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No One Accuses Bruce Wayne of Being “Vulnerable”SDCC and Strong Female...
“The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con” focused primarily on—and spent a lot of time dissecting—the idea of the “strong female character.” Moderated by Katrina Hill, the panel included stuntwoman...
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SDCC’s “Women Who Kick Ass” Panelists Only Want to Play Male Superheroes
For the last few years, Entertainment Weekly has moderated the “Women Who Kick Ass” panel at San Diego Comic Con. This annual event brings together several impressive women—usually those currently in...
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Yes, Women Want to Be ThorSo Why is the New Avengers Line-up Cause For Ire?
Oh, the fury. The rage of fans who rally against change, across the board. There are so many reasons for the anger, too. There’s the academic “I don’t like where my media is going, so this specific...
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San Diego Comic-Con: The Diversity Conversation
You could have spent your entire San Diego Comic-Con going to panels about diversity and feminism. Thursday had three panels in a row about women and genre: Female Heroes, Then and Now; Beyond...
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This Video Perfectly Illustrates Why We Don’t Have a Female-Led Superhero Movie
Female superheroes have no problem kicking ass in ensemble movies, but when it comes to pitching their own solo ventures, they can’t stand up to rampant Hollywood sexism about what does and doesn’t...
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Morning Roundup: Let Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, and Weird Al Yankovic...
Neil Gaiman and his literary/parody posse want to make sure that you spend this week reading banned books and comics. They’ll know if you don’t. They’ll know. (It’s well known that Weird Al can see...
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Under the Radar: Sultana’s Dream
There are a few texts that come up again and again in discussions of early feminist utopian fiction—Man’s Rights by Annie Denton Cridge from 1870, Mizora, by Mary E Bradley Lane from 1880-81, Arqtiq...
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How Sleeping Beauty is Accidentally the Most Feminist Animated Movie Disney...
So I know what you’re thinking: Seriously, Leigh? Sleeping Beauty is feminist? The classic Disney film made in 1959, i.e. in possibly the least feminist-friendly decade of the entire twentieth...
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Read Through 15 Years of Feminist Sci-Fi Fanzine History with the...
In 1975, Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll—who would later go on to create WisCon, the leading feminist science fiction convention—created a feminist sci-fi fanzine called Janus. Featuring articles by...
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Rich and Strange: “A Kiss With Teeth” by Max Gladstone
This week I want to review a story published here at Tor.com, because in addition to being elegantly written and intensely engaging it taught me something about the way I read short fiction. Full...
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Tangled, Brave, and Frozen All Made the Same Critical Mistake
It’s been over a year since the family hit Frozen graced screens, although you wouldn’t know it considering how widespread its popularity has become. The popularity isn’t all that mysterious once you...
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CBS’ Supergirl Will Be a Crime Procedural Crossed With “A Female Empowerment...
This year’s Television Critics’ Association press tour revealed some interesting tidbits about Greg Berlanti’s Supergirl prequel series. For one, since it’s airing on CBS, it will indeed match a lot...
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Come Talk About Geeky Feminism at Housing Works for Geek Week!
Want some geekiness in your feminism? Want some feminism in your geekery? February 15-28 is Housing Works’ annual Geek Week event, and they’re marking the occasion with sales on sci-fi, horror, and...
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Under the Radar: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean
Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean is a collection of speculative fiction feminist shorts that brings together writers, illustrators and editors from India and Australia—some of whom had never met before...
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Oh No, She Didn’t: The Strong Female Character, Deconstructed
They should kick ass but have other talents; they shouldn’t necessarily kick ass because that’s been done to death; they should have agency; they should move the plot forward; they should be assertive...
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Women SFF Artists Redesign Female Characters and the Results Are Fantastic
Orbit Books Creative Director Lauren Panepinto regularly blogs about art on the Muddy Colors blog, but in her latest post, “What Women Want in Women Characters,” she’s given us a special treat....
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Sleeps With Monsters: Mass Effect and the Normalisation of the Woman Hero
With Mass Effect 4 rumors swirling this week, please enjoy this Sleeps With Monsters encore post, originally published May 29, 2012. Let’s get something out of the way before we start. The Mass Effect...
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The Hype is Real. Mad Max: Fury Road is One of the Best Films of the Year
The first half hour of Mad Max: Fury Road may be the greatest action movie I’ve ever seen. But then the film keeps going, keeps piling on more cars and more explosions and more perfectly choreographed...
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The Name’s Star-Link!
Link trades up from a Goron Mask to a rad new mask that lets him go above the clouds and into space! Now, if only he could get Tatl to start playing Awesome Mix Vol. 1 as a soundtrack for his...
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“Unbreakable Imperator Furiosa” is a Weirdly Perfect Mashup
Before the Internet exploded with adoration over Mad Max: Fury Road, back in March, we were talking about a different work in which a plucky woman frees herself and other sister-wives from an...
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