Posts tagged ‘bechdel test’
2010.11.01 A quick post about The Walking Dead (28)
The makeup for this show: phenomenal. Cross posted at From Austin to A&M.  Like any good geek, I love me some zombies. So of course I tuned in last night to AMC’s new zombie ...
Full Story »2010.10.29 Linkspam is idealized into powerlessness (29th October, 2010) (6)
San Francisco, USA: Women 2.0 PITCH Night, 4th November: Watch the finalists of the Startup Competition pitch live, learn firsthand from successful female startup founders how they grew their ideas into industry-changing businesses, and network ...
Full Story »2010.10.24 Firefly unleashes her thunderbutt attack: Bidding farewell to Tao of Geek and looking for geeky women in web comics (19)
My friend and fellow female geek Liz has just concluded her long-running comic, Tao of Geek. Congratulations Liz! In celebration, here’s one of my favourite strips: But with Naomi and Chris (the lead women of ...
Full Story »2010.10.12 Linkspam decided she liked math after all (5)
Desperate to own Computer Engineer Barbie? She’s now up for pre-order on Amazon.com, shipping December 15, 2010. Other places may have her as well (feel free to note any you find in the comments, especially ...
Full Story »2010.06.11 Quick hit: xkcd “Phobia” passes Bechdel Test (14)
Today’s xkcd comic strip, Phobia, passes the Bechdel Test. Contains two women Having a conversation About something other than a man Last time this happened, as far as I can tell, was over 400 comics ...
Full Story »2010.01.03 Bechdelicious geek entertainment of 2009 (19)
Inspired by a post of lauredhel’s asking for recent movies that pass the Bechdel test, I wondered if anyone has some recommendations for good recent geeky entertainment that also passes, ideally comprehensively rather than barely. ...
Full Story »2009.09.05 Link Roundup: The Geekening (Sep 5th, 2009) (3)
io9 interviews Liza Trombi and Kirsten Gong Wong, the new editor and managing editor of the SF magazine “Locus”. A cool job post through the Language Creation Society. Linguists take note! Hilary Lister, first quadriplegic ...
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