by Aiesha Little | Jul 8, 2020 | Fandom, Personal Stories, Sexism
SHE Fellow Aiesha D. Little discusses jazz, gatekeeping and staying true to yourself in any fandom. I was a teenager when I started to like jazz. In high school, my marching band director played John Coltrane and Miles Davis in his office, the notes wafting in...
by lizzymartinez | Apr 28, 2018 | Etc., Fandom, Media, Movies, Sexism, TV, Uncategorized
Waylaid on the Isle of Dogs Written by. Lizzy Martinez Illustrated map depicting the films origins which was originally conceived in the UK by Anderson, an American, who lives in Paris about a fictional location in Japan (shout out to the author’s home in St....
by jdapper | Mar 8, 2018 | Feminism, Sexism, TV
Friday, March 9, 2018, marks the release of Season Two of Netflix’s landmark show, Jessica Jones. The central storylines of Season One focus on the titular character Jones, brilliantly portrayed by Krysten Ritter, as she dealt with the fallout,...
by Melody | Feb 26, 2016 | Comic Cons, Sexism
Convention season is coming, and right now many cosplayers are elbows deep in bolts of material and the air around them is thick and warm with the smell of soldered metal and melting plastic. Convention season is coming, and the cosplayers will be ready. In the world...
by Melody | Jan 11, 2016 | Media, Sexism
Stop what you’re doing because if you haven’t watched the Netflix series Jessica Jones or Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I am about to ruin both for you. So hard. I like to think of myself as a generally decent person, so I don’t want to be the...
by acbannister | Dec 10, 2015 | Books, Comics, Graphic Novels, Sexism
I was an avid consumer of fantasy and science fiction growing up, and some of my favorite stories were about women in sexist societies achieving things that they were told they were not allowed to do, often pretending to be men in order to accomplish those goals. It...
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