Posts tagged ‘Media fandom’

A steampunk TARDIS seemed so much better to me than a steampunk Doctor (although I’m still considering a steampunk femme 10th Doctor for another con). That may be because the most important thing in steampunk is not the bustles or the brown, but the tech.

This post addresses the trend I discussed in my post on geek girls and the problem of self-objectification. This post is cross-posted at From Austin to A&M. My friend Lola showed me this video from ...

Linkspammed today: being a fan of problematic sources, being a black geek, and being a woman investor.

Women’s security scholarships, clothing dilemmas portrayed, sexism in geek culture broadly, and more.

Cross-posted at From Austin to A&M. So the idea of my cosplay project (which I have completed a big chunk of, but am putting on the shelf for a bit, so that I can mull ...

Cross-posted at From Austin to A&M. s. e. smith wrote this amazing post a while back at Bitch’s Push(back) at the Intersections: “I Just Don’t Like That Many Female Characters.” And I read it and was ...

Lightgetsin rants in The one where I shout about able-bodied technology privilege for a while: Also, the next person to tell me to get a Kindle . . . really shouldn’t. The Kindle occasionally reads ...