Clik here to view.
POP! Justice Blog Carnival (Monstrous Metaphors)
Welcome to the first installment of the POP! Justice blog carnival. Our guest bloggers have all come together to talk about "Monstrous Metaphors" in honor of Halloween. You can click a link and head...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strong Female Character Fridays: A Recap
I don't know about you, but I'm still a little bushed from yesterday, so I think we're going to take a second and look back at the past few months worth of Strong Female Character Fridays. Why? Because...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Want Hollywood to Make More Movies Like This (Ender's Game)
First business first: yes, we changed the site banner. Why? Because we can. And also the font in the old one was starting to get on my nerves for some reason. Second, let's talk about Ender's Game.As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Returning Shows: Arrow (The Penitent Vigilante Returns)
Ugh, so on a personal note, I seem to have somehow grievously offended my back. That's not really relevant here, nor is it apt to affect my posting schedule in any way or you know really have any...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oh, Hello, New Favorite Book. Yes, You. (Tin Star)
As an internet person of below-average influence and ambition, it's not actually all that often that I get to read an ARC (advanced reader copy) of someone's book. And it's even less often that it's a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Returning Shows: Revolution (Show's Still On, Power Isn't)
Before we begin, I would like to start by reminding everyone that I have never, ever claimed to have journalistic integrity. Not even back in high school when I took my job writing for the school paper...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strong Female Character Friday: Raleigh Becket (Pacific Rim)
No, that is not a typo. No, you are (probably) not suffering from a stroke. Neither am I. Yes, I am really referring to Charlie Hunnam's character from Pacific Rim, the alarmingly dude-shaped Raleigh...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2nd Monthly POP! Justice Blog Carnival
Deputy "Some of My Best Friends Are White People" Hawk from Twin PeaksAs you may have noticed, it is now November, and therefore time to start planning this month's blog carnival. Many thanks to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More SFX, Less Feminism, Too Much Loki (Thor 2)
I want to start out this review with yet another disclaimer: I liked Thor: The Dark World (hereafter to be referred to as Thor 2). I liked it because it was entertaining and reasonably well-written,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Returning Shows: Beauty and the Beast (Apparently Not Cancelled)
Let's cut straight to the chase here. Beauty and the Beast is a solidly mediocre show with some really awesome qualities (passes the Bechdel Test, passes the Race Test, has female character of color...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A History Lesson for the Day (Is That A Gun In Your Pocket?)
Jodie FosterIt is a sign of how much I love all of you that I'm updating at all right now, I want you to know that. So, you know, I love you, and also this is going to be a short article. Facts.As some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pilot Season: Witches of East End (I'm Laughing At It Not With It)
When you watch a television show for the first time, there are good signs and bad signs. Things that make you go, "Maybe I'll keep watching this," and signs that make you go, "Er, no, on second...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strong Female Character Friday: Robin Scherbatsky (HIMYM)
I've talked before about how much I enjoy Lily on How I Met Your Mother, despite the sometimes overwhelming masculinity of that show, but today I want to look at the other chick on there. The tall one....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solidarity - We Can Only Save the World Together (Pacific Rim)
It's been a couple of months now since Pacific Rim came out, which means that enough time has finally passed for me to be able to think about the movie somewhat objectively. When it first came out all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Think of the Children! Tuesday: Lilo and Stitch
As a creative writing teacher, which I’m sure at least a few of you know I am, I get asked a lot by my students what they should actually be watching in terms of movies. I mean, they’ve heard all my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don't Be That Guy (WTNV's The Apache Tracker)
Carrying on with our tradition this week of thinking really, really hard about stuff that most people don’t think about at all, let’s talk about cultural appropriation!Yes, I know, you’re just as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I'm House Hunting, So Just Amuse Yourselves
Yeah, like it says above, the time has come for me to move out of my cushy adorable alarmingly cheap houseshare and find a new one. *Sob.* And, as it turns out, spending all your weeknights spelunking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strong Female Character Friday: Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)
The time has come, it has actually finally come, to talk about Doctor Who and its fifty years of awesomeness. Now, in the years that this show has been on the air, it's had a lot of really amazing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Linksgiving (Women and Gender on Television - Part 1)
Well, it has been a few weeks (months) since we last did that, and that's kind of a shame. Mostly because in the weeks that I have been neglecting to post this linksgiving, my bookmarks folder has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire Lacks Resolution. Good.
I’m going to take a wild guess here and assume that most of you saw Catching Fire this weekend. I make this assumption based first on the fact that you’re reading a review of it right now, and let’s be...
View Article