I wish I could add a ton of hilarious commentary. But how do I top “I’m a writing panda. I eat words like bamboo.” HOW? I can’t. What I can say is that whenever I’m like “Ugh. Marriage. How the hell have I been doing this for 10 years?” I see something like this and I’m like “OMG I LOVE MARRIAGE AND MONOGAMY AND EVERYTHING ABOUT NEVER DATING SW... »
The weather has been warming and it has me thinking about the ever impending booty short season and how I can stay body positive and embrace my curves. »
When I first heard about Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games initiative, I was somewhat apprehensive. I have previously been somewhat critical of her work, not so much for her message, but for the logic of some of the arguments. My concern was that the subject she was tackling and the attention she was getting was too big for her to screw up. Her insanely overfunded Kickstarte... »
A year and a half ago, I wrote this article about the folly of dressing as Slave Leia. After a year of attending cons, meeting new people, and reading the internet, I have some additions and revisions. It’s a bit long, so here’s a quick summary: Don’t Dress as Slave Leia… »
This week’s photography was inspired by an article posted over at our sister site, Skepchick, titled,”The Great Face-Paint Debate“, about the debate over wearing make-up. It was written by Heina and posted on January 15. If you haven’t read it, please do because it’s a great read and also you can get a bit of reference for what I’m going to talk about. Heina... »
Shannyn Moore got some attention recently for her article My Guns Are Less Regulated Than My Uterus and it inspired me to make this, because wherever you stand on gun control it’s crazy to think that bullets are easier to obtain than oral contraceptives, or low cost health care for women. »
This video highlights the work of artist, activist and public speaker, Favianna Rodriguez. It illustrates how artists can inspire social change and how much we need artists on the front lines in our battles for humanism and social justice. We need to inspire people, and we can. Get ready to change the world… »
There has been a lot of talk about the hyper-sexual representation of women in nerd media. We see, again and again, Blogs and tumblr feeds showing us just how utterly ridiculous the state of female representation is. We have already had discussions about how this sort of pandering is problematic and there are those doing good work on more reasonable attire and realistic representations of the ladi... »
