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Archive for February, 2012

2012.02.27   Femme Doctors and crossplayers: Not that different   (2)

Cross-posted at Doctor Her. Post-Gallifrey, I was interviewed at i09 about the phenomenon of femme Doctor cosplay. If you’re not familiar with it, femme cosplay is when female cosplayers alter the costumes of male characters ...

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2012.02.27   Why do we watch Doctor Who?: A fan scholar’s perspective   (9)

Cross-posted at Doctor Her. This line from ellecleg’s last post on Doctor Her really got my attention: But let’s be honest – the series is called Dr Who. We tune in every week to watch ...

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2012.02.20   Ask a Geek Feminist, round 6   (0)

Welcome to round 6 of Ask a Geek Feminist! How it works: if you’ve got a question you think a geek feminist could answer, post a comment in reply to this post. (Comments will not ...

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2012.02.19   Quick hit: new feminist Doctor Who blog!   (1)

For Doctor Who fans, a new blog has launched, Doctor Her. Doctor Her is the brainchild of Courtney Stoker, who has also written about Doctor Who for Geek Feminism.

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2012.02.17   Open Thread: Science Nation Army   (7)

Using real footage and sounds from a working science lab, the Inside Knowledge team have reconstructed the White Stripes song Seven Nation Army from scratch. Here’s the video: This is an open thread, for general ...

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2012.02.16   Quick Hit: The curse of Grace Hopper   (3)

This is a very silly but somewhat amusing comic from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal featuring the ghost of well-loved computer scientist Grace Hopper:

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2012.02.15   Dystopian/Scifi stuff with strong female characters?   (68)

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our readers: I watch a lot of dystopian/post-apocalyptic movies, and one RECURRING theme is “once there are no laws, women are cattle” in one form or ...

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