Posts tagged ‘comics’

So, since it’s on my mind, some comics that feature women of color as interesting characters. Starting with Amar Chitra Katha!

Linkspam returns in an all-new series. IT workplaces, sexy superheroines and more.

Linkspammed: GNOME Women’s Outreach, swearing in the work place, poor people and ebooks, and more.

Haecken CFP, gay YA, toxic menstruating women, and more.

Do women and startups mix? Was Battlestar Galactica that good? Is dressing up in Leia’s slave costume empowering? All linkspammed today.

With DC rebooting their entire universe, it’s not entirely surprising that I’ve seen a lot of Justice League links of late. Here’s three that I think Geek Feminism readers might find interesting, put together in ...

You really need to go see this Hark, a vagrant comic about strong female characters. But wait! There’s more. The image above is just a teaser to get you to click. I’m pretty sure most ...

Win a Scholarship to National Computer Camp: GamingAngels.com and National Computer Camp (NCC) are offering a scholarship for NCC’s June/July 2011 enrollment valued at $985 to a female student (ages 8-18) for one week.
 ‘National’ ...

Adelaide, Australia: 15th International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists: The International Conference for Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES) has been held every three years since 1964 and provides an important forum for the exchange ...

I loved Elfquest as a girl, and I wish I had the talent and time to put together something like this beautiful fan-made trailer, staring mostly women: More about the project at http://elfquestfantrailer.com/.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and IBM are pleased to announce a new annual event, the BCS Karen Spärck Jones Lecture honouring women in computing research. Fran Allen will give the first lecture on ...

I think I’m going to start a new segment here, because I’ve just found another bit of awesome, nerdy stuff on the internet that would at very least amuse many geek women. I shall call ...

Want to do some background reading in 2011? Check A Year of Feminist Classics. January’s books are A Vindication of the Rights of Women (Mary Wollestonecraft) and So Long a Letter (Mariama Ba) The Intrepid ...

Really, I suspect the title of this comic cays it all: Read the whole thing at Gabby’s playhouse

Melbourne, Australia: Go Girl Go for IT 2010: A free IT careers showcase for Secondary School Girls Years 8-11, Deakin University, Burwood, 27th and 28th October. Trigger warning for violent crime against women: Russell Williams ...

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 ...