The Child Protectress: Strong Female Characters and Their Wards
Quick! Give that strong woman a child to protect! What do the following things have in common?BayonettaTank GirlUltravioletThe Long Kiss GoodnightBuffy The Vampire Slayer (specifically, season...
View ArticleGEEKING ACROSS AMERICA: SEATTLE
The Pacific Northwest is a haven of nerddom. Seattle is famous for many things: terrible weather, Starbucks, the grunge scene, and the movie Singles. Still, its best known feature by far is the...
View ArticleA Bloody Mouthful Season 4 finale recap: A
The Walking Dead wraps up Season 4 with gunfire and promises. Also, Rick gets his groove back. The Season 4 finale of The Walking Dead is entitled, simply, “A.” The first letter of the alphabet, what...
View ArticleNo Capes! The Avengers:Age of Ultron Showcases New Looks
New movie, new characters, and new duds. With Captain America 2:The Winter Solder debuting this weekend, there's been a ton of additional superhero buzz regarding the filming of Avengers 2: Age of...
View ArticleOpening the Clubhouse Doors: Creating More Inclusive Geek Communities
Friday, Apr 25, 2014 - 6:30pm - 7:30pmC2E2 - McCormick Place, South Buildingmap2301 S. Lake Shore DriveChicago, IL60616United States https://www.facebook.com/events/240124529504068/ As visibility of...
View ArticleGlass Ceilings, Missing Stairs & Gatekeepers: Geeks Still Deal With Sexism
Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 - 2:45pm - 3:45pmC2E2 - McCormick Place, South Buildingmap2301 S. Lake Shore DriveChicago, IL60616United States https://www.facebook.com/events/723124747719780/ We've established...
View ArticleGay Geeks of New York's Official Outing to see Captain America: The Winter...
Saturday, Apr 5, 2014 - 8:00pm - Sunday, Apr 6, 2014 - 11:30pmBowtie Chelsea Cinemasmap260 W. 23rd St.New York, NY10011United States https://www.facebook.com/events/731563383550213/ Gay Geeks of New...
View ArticleCloset Monsters - My first book review!
My first book review on Closet Monsters, a gay horror anthology written by Daniel W. Kelly. Ok, I am warning y'all that I have never done a book review before so...
View ArticleLucy Lets Loose
Scarlett Johansson stars in a new Sci-Fi thriller in which she kicks ass and has super powers, and if that doesn't excite you I don't know what will. The trailer for Lucy starts like we’re going to be...
View ArticleWeekly Geek Roundup: Marvel Movie Plans, Kristen Bell sings live, Madonna and...
All the geek things you might've missed this week! - Marvel: So, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said they have everything mapped out well into 2028. Which, you know, seems like a lot. By 2028,...
View ArticleReview: Captain America The Winter Soldier
The best action movie to come out in a really long time. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is possibly one of the best Marvel movies we've gotten since The Avengers. The fight scenes were on par...
View ArticleDrink N' DRAW w/ LUCY BALLS!!!
Tuesday, Apr 8, 2014 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmThis N That Barmap108 North 6th Street Between Berry and WytheBrooklyn, NY11211United States https://www.facebook.com/events/397393420314296/642747695778866/...
View ArticleBrian Michael Bendis in Cleveland (a.k.a. "Can we talk about Dazzler?")
Current "Uncanny X-Men" scribe dishes about some of his Strong Female Characters. He brought us Jessica Jones and Alias. He was responsible for such "universe-changing" storylines as Avengers:...
View ArticleCharity Screening: Legends of the Knight
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 7:30pm - 9:18pmLandmark E Street Cinemamap555 11th Street NWWashington, DCUnited States https://www.facebook.com/events/843722565643776 See an awesome documentary about Batman...
View ArticleGigahoes Are the Future
Our very own Kevin Gilligan has a Kickstarter for a new comedy mini-series! Sex-bots: the way of the future! Now that I have your attention, let's talk about Gigahoes, a new comedy mini series written...
View ArticleMarried....With Bastards: Two Swords
And we're back. Get your tissues. The merry murderers and murderesses of Westeros and Essos are back for some more bloody mayhem! Let's get to it. So the show starts off with Tywinn Lannister melting...
View ArticleDifferent Games Conference 2014 | Diversity and Inclusiveness in Games
http://www.differentgames.org/ Different Games Conference 2014 | Diversity and Inclusiveness in Games April 11 & 12 a different kind of games conference is space invading Brooklyn. New York! Are...
View ArticleScarlet Betch
http://scarletbetch.blogspot.com/2014/04/superqueeros-for-april-9th-2014.html Scarlet Betch Lumberjanes, All-New Ultimates, Batgirl... There are a lot of awesome comics coming out this week, but...
View Article"RuPaul's Drag Race" Recap Realness: Nice Pair
In part one of the epic two-hour presentation, Ru makes it clear who's boss. She's Oprah, they're a bunch of cosmetic-selling Gayles. Now is the workroom of our discontent. Upon returning from Milk’s...
View ArticleGeeking Across America: Chicago
A meetup with my Midwestern colleagues After three weeks on the West Coast, it was time to start making my way back eastward - very, very indirectly. My first stop en route home was Chicago, where I...
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