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 ...

Scholarships and grants: The GNOME Foundation have opened applications for travel grants to their GUADEC conference. Applications close April 27, 2009, 19:00 UTC (not mentioned on that page) The ESA is offering scholarships for women ...

jesstess at Stemming wants to motivate programming for a twelve year old girl. Head on over and give her ideas. There’s discussion following on from Cath Elliott’s admiration of The Lord of the Rings in ...

Like a lot of people, I think, I became an instant convert to the cult of Sady when I read her 13 Ways of Looking at Liz Lemon last week. I’m a big 30 Rock ...

Author Info: Quixotess is a geek of wordplay, numberplay, names, history, easy logic puzzles, IRC, various works of fiction (particularly speculative fiction), certain aspects of theatre, and local geology. Not computers, though. She blogs at ...

I missed this when it was posted, but thought it was worth a quick hit. halfamoon is a celebration of women in fandom that occurs every February. This year, among the posts celebrating women characters, ...

This won’t be news to anyone who moves in fannish meta circles, but I thought it warranted a post for those who might not have encountered the discussion before now. Back in September, the Lambda ...

Liz Henry’s thoughts on geekitude got me wanting to post my own half-formed thoughts on the topic. (Crossposted from my personal blog at Skud’s suggestion.) Evidently I have the capacity to continuously raise my standard ...

I’m not much of a night-owl but I remember as a dorktastic 80s teen propping up my eyes with matchsticks, almost, so I could watch the music videos on Rage, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s indie ...

Today’s guest post is by aca-fan Kristina Busse. She is the co-editor of the journal Transformative Works and Cultures and blogs at ephemeral traces. My name is Kristina. I am a mother and a fan. ...