Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A Number: An Essay On The Young Avengers
So we all know at this point that time in comics is weird and nonsensical and wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey. So the way creators deal with this is to have context clues to place things firmly in order and...
View ArticleThe Unnecessary Drama of Superman and Wonder Woman
A relationship like this probably won't last, especially after Didio's recent statement about superheroes and personal happiness, namely in their love lives. But it is a relationship worth exploring...
View ArticleThe Path of Needles and Pins: Girlhood and The Path
The adventure is being these girls and seeing how they react in the forest, what they think of their lives and of each other.
View ArticleCrying Is Creepy: Mass Effect 2 and Jack
Jack as she is when you meet her is not a viable romantic interest because even though this is a video game, we already have too many people who think the way to win a person's heart is to save them...
View ArticleSHUT UP, JANE FOSTER WAS PRETTY GREAT!!1
Can we take a moment to recognize that Thor 2 did a pretty great job of making Jane Foster not suck? In fact, Thor 2 shouldn’t have been “Thor 2: The Dark World”, it should have been “Thor 2: Jane...
View ArticleSteven Moffat’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
What we have is what we have, and what we have is a Doctor Who showrunner who seems incapable of imagining women who aren’t defined by their relationships to men.
View ArticleGo Home if You Don’t Like ‘Gone Home’
There is something wonderful about Gone Home, from the sound of the rain outside to the casual clutter of a lived-in home. The Riot Grrl zines and pins, the mixtapes, and the handwritten notes are all...
View ArticleBravely Default and the Big Book of RPG Cliches
I was having a fantastic time, barreling through the game with a cast of characters culled from the Big Book of RPG Cliches. There’s the kid with the destroyed village, the last-of-her-kind with...
View ArticleIf You Don’t Like Young Avengers, I Don’t Like You
I'm going to pretend I don't go on Tumblr for a moment and that the Young Avengers tag isn't rife with people hating on Billy and Teddy and their arc except to say: did we even read the same story?
View ArticleOn Triggers and Spoilers
What's more important to you: avoiding spoilers or avoiding triggers? For a lot of people this is a tough choice. Few want to be spoiled, but I'm willing to bet even fewer want to suffer through the...
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