December 2011
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Happy Holidays from Geekquality!
We’ll be taking a short break for the various festivities. When we return in the second week of January, Episode 2 will be ready for launch!
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Helen Mirren Wants to Play the Doctor →
It would be really interesting to see the Doctor not only as a woman, but much older than he has been portrayed in a long time. Whether or not it will happen won’t stop us from fantasizing about it!
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Recording is in session!
An armorer's take on boobplate →
ihatewhatilove:
womenfighters:
This is pretty awesome, definitely worth a look if you’re interested in this particular issue of women’s armor. I especially appreciate the consideration that values context and internal consistency.
@Geekquality: this may be relevant to your interests. And, frankly, addresses one of my major pet peeves with female costuming.
This article is incredible -...
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Tonight! Geek Girl Burlesque in NYC →
If you’re in or around NYC (the Bowery, specifically) you have about an hour to put on your bow tie, fez or sassiest red lipstick (or all of the above) to rush over to the Bowery Poetry Club for a Doctor Who themed installment of Geek Girl Burlesque. I only just found out about it through a friend who is performing tonight (more on him later), so I apologize for the late notice. So get there...
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Female comic heroes featured in breast cancer...
dcwomenkickingass:
A new ad campaign in Mozambique by Associação da Luta Contra o Cancer (ALCC) is using Wonder Woman, Catwoman, She-Hulk and Storm to promote self-examinations for breast cancer prevention.
The ad copy states:
Nobody’s immune to breast cancer. When we talk about breast cancer there are no women or super women. Everybody has to do self-examination monthly. Fight with us...
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If You Are Openly LGBTQ And You Make Comics...
gailsimone:
Or know someone great who is and does, I would appreciate hearing from you. Just a short bio on your work, and a link, if you have one, would be lovely.
It’s for something cool, but I don’t want to give away too much yet, while we are still in the very early stages. No one will be solicited or anything like that, no lists are being made up for any reason, just trying to get a good...
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100 Followers!
This is always a big moment for a fledgling blog. Thanks to everyone for getting us to this first milestone. We love you all!
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Doing it Wrong: Greg Land
fuckyeahblackwidow:
I realize I talk mostly about writers and story things, and that’s a disservice to comics criticsm because art is at least one-half of the story, probably more. It’s one of my greatest self-diagnosed flaws as bringer of the teal deer, how I regularly fail to discuss panel layouts and framing choices when I talk about what comics mean.
So today I will tell you exactly why...
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Octavia E. Butler on becoming a sci-fi author
Devil Girl From Mars is the movie that got me writing science fiction, when I was 12 years old. I had already been writing for two years. I began with horse stories, because I was crazy over horses, even though I never got near one. At 11, I was writing romances, and I’m happy to say I didn’t know any more about romance than I did about horses. When I was 12, I had this big brown...
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A Call for Submissions: Doctor Who and Race →
Do you have a lot of ~feelings~ about the treatment of Martha Jones - both at the hands of Davies and the collective Who fandom? Did you have a lot to say about Rita’s fleeting (but much appreciated!) appearance? Are you a total nerd? Then you’re in luck!
We’re boosting signal for this call for essays - both academic and personal - for a Doctor Who and Race Anthology...
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More on Mr. Delany
(image via FC2)
Speaking of Mr. Delany, what a prolific and interesting author. He is very much one of those legends we would DIE to interview for our podcast or blog (Anyone have any connections, nudge nudge?) His book, Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia, is at the top of our To Read list. Exploring concepts of subculture, gender identities, sexuality, and the possibility for all...
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Racism and Science Fiction →
downlo:
A fascinating essay by Samuel R. Delaney
Relevant to our interests.
-Alice Marie
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Thus Spake Kate.: Why I love Pansy Parkinson, no... →
thusspakekate:
I get asked, not infrequently, why I’m such a Pansy Parkinson fangirl. Usually I give a flippant “bitch, she’s fabulous” or “we have the same haircut” and move on. But I thought that I would actually take a moment to try and explain. Also, so I can direct people who ask me this in the future to…
This is a great read on not just how Pansy Parkinson is an HBIC, but also on...
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Love in the Time of Reapers: Women & Romance in...
Anyone who has played a BioWare RPG could probably attest to the fact that as far as game developers go, BioWare is fairly progressive and diverse. While the industry tends to pander to white, 18-25 year old males, essentially assuming them to be the only demographic, BioWare offers same-sex romances, female leads, and prominent roles for people of color. And not only that, but they’re...
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Next podcast update
Thank you to all who have tuned in to stream or download our podcast (via iTunes or directly from our LibSyn account), to spread the word via Tumblr reblogs, Twitter and other forums, and to lend your support and feedback! We are so thankful for all the love!
In our next podcast, we’ll be talking about “bad girls” in geek media, their portrayal and influence, and the various...
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get to know Morojo
Having just posted a remembrance of Forrest J Ackerman, I became intrigued by his cheerful companion, who cosplayed with him at the first ever sci fi convention in 1939. This woman deserves an introduction & remembrance of her own.
Myrtle Douglas (nee Jones) was also known as Morojo, which is Esperanto for her three initials. Esperanto is actually how she met Forrest J Ackerman, at a club...
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on this yesterday: remembering Forry
Slightly belatedly, I’d like to share with you a remembrance of Forrest J Ackerman, who passed away three years ago (December 4, 2008). Writer, director, collector, literary agent, editor of “Famous Monsters of Filmland”, and avid sci-fi fan, Ackerman’s contributions to “fandom” everywhere are legendary.
In 1939, at age 22, he attended the 1st World Science...
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Geekquality!
reelbrains:
tumblwithteresa:
I’ve just listened to an awesome podcast that I’d like to recommend to everyone within eye-shot of this here Tumblr! :)
It’s called Geekquality, and it’s a podcast hosted by 6 women from various backgrounds that hopes to discuss issues of representation of minorities (social, ethnic, etc) in geek culture. The first episode went up today, and it was really great...
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Geekquality podcast now on iTunes →
Hello friends! Our podcast has just been reviewed and approved for listing within the iTunes podcast directory. It will still take a day or two for us to show up via search, but we’re including the direct link here. That way, if you prefer, you can subscribe to our podcast’s RSS via iTunes. Also, we would really love it if you could give our podcast/episodes a rating, as well.
As...
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“There is an argument that it’s OK to draw women in this hyper-idealized and...”
– Jamie McKelvie, Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex (via elliottmarshal)
Super relevant to J’s last post. -A
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Tiger Beatdown: Enter Ye Myne Mystic World of... →
We’ve mentioned it before, and we’ll continue to mention it again: there is some deeply flawed media out there that we know is flawed, yet we still enjoy it.
The above post on Tiger Beatdown (possibly you’ve seen it) is a spot-on, although quite spoiler-filled, criticism of what so many people find wrong with George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice series. A few of...
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Female Super-Hero Characters and Sex: Creators... →