ms.) that so-called…
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Who Should Play the New Lara Croft?
In the midst of a dark summer for geek girls (sorry USA Today, one lady per movie does not constitute a good summer for women), a ray of light has finally broken through. MGM has announced it plans to reboot The Tomb Raider film franchise, and they’ve hired a female screenwriter: none other than Marti…
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Something Special Happened in Texas
The reason the sky is bigger here is because there aren’t any trees. The reason folks here eat grits is because they ain’t got no taste. Cowboys mostly stink and it’s hot, oh God, is it hot…. Texas is a mosaic of cultures, which overlap in several parts of the state, with the darker layers…
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How the Black Swan Decision Can and Should Effect Non-Profits
Originally posted at HowlRound Just as HowlRound was finishing up its tweet chat on “Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts,” the news broke that a judge for the Southern district of New York ruled that Fox Searchlight had violated the law by not paying its interns. The U.S. Department of Labor has…
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The Girl’s Guide to the Hollywood Fringe
Originally posted at Ms. It’s summer, which means elite theater professionals all over America are headed to the country for summer stock. If you can’t make it up into the mountains this summer (or if you can’t afford the expensive tickets to these high-society productions), fear not: Our cities are full of all variety of…
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#exposepp Exposes Massive Support for Planned Parenthood
Originally posted at RH Reality Check. There are some benefits to spending the weekend home alone. For example, you get to be the first person to see all the Facebook pictures of your friends out having fun. Sometimes you also get to watch a pretty amazing thing happen on Twitter. An anti-choice Facebook community called…
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Dispatches from LALA Land: The Road to New Plays
Originally posted at HowlRound It was a sunny day in May and LA Stage Alliance was hosting LA Stage Day, a gathering of Los Angeles theater folk centered around inspirational presentations, workshops, and breakout sessions. So I ventured down the 5 to University Hills, just off the 10, where participants in small group discussions like…
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Meteor Employee Shoots a Bull’s Eye Against Sexism, with Help from the Hawkeye Initiative
originally posted at XX Factor/Slate Feminist concern with representations of women in comic books and video games is hardly a new thing, nor is it always greeted with support—just ask Anita Sarkeesian, whose Tropes Vs Women has inspired intense backlash from territorial gamers. But as more and more women enter these previously male-dominated fields, the…
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