Release Date: May 24, 2019Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Billie Lourd, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Jason SudeikisDirector: Olivia WildeStudio: Annapurna Pictures, Gloria Sanchez ProductionsDistributor: United Artists ReleasingSpoilers: ModerateIMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia “Molly: We have to go to a party tonight.Amy: What?Molly: Nobody knows that we are fun. We didn’t party because we wanted to focus on school and get […]
Valerian and the City of the Female Erasure
“The first woman I fell in love with was probably Laureline. She was totally free and badass and it was a very modern heroine at the time and I was totally in love with her.” Director Luc Besson may have told Collider that, as a 50-year-old director, he was not […]
Kickstarter Watch: Biketopia
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ellyblue/biketopia-feminist-bicycle-science-fiction-stories The friends who brought us Petal Zombies have come together once again to produce another bike-themed science fiction anthology. This time, they have endeavored to explore gender norms in the face of dystopian and utopian futures. Given our current political climate it is worth exploring what might lay ahead of […]
Kelly Sue DeConnick’s “Bitch Planet” is A Unique Read With Great Potential
Bitch Planet Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine Author: Kelly Sue DeConnick Artist: Valentine De Landro Release Date: October 7, 2015 Publisher: Image Comics Genre(s): Science Fiction Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon It’s taken a lot longer than it probably should have but I finally got a chance to sit down and read Bitch Planet. I’m […]
Why “Jessica Jones” Walks the Walk on Strong Female Characters
I am so tired of the “strong silent woman” being the default trope that calls to feminism. Strong female characters are a commodity these days. Marvel really loves to toot the “strong female character” horn, but so rarely do they actually walk the walk when they talk the talk. Characters […]
Kickstarter Watch: The Velocipede Races looks to Defy the Odds & Win the Race
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ellyblue/the-velocipede-races/ You may remember a few months back we ran a Kickstarter Watch for a feminist zombie-bike anthology called Peddle Zombies. Well, after that was successfully funded the amazing people at Microcosm Publishing decided to push forward with their latest project. The Velocipede Races, penned by Emily June Street looks to follow […]
PAX Prime 2014: Day 1 Recap
PAX Prime is a lot like Christmas for gamers. This is the expo where big studios and tiny indies alike turn up to show their projects with the public. PAX is not the show where ground breaking announcements are made, but rather where consumers are united with their passions and the developers […]
Princesses Aren't Just for Fairytales
Princesses Behaving Badly Author: Linda Rodriguez McRobbie Release Date: November 19, 2013 Publisher: Quirk Books Source: Quirk Books Genre(s): History, Biography, Non-Fiction, Women Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: None GoodReads | Amazon | Quirk Books We all know the classic Disney interpretations of the old fairytales with their princesses and princes, talking animals and happy endings. Most of us […]
Mark Millar and His Disparaging Outlook at Women
Two things that are highly important to living an enlightened life: Jokes about sexual assault are never, ever, funny and the fact that this discussion is still going on is embarrassing for anyone and everyone who makes them. Mark Millar is scum. Okay now that that’s cleared up, here’s why […]
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